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146 14. THE BUDDHA’S PARINIBBÁNA (DEATH) from it, he attained to “the realm of neither-perception-nor-non-percep- tion” (nevasañ ...

147 CHAPTER 15 THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA What is Buddhism? “This doctrine is profound, hard to see, difficult to understand, c ...

148 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA Thanks to the indefatigable efforts of those noble and foresighted ara- hants, there is no r ...

SUTTA PIÞAKA 149 Sutta Piþaka The Sutta Piþaka consists chiefly of instructive discourses delivered by the Buddha to both the Sa ...

150 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA Sutta Nipáta (Collected Discourses) Vimána Vatthu (Stories of Celestial Mansions) Peta Vatt ...

ABHIDHAMMA PIÞAKA 151 an ideal Buddhist life. Abhidhamma is not a subject of fleeting interest designed for the superficial read ...

152 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA Kathávatthu (Points of Controversy) Yamaka (The Book of Pairs) Paþþhána (The Book of Causal ...

IS BUDDHISM A RELIGION? 153 of intuition. William James (1842–1910) referred to a stream of con- sciousness and denied the exist ...

154 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA Buddhism is not strictly a religion in the sense in which that word is commonly understood, ...

IS BUDDHISM A RELIGION? 155 On one occasion the citizens of Kesaputta, known as Kálámas, approached the Buddha and said that man ...

156 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA “Tápác chedác ca nikasat svarnam iva panditaih  Parikshya blikshavo gráhyam madvaco na tu g ...

IS BUDDHISM A RELIGION? 157 The Buddha extolled the praiseworthy conduct of that loyal and duti- ful bhikkhu, saying: “Excellent ...

158 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA of his teaching, or of his order. “If you do so,” the Buddha said, “you will not only bring ...

IS BUDDHISM AN ETHICAL SYSTEM? 159 lead to one’s deliverance or perfect purity. It is only the first stage on the path of purity ...

160 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA The mental states of the four types of supramundane path conscious- ness, namely, sotápatti ...

WHAT BUDDHISM IS 161 In one sense Buddhism is not a philosophy, in another sense it is the philosophy of philosophies. In one se ...

162 15. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA The Udána states: “Just as, O bhikkhus, the mighty ocean is of one flavour, the flavour of s ...

163 CHAPTER 16 SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM “Well expounded is the Dhamma by the Exalted One to be self-realised, wi ...

164 16. SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM original doctrine of the Buddha is in fact as optimistic as any optimism of the ...

TOLERANCE OF BUDDHISM 165 piness (sukha); happiness to concentration (samádhi); concentration to knowledge and vision of things ...