Preface |
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Abbreviations |
xii |
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The Buddha's Message
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The Four Noble Truths
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5 |
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Threefold Division of the Path
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49 |
The Seven Stages of Purity |
52 |
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A: MORALITY (sila) |
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General Remarks
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59 |
I. Purity of Morality (sila-visuddhi)
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66 |
The Ascetical Means of Purification
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68 |
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B: CONCENTRATION (Samadhi) |
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II. Purity of mind (citta-visuddhi)
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73 |
General Remarks
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73 |
Forty Concentration Exercises
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75 |
Ten kasinas
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76 |
Ten Cementery meditations (asubha-bhavana)
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81 |
Ten Cntemplations (anussati)
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82 |
(1-6) On Buddha, Dharma,etc.
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85 |
(7) On Death
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87 |
(8) On Body
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95
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(9) On In-and-out Breathing
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97
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(10) On Peace
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105 |
Four Divine Abodes (Brahma-vihara)
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I. All-Embracing Kindness
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108 |
2.Compassion
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117 |
3.Altruistic Joy
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118 |
4.Equanimity
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118 |
Four Inmaterial Spheres
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125 |
Perception of Loahsomeness of Food
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129 |
Analysis of the Four Elements
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132 |
Supplementary Text:
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The Four Applications of Mindfulness
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134 |
The Eight Deliverances
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140 |
Ten Contemplations (Girimananda Sutta)
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141 |
Overcoming and Developing
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144 |
The Six Spiritual Powers
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145 |
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| C: WISDOM (panna) |
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General Remarks
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149 |
The Five groups of existence (panca khandha)
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150 |
The Twelve Bases (ayatana)
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156 |
The Eighteen Elements (dhatu)
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158 |
The Twenty-two Faculties (indriya)
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159 |
The Four Noble Truths
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166 |
Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada)
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173 |
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III. Purity of Understanding (ditthi-visuddhi)
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180 |
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IV. Purity of Escape from doubt (kankha-vitarana-visuddhi)
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186 |
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V. Purity of Knowledge and Vision Regarding Path and Not-Path (maggamagga-nanadassana-visuddhi)
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192 |
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VI. Purity of Knowledge and Vision of Progress (patipada-nanadassana-visuddhi)
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196 |
(1) Contemplation of Arising and Passing
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196 |
(2) Contemplation of Dissolution
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197 |
(3) Awareness of Terror
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197 |
(4) Contemplation on Misery
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198 |
(5) Contemplation on Turning Away
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199 |
(6) Desire of Deliverance
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200 |
(7) Reflective Contemplation
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200 |
(8) Equanimity Regarding All Formations
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201 |
(9) Adaptation Knowledge
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207 |
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VII. Purity of Knowledge and Vision (nanadassana-visuddhi)
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209 |
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SUPPLEMENT: Cessation of Consciusness (nirodha-samapatti)
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213 |
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INDEX
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217 |
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