The Buddha and His TeachingsDescription The Buddha was the first most active missionary in the world.He wandered from place to place for forty five years preaching His doctrine to the masses and the intellegentsia.Till His last moment,He served humaity both by example and by percept.His distinguished disciples followed suit.Penniless,they even travelled to distant lands to propogate the Dhamma,expecting nothing in return. This treatise,written by a member of the Order of the Sangha,is based on the pali Texts,commentaries,and traditions prevailing in Buddhist countries. The first part of the book deals with the Life of the Buddha,the second with the Dhamma,the Pali term for His Doctrine. |
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Contents
Reasons to Believe in Rebirth | 272 |
The Wheel of Life PaticcaSamuppada | 280 |
Modes of Birth and Death | 291 |
Planes of Existence | 293 |
How Rebirth Takes Place | 300 |
What is it that is Reborn? NoSoul | 307 |
Moral Responsibility | 318 |
Kammic Descent and Kammic Ascent | 321 |
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The Buddhas Daily Routine | 145 |
The Buddhas Parinibbana Death | 150 |
THE DHAMMA | 153 |
THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA 15 What is Buddhism? | 174 |
Some Salient Characteristics of Buddhism | 193 |
The Four Noble Truths | 208 |
Kamma | 217 |
What is Kamma? | 228 |
The Working of Kamma | 237 |
Nature of Kamma | 252 |
What is the Origin of Life? | 260 |
The Buddha on the socalled CreatorGod | 268 |
A Note on the Doctrine of Kamma and Rebirth in the West | 326 |
Nibbana | 333 |
Characteristics of Nibbana | 340 |
The Way to Nibbana I Morality | 351 |
The Way to Nibbana II Concentration | 354 |
Nivarana or Hindrances | 368 |
The Way to Nibbana III Insight | 371 |
The State of an Arahant | 381 |
The Bodhisatta Ideal | 389 |
Parami Perfections | 394 |
Brahmavihara The Sublime States | 419 |
The Eight Worldly Conditions Atthalokadhamma | 438 |
The Problems of Life | 452 |
Appendix Mangala Parabhava Vasala Ratana Metta and Satipatthana Suttas | 464 |
Index | 505 |
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Abhidhamma According to Buddhism action alms amongst Anagami Anguttara Nikaya approached the Buddha Arahant Arahantship arises ascetic Gotama attained Arahantship become Bhikkhunis Bhikkhus birth Blessed bliss Bodhisatta body born Brahma brahmana brahmin Buddha Buddhism called cause of one's cessation compassion concentration consciousness craving death deeds Devas Dhamma Dhammapada disciples discourse doctrine enlightenment factor eradicated eternal Exalted existence expounded four happiness Holy honour human ignorance Jataka Jhana Kamma Kammic Kindred Sayings King knows leads Lord loving-kindness Maha Maha Pajapati Gotami Majjhima Nikaya means meditation mental Metta mind moral Nibbana Noble Eightfold Path Noble Truth object one's downfall oneself Order pain Pali term passions past Path perfect person pleasures practise prince purity Rahula realized Realm rebirth reborn refuge Sangha Sariputta seek soul spiritual stage of Sainthood Subhadda sublime suffering Sutta Tathagata teacher teaching things thought thought-moment Upekkha Venerable Ananda Venerable Sariputta Vinaya virtues Visdkha wander wisdom words worldly
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Page 309 - For my part when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Page 309 - THERE are some philosophers who imagine we are every moment intimately conscious of what we call our self; that we feel its existence and its continuance in existence; and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity.
Page 58 - Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
Page 409 - LET me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom. Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.
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Page 1 - Go ye now, O Bhikkhus, and wander, for the gain of the many, for the welfare of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, for the gain, and for the welfare of gods and men.
Page 327 - As a man, casting off worn-out garments, taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, casting off worn-out bodies, entereth into others that are new.
Page 275 - I would call the sense of pre-existence — viz. a confused idea that nothing that passed was said for the first time — that the same topics had been discussed and the same persons had stated the same opinions on them.