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166 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM sons I will not teach,” the Buddha would have created an inner circle and outer ...

TOLERANCE OF BUDDHISM 167 An elephant was presented to some blind men to describe what it looked like. Those who touched the dif ...

168 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM háriya,^271 for instance, erroneously rendered “twin miracle,” is a psychic phe ...

BUDDHISM AND CASTE 169 The ordinary precepts which Buddhists are expected to observe are not commandments but modes of disciplin ...

170 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM “The brahmins say thus, Kaccána, ‘The brahmins are the most distin- guished of ...

BUDDHISM AND WOMEN 171 women as “the torch lighting the way to hell” (narakamárgadvárasya dìpika). The Buddha did not humiliate ...

172 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM consolation and peace, and breathed that free atmosphere which was denied to th ...

BUDDHISM AND WOMEN 173 Dhammadinná and Bhaddá Kápilanì were two bhikkhuóìs who were honoured exponents of the Dhamma. In answer ...

174 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM Sumaná and Subhaddá were two sisters of exemplary character who had implicit fa ...

BUDDHISM AND HARMLESSNESS 175 Buddhism is the noblest of all unifying and uplifting influences that has operated for more than 2 ...

176 CHAPTER 17 THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS “Light arose in me in things not heard before.” — Dhammacakka Sutta T ruth (sacca) is that ...

THE TRUTHS 177 happiness is merely the gratification of some desire. “No sooner is the desired thing gained than it begins to be ...

178 17. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS attaining anágámi, the third stage of sainthood. The subtle forms of craving are eradicated on att ...

NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH 179 It is one’s thoughts that either defile or purify a person. One’s thoughts mould one’s nature and contr ...

180 17. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS stant meditation and reflection, he perceives the futility of pursuing base material pleasures and ...

NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH 181 the forlorn, tend the sick, comfort the bereaved, pity the wicked, and enlighten the ignorant. Compassi ...

182 17. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS find no expression. Under no pretence would he kill or steal. Being pure in mind, he would lead a ...

NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH 183 Of these eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path the first two are grouped in wisdom (paññá), the sec ...

184 CHAPTER 18 KAMMA “All living beings have kamma as their own.”  — Majjhima Nikáya k amma^283 is the law of moral causation. ...

INEQUALITY 185 The majority of mankind attribute this inequality to a single cause such as the will of a creator. The Buddha exp ...