
Table of Contents
BUDDHA, THE WORD.....................................................................................................................................1
(The Eightfold Path)................................................................................................................................1
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS..............................................................................................................2
FIRST TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF SUFFERING....................................................................2
THE FIVE GROUPS OF EXISTENCE.................................................................................................3
THE "CORPOREALITY GROUP" OF FOUR ELEMENTS................................................................4
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS......................................................................5
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTENCE........................................................................6
SAMSARA, THE WHEEL OF EXISTENCE........................................................................................7
SECOND TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE ORIGIN OF SUFFERING.................................7
THE THREEFOLD CRAVING.............................................................................................................8
HEAPING UP OF PRESENT SUFFERING..........................................................................................8
HEAPING UP OF FUTURE SUFFERING...........................................................................................9
THIRD TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE EXTINCTION OF SUFFERING...........................9
DEPENDENT EXTINCTION OF ALL PHENOMENA.....................................................................10
NIRVANA............................................................................................................................................10
THE ARAHAT, OR HOLY ONE........................................................................................................10
THE IMMUTABLE..............................................................................................................................11
FOURTH TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE
EXTINCTION OF SUFFERING.........................................................................................................11
THE TWO EXTREMES AND THE MIDDLE PATH........................................................................11
THE EIGHTFOLD PATH....................................................................................................................11
THE EIGHTFOLD PATH.................................................................................................................................12
FIRST STEP. RIGHT UNDERSTANDING........................................................................................12
UNPROFITABLE QUESTIONS.........................................................................................................13
THE SOTAPAN, OR "STREAM−ENTERER"...................................................................................14
THE TWO UNDERSTANDINGS.......................................................................................................14
COMPLETE DELIVERANCE............................................................................................................15
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION............................................................................................................17
KARMA: REBIRTH − PRODUCING AND BARREN.....................................................................17
SECOND STEP. RIGHT MINDEDNESS...........................................................................................18
THIRD STEP. RIGHT SPEECH..........................................................................................................18
FOURTH STEP. RIGHT ACTION......................................................................................................19
FIFTH STEP. RIGHT LIVING............................................................................................................20
SIXTH STEP. RIGHT EFFORT..........................................................................................................20
FIVE METHODS OF EXPELLING EVIL THOUGHTS....................................................................21
SEVENTH STEP. RIGHT ATTENTIVENESS...................................................................................21
CONTEMPLATION OF THE BODY.................................................................................................22
THE TEN BLESSINGS........................................................................................................................23
CONTEMPLATION OF THE FEELINGS..........................................................................................24
CONTEMPLATION OF THE MIND..................................................................................................24
CONTEMPLATION OF PHENOMENA (Mind−objects).................................................................24
NIRVANA THROUGH WATCHING OVER BREATHING.............................................................25
EIGHTH STEP. RIGHT CONCENTRATION....................................................................................27
THE FOUR TRANCES........................................................................................................................28
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHTFOLD PATH IN THE DISCIPLE............................................................29
CONFIDENCE AND RIGHT−MINDEDNESS (2nd Step)...............................................................29
MORALITY (3rd, 4th, 5th Step).........................................................................................................29
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