The essence of the Buddha’s teaching can be summed up in two principles: the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The first covers the side of doctrine, and the primary response it elicits is understanding; the second covers the side of discipline, in the broadest sense of that word, and the primary response it calls for is practice. In the structure of the teaching these two principles lock together into an indivisible unity called the dhamma-vinaya, the doctrine-and-discipline, or, in brief, the Dhamma.
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Preface 5 Abbreviations 8 I The Way to the End of Suffering 9 The Range of Suffering 15 The Causes of Suffering 18 Cutting Off the Causes of Suffering 20 II Right View (Sammā Diṭṭhi) 24 Mundane Right View 29 Superior Right View 36 III Right Intention (Sammā Saṅkappa) 42 The Intention of Renunciation 47 The Intention of Good Will 51 The Intention of Harmlessness 56 IV Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood (Sammā Vācā, Sammā Kammanta, Sammā Ājīva) 60 Right Speech (Sammā Vācā) 64 (1) Abstaining from false speech (musāvādā veramaṇī) 65 (2) Abstaining from slanderous speech (pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī) 68 (3) Abstaining from harsh speech (pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī) 70 (4) Abstaining from idle chatter (samphappalāpā veramaṇī) 71 Right Action (Sammā Kammanta) 73 (1) Abstaining from the taking of life (pāṇātipātā veramaṇī) 73 (2) Abstaining from taking what is not given (adinnādānā veramaṇī) 75 (3) Abstaining from sexual misconduct (kāmesu micchā-cārā veramaṇī) 77 Right Livelihood (Sammā Ājīva) 80 V Right Effort (Sammā Vāyāma) 83 Prevent the Arising of Unarisen Unwholesome States 87 Abandon the Arisen Unwholesome States 92 Arouse Unarisen Wholesome States 95 Maintain Arisen Wholesome States 98 VI Right Mindfulness (Sammā Sati) 100 Contemplation of the Body (Kāyānupassanā) 106 Contemplation of Feeling (Vedanānupassanā) 113 Contemplation of the State of Mind (Cittānupassanā) 115 Contemplation of Phenomena (Dhammānupassanā) 118 VII Right Concentration (Sammā Samādhi) 121 The Development of Concentration 123 The Stages of Concentration 127 VIII The Development of Wisdom 137 Epilog 153 Appendix A Factorial Analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path (Pali and English) 154 Recommended Reading 157 Notes 161
