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

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This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha's teachings. "For years," says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, "the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula's What the Buddha Taught fills 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 as comprehensive as it is masterly."This edition contains a selection of illustrative texts from the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index. Front Cover Back Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Illustrations Foreword Preface The Buddha CHAPTER I THE BUDDHIST ATTITUDE OF MIND CHAPTER II THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH: DUKKHA CHAPTER III THE SECOND NOBLE TRUTH: SAMUDAYA: 'The Arising of Dukkha' CHAPTER IV THE THIRD NOBLE TRUTH: NIRODHA : 'The Cessation of Dukkha' CHAPTER V THE FOURTH NOBLE TRUTH: MAGGA : 'The Path' CHAPTER VI THE DOCTRINE OF NO-SOUL: ANATTA CHAPTER VII 'MEDITATION' OR MENTAL CULTURE: BHAVANA CHAPTER VIII WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT AND THE WORLD TODAY Selected Texts THE FIRE SERMON (Adittapariyaya-sutta) UNIVERSAL LOVE (Metta-sutta) BLESSINGS (Marisala-rutta) GETTING RID OF ALL CARES AND TROUBLES (Sabbeisava-sutta) THE PARABLE OF THE PIECE OF CLOTH (Vatthfipama-sutta) (Abridged) THE FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS (The Presence of Mindfulness) (Satipattbana-sutta) (Abridged) ADVICE TO SIGALA (Domestic and Social Relations) (Sigalovatia-sutta) (Abridged) THE WORDS OF TRUTH Selections from THE DHAMMAPADA THE LAST WORDS OF THE BUDDHA Abbreviations Selected Bibliograghy FOR THE ENGLISH READER Glossary Index