Edge of Certainty

by Fenner, Peter G.

• ISBN13: 9780892540358
• ISBN10: 0892540354
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Nicolas Hays
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
David Loy
Introduction	xi
Change and Immediacy	xiv
Exploration	xv
The Four Noble Truths	1	(8)
The First Truth---Life Is Problematic	2	(2)
The Second Truth---Our Problems Have a Cause	4	(1)
The Third Noble Truth---There Is a Way Out	5	(1)
The Fourth Noble Truth---The Practical Upshot	6	(3)
The Theravada	9	(8)
The Path of Renunciation	9	(3)
Mindfulness Meditation	12	(5)
The Mahayana	17	(28)
Indian Mahayana	22	(5)
Madhyamaka---Deconstructing Fixations	27	(6)
Zen---The Contemplative Tradition	33	(12)
Tantra	45	(12)
Tantric Literature	47	(1)
A Fruition Path	47	(4)
Non-duality in Tantra	51	(1)
Creation and Completion Practices	51	(2)
The Highest Yoga Tantras	53	(4)
Dzogchen and Mahamudra	57	(14)
A Hidden Tradition	59	(3)
Nothing to Do	62	(3)
Natural Liberation	65	(1)
Pure, Unstructured Awareness	66	(5)
Anti-Method	71	(20)
The Futility of Spiritual Practice	74	(8)
Gradual versus Sudden Enlightenment	82	(7)
Our Practice Is Already Fulfilled	89	(2)
The Edge of Certainty	91	(22)
Retracing Our Steps	93	(2)
A Middle-Path Resolution	95	(6)
The Orthodox Resolution	101	(4)
The Unorthodox Resolution	105	(1)
Upgrading from Change to Immediacy	106	(1)
Seduced by the Here and Now	107	(2)
Falling to the Extremes	109	(4)
Notes	113	(16)
Bibliography	129	(10)
Index	139