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What the Buddha Taught : Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

ISBN: 9780802130310 | 0802130313
Edition: Revised
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Grove Press
Pub. Date: 1/11/1994

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SummaryTable of Contents
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha's teachings. "For years," says theJournal of the Buddhist Society, "the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula'sWhat the Buddha Taughtfills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to ‘the educated and intelligent reader.' Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is ... MORE
List of Illustrations
vii
Forewordix
Prefacexi
The Buddhaxv
The Buddhist Attitude of ... MORE
1(15)
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
The First Noble Truth: Dukkha
16(13)
The Second Noble Truth: Samudaya: `The Arising of Dukkha'
29(6)
The Third Noble Truth: Nirodha: `The Cessation of Dukkha'
35(10)
The Fourth Noble Truth: Magga: `The Path'
45(6)
The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta
51(16)
`Meditation' or Mental Culture: Bhavana
67(9)
What the Buddha Taught and the World Today
76(15)
SELECTED TEXTS91(48)
Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth (Dhammacakkappavattanasutta)
92(3)
The Fire Sermon (Adittapariyaya-sutta)
95(2)
Universal Love (Metta-sutta)
97(1)
Blessings (Mangala-sutta)
98(1)
Getting rid of All Cares and Troubles (Sabbasava-sutta)
99(7)
The Parable of the Piece of Cloth (Vatthupama-sutta)
106(3)
The Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana-sutta)
109(10)
Advice to Sigala (Sigalovada-sutta)
119(6)
The Words of Truth (Dhammapada)
125(11)
The Last Words of the Buddha (from the Mahaparinibbanasutta)
136(3)
Abbreviations139(1)
Selected Bibliography140(2)
Glossary142(6)
Index148


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