The Buddha's Ancient PathThis is a book basic Buddhism with a difference, for it is written by a monk who was native of Ceylon, a scholar and a well-known preacher and broadcaster in Ceylon. He had the Pali canon and the commentaries at his fingertips, so that his book is full of apposite stories and quotations of what the Buddha said - many of them appearing in English for the first time. In recent years a number of expositions of the Buddha's teachings have been published in English, but most of them lack authenticity and do not represent what the Buddha taught correctly. Hence the need for this authentic book based on the Four Noble Truths about suffering which are the central conception of Buddhism and on the Noble Eightfold Path which is Buddhism in practice. This should prove the standard textbook from which basic Buddhism of the Theravada is taught for many years to come. It cannot be stressed too strongly that the Mahayana Buddhism of Tibet, China and Japan is based on and developed out of this basic Buddism of the Theravadins in Ceylon |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Buddhist Standpoint | 23 |
The Central Conception of Buddhism The Four Noble | 37 |
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actions aggregates of clinging anatta Arahat Arahatship arising of suffering Arousing of Mindfulness ascetics attained becomes Bhikkhu birth Blessed Bodhisatta bodily body brahmin breath bring Buddha Buddha says Buddhist called calm cause cease compassion concentration consciousness craving cultivate deeds delight deliverance Dhamma disciples discourse doctrine dukkha enlightenment evil thoughts existence experience external faculties feeling five aggregates five hindrances Four Noble Truths Gotama happiness harm hate and delusion heedfulness hindrances ill-will impermanent insight jhāna karma Kassapa knows lead lives practising lust man's Master meditation mental objects mettā mind-objects monks moral Nibbāna Nirvāṇa Noble Eightfold Path one's oneself pain Pāli purity Rāhula Rājagaha realize renunciation right effort right mindfulness right thought right understanding samādhi saṁsāra saññā sense desire sense objects sila speak speech strive supreme sutta taints Tathāgata things tion training precept unsatisfactoriness unwholesome thoughts venerable sir Vinaya vipassanā Virtue volitional formations wholesome wisdom words wrong