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The heart of the Buddha's teaching : transforming suffering into peace, joy & liberation : the four noble truths, the noble eightfold path, and other basic Buddhist teachings

Call Number

  • 294.342 N5769 (OSH)

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Edition

1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.

Publication Information

New York : Broadway Books, 1999.

Physical Description

292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif. : Parallax Press, 1998.

Contents

  • pt. 1. The four noble truths
  • 1. Entering the heart of the Buddha
  • 2. The first Dharma talk
  • 3. The four noble truths
  • 4. Understanding the Buddha's teachings
  • 5. Is everything suffering?
  • 6. Stopping, calming, resting, healing
  • 7. Touching our suffering
  • 8. Realizing well-being
  • pt. 2. The noble eightfold path
  • 9. Right view
  • 10. Right thinking
  • 11. Right mindfulness
  • 12. Right speech
  • 13. Right action
  • 14. Right diligence
  • 15. Right concentration
  • 16. Right livelihood
  • pt. 3. Other basic Buddhist teachings
  • 17. The two truths
  • 18. The three Dharma seals
  • 19. The three doors of liberation
  • 20. The three bodies of Buddha
  • 21. The three jewels
  • 22. The four immeasurable minds
  • 23. The five aggregates
  • 24. The five powers
  • 25. The six Paramitas
  • 26.The seven factors of awakening
  • 27. The twelve links of interdependent co-arising
  • 28. Touching the Buddha within
  • pt. 4. Discourses
  • 1. Turning the wheel of the Dharma (Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta)
  • 2. The great forty (Mahacattarisaka Sutta)
  • 3. Right view (Sammaditthi Sutta).