The Trauma of Everyday Life

searchable.
absolutisms of daily life, 54–57, 63
Ajahn Chah, 44–45, 62, 142–43, 183–84, 185
amygdala, 148
anatman
(
anatta
), 9
anorexia, 22, 116
anxiety, 5–9, 29–30, 57, 58, 73, 91, 93–96, 99, 100, 106–7, 136, 138, 150, 155, 176–77, 199
Armstrong, Karen, 120
asceticism, 22–23, 165
Buddha and, 111–14, 116–19, 124, 125, 147, 158, 161, 172, 184
Ashva•ghosha, 70–71, 74–76
Asita (wise man), 49–50
Atisha (monk), 194
attachment, 107, 111, 123, 194
attunement and responsiveness, 38–39, 42, 43, 47, 158
awareness, 198
Baker, Deborah, 26–27
bare attention, 27–28, 44
Barendregt, Johan, 105–7
Batchelor, Stephen, 190, 191–92
being, 153
unbearable embeddedness of, 191
bliss, 37, 79, 80, 84, 193
Blue Cliff Record, 207–9
Blue Hand
,
A
(Baker), 26–27
bodhi tree, 208
body, mindfulness of, 124–25, 134, 198
brain, 148, 149, 150, 197, 210
mirror neurons in, 170
breast-feeding, 76–77, 151, 152–53
breath, 87, 88, 124, 125, 155, 198, 199
Bromberg, Philip, 72, 73–74, 150–51
Buddha, 19–23, 25–26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33–34, 44, 46, 62, 64–80, 83–84, 85–87, 89, 94, 95, 97, 122–23, 148, 156, 158, 180, 183, 194–95, 196–99, 202, 205, 211
ascetic practices of, 111–14, 116–19, 124, 125, 147, 158, 161, 172, 184
Asita and, 49–50
awakening of, 18, 19, 20, 33, 54, 65–66, 79, 99, 100, 115, 118–21, 160–64, 168–69, 171, 182–83, 185, 187, 188, 190, 192–93, 203, 207, 208
death of, 194
delicate nature of, 51, 52, 54, 56, 69–71, 100, 109, 112, 188
demons faced by, 185–90
dissociation and, 66, 103, 108, 115, 116, 120, 21, 147, 156, 161, 162, 172, 173
dreams of, 159, 160–78, 181, 182, 183, 185, 187
early life of, 48–54, 69–70, 99–100
earth-touching gesture and, 188–89
on eradication of ignorance, 193
Fire Sermon of, 34–40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 100, 142, 209
Four Foundations of Mindfulness taught by, 123–34, 142, 143, 184, 198, 199
Four Messengers and, 48, 53
Four Noble Truths of,
see
Four Noble Truths
“going forth” of, 97, 99–121
“I am awake” statement of, 160, 161
Buddha (
cont
.)
on immoveable spot, 185–91, 208
infancy of, 48–50, 67, 69
king of Kosala and, 10, 12
Kisagotami and, 40, 41–42, 199
Lion’s Roar of, 33, 67
Mara and, 185–90
Maya and,
see
mother of
meditation and, 87–88, 108
Middle Path of, 116, 119, 127, 139, 156, 168, 194
miraculous feats of, 34
mother of, 49, 68, 80, 84, 115, 119, 121, 169, 171, 184, 193, 208
mother’s death, 17, 25, 48, 50, 54, 65–72, 74–79, 83, 99–100, 108, 115, 119, 135, 137, 166, 170, 171, 173, 184, 185, 197–98, 202–3, 209
Noble Eightfold Path of,
see
Noble Eightfold Path
no-self doctrine of, 9, 11, 123, 127, 130–31, 133
Pali Canon, 51–53, 83, 100, 112, 113–14, 123–24
and, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 83, 123, 199
permanence and, 46
as physician pulling out poisonous arrows, 22, 31, 40
sadhus and, 34–35
and Sanskrit principle of saying only what is true and pleasant, 12, 13–14
shining of, 33
Simile of the Mountain of, 180–81
Splinter of Rock Discourse of, 134–36, 138, 139, 143
Sthavara and, 189
Sujata and, 118–19, 159
trauma and, 35–37, 56–57, 65–66
trees in life of, 208–9
Upaka and, 20–21, 22, 23, 33
Yasa and, 100–107, 110, 111, 118, 123
Buddhacarita
(Ashva·ghosha), 70–71, 74–76
Buddhism, 2–18, 21, 90, 102, 179–80, 181
Tibetan, 21, 28, 68, 88, 129, 177, 193–94, 203
Zen, 8, 81, 207
Carr, Russell, 200–201, 202
cell-phone meditation, 80–84, 85–86, 87, 96, 192
children:
emotions in, 149, 151, 157
see also
infant-caregiver relationship
C.K., Louis, 23
collaborative communication, 169
compassion, 47, 88, 191, 194, 206–7
continuity, 127, 137
conversation, 117
crying, 96–97, 98, 109–10, 138
curiosity, 85–98
Dada (disciple), 31–32, 33
Dalai Lama, 4, 28, 47
death, 3, 56, 59, 105, 107, 181–85, 205–7
avoiding reality of, 179–80
Kisagotami and, 40, 41–42, 55, 60, 199
and, 59–63, 64, 65, 71, 88, 199
sudden, 1–2
delusion, 36, 47
derealization, 124–25
Desire Realm, 186
developmental trauma, 3–4, 23–26, 27, 43, 65, 72, 125, 135–36, 148, 149, 169, 197, 209
Devraha Baba, 26
Dhammapada
, 5
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, 3
Diamond Sutra, 131
dissociation, 64–84, 86, 106, 109, 122–23, 124, 134, 148, 150, 167, 172, 199, 201, 203
Buddha and, 66, 103, 108, 115, 116, 120, 121, 147, 156, 161, 162, 172, 173
derealization, 124–25
dreams, 91–96, 109, 110, 128, 147, 158, 161
of Buddha, 159, 160–78, 181, 182, 183, 185,