viii ix
C XVI
Vajrayana — Tibetan Buddhism .............................................................................. 158
Guru Padmasambhava ......................................................................................................... 159art — uddhist eachings
C XVII
What e Buddha Taught ............................................................................................... 165
e Four Noble Truths ........................................................................................................ 165
e Noble Eightfold Path ................................................................................................. 169
e Law of the Twelve Causes ................................................................................... 171
e Six Realms of Existence ......................................................................................... 175
Karma — e Law of Cause and Effect ......................................................... 178
e Six Paramitas ...................................................................................................................... 182
e Discourse on Loving Kindness ...................................................................... 183
C XVIII
Becoming a Buddhist ............................................................................................................ 185
e Buddha ....................................................................................................................................... 187
e Dharma ...................................................................................................................................... 189
e Sangha ........................................................................................................................................ 189
e Ways of Practice .............................................................................................................. 190
C XIX
Famous Chinese Sutras ....................................................................................................... 194
e Sutra of Forty-Two Sections .............................................................................. 194
e Karma Sutra ........................................................................................................................ 209
e Diamond Sutra
( e Vajracchedika-Prajna-Paramita Sutra) ................................................ 215
C XX
e Dhammapada ..................................................................................................................... 235
C XXI
e Twelve Principles of Buddhism ..................................................................... 250