The sixth collection of essays. Includes: Danger Is Normal, What’s Noble about the Noble Truths?, Truths with Consequences, We Are Not One, Under Your Skin, Silence Isn’t Mandatory, The Not-self Strategy, and The Buddha’s Last Word.
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Table of Contents Titlepage 2 Copyright 3 Acknowledgements 4 Danger is Normal 5 What’s Noble about the Noble Truths? 9 Truths with Consequences 13 We Are Not One 27 Under Your Skin 34 Silence Isn’t Mandatory 41 Background: the Nine Attainments 42 Silence in the Formless Attainments 47 Buddhaghosa’s Interpretations 52 More Arguments for Silence in the First Jhāna 56 Purity of Concentration 62 The Right Use of Concentration 66 The Not-self Strategy 68 1. The Purpose & Range of the Teachings 69 2. The Metaphysical Assumptions of the Four Noble Truths 70 3. The Buddha’s Teaching Strategy 71 4. Two Fetters of Views 78 5. “Self” & “Not-self” as Skillful Strategies 82 6. The Strategic Use of the Knowledge, “All phenomena are not-self” 84 7. The Abandoning of All Strategies 89 The Buddha’s Last Word 95 Glossary 99 Abbreviations 102
