Contemplating the Five Aggregates and Eliminating the View of Self (Part I) (Second Edition)

Contents

A Warning to Those Who Truly Wish to Practice the Dharma in Accordance with the Teachings Chapter One: Introduction to Basic Concepts Section One: The Concepts of the Five Aggregates and the Eighteen Realms (pañca-skandha and aṣṭādaśa-dhātu) Section Two: The Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment Section Three: The Four Noble Truths and the Four Marks Chapter Two: The Two Kinds of View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) Section One: The View of Self as Defined in the Treatises Section Two: The View of Self of the Mind Consciousness and the View of Self of the Manas Chapter 3: The First Part of Contemplative Practice on the Five Aggregates Section One: Contemplative Practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) on the Form Body to Eradicate the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) Section Two: Contemplative Practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) for the Conscious Mind to Eradicate the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) Section Three: The Comprehensive Contemplative Practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) Method of the Five Aggregates (pañca-skandha) Chapter Four: The Second Part of Contemplative Practice on the Five Aggregates Section One: The Principle That the Five Aggregates Are Not Self Section 2: The Practice of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Contemplation Section 3: The Prerequisites for the Eradication of the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) Section 4: Contemplative Practice Is Also a Process of Subduing Afflictions Chapter 5: What Constitutes the True Eradication of the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) Section One: The Manas and the Mind Consciousness Eradicate the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) Simultaneously Section 2: The Manifestation of Direct Perception Realization by the Manas Chapter 6: The Relationship Between the Five Aggregates (pañca-skandha) and the Eighth Consciousness Section One: The Connotations of the Two Kinds of Dharma of No-Self Section 2: The Different Practice Goals of the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna Section 3: The Five Aggregates Are Born from the Eighth Consciousness Section 4: The Relationship Between the Five Aggregates and the Eighth Consciousness Section 5: The Five Aggregates Are All Empty—All Are the Nature of Tathāgatagarbha Chapter Seven: The Merits and Benefits of Eradicating the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) Section One: The Liberating Benefit of Experiential Enjoyment After the Eradication of the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) Section Two: Layman Fu's Description of the First Fruit of the Śrāvaka and the True and Deluded Minds Chapter 8: The Criteria and Characteristics for Verifying the Eradication of the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) Section One: Preparatory Concentration (anāgamya-samādhi) Must Be Complete in Order to Realize the First Fruit Section Two: Characteristics of the Eradication of the View of Self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa) The Realm of Complete Selflessness