The Foundations of Buddhism

List of Tables and Figure

Tables

1. The noble eightfold path 81


2. The thirty-one realms of existence according to the

Pali sources u

3· Dependent arising 152

4· The forty subjects of calm meditation according to
Buddhaghosa 178

5· Ascending stages of calm meditation 182

6. The stages of insight according to Buddhaghosa's

Visuddhimagga 193

7. The scheme of the five paths and the ten

bodhisattva stages 196

8. The Abhidharma Pitaka 205

Figure

1. The Tibetan 'Wheel of Existence'