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If anyone is interested in The Buddha's path , this book covers a lot, teacher is highly recommended.
I'll provide the link after the Table of contents from the Buddhist Publication Society. Dhamma is priceless, eh?
(BPS 511S Edition)
Preface
Page vi
Chapter 1: Meditation—Why and How
Page 1
Chapter 2: Meditation Affects Our Lives
Page 11
Chapter 3: Calm and Insight
Page 16
Chapter 4: Four Friends
Page 26
Loving Kindness (Page 26)
Compassion (Page 35)
Sympathetic Joy (Page 39)
Equanimity (Page 41)
Chapter 5: Loving Kindness Meditation
Page 44
Chapter 6: Five Hindrances
Page 46
Sensual Desire (Page 47)
Ill Will (Page 54)
Sloth and Torpor (Page 64)
Restlessness and Worry (Page 68)
Sceptical Doubt (Page 73)
Chapter 7: Kamma and Rebirth
Page 76
Kamma (Page 76)
Rebirth (Page 80)
Chapter 8: The Discourse on Loving Kindness
Page 85
Chapter 9: Four Kinds of Happiness
Page 102
The Happiness of the Sense Contacts (Page 102)
Deva Happiness (Page 103)
The Happiness of Concentration (Page 105)
The Happiness of Insight (Page 108)
Chapter 10: The Five Aggregates
Page 112
The Body (Page 114)
Feeling (Page 117)
Perceptions (Page 118)
Mental Formations (Page 119)
Sense Consciousness (Page 120)
Chapter 11: Ten Virtues
Page 122
Generosity (Page 123)
Moral Conduct (Page 124)
Renunciation (Page 125)
Wisdom (Page 128)
Energy (Page 129)
Patience (Page 131)
Truth (Page 133)
Determination (Page 135)
Loving Kindness and Equanimity (Page 137)
Chapter 12: The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path
Page 138
The Four Noble Truths (Page 141)
The Noble Eightfold Path (Page 144)
Right View (Page 144)
Right Intention (Page 148)
Right Speech (Page 152)
Right Action (Page 154)
Right Livelihood (Page 155)
Right Effort (Page 156)
Right Mindfulness (Page 159)
Right Concentration (Page 162)
Chapter 13: A New Beginning
Page 165
Glossary
Page 171
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The Spider
When we’re mindful, we’re like a spider making its web. It stretches its
web across the air and then it puts itself in the center. Quiet. Still. Unmoving.
Mindful. If a fly or a bee comes flying along and touches the web, the spider
knows. It gets up and runs out to catch that insect and turn it into food. Once the
spider has caught its food, it hurries back to its original spot. It makes itself
quiet and alert. Mindful. It knows when something is about to touch the web.
As soon as something touches it, it’s already awake—because it lives with
mindfulness.
The spider is like our mind. The mind lies in the middle of the sense
spheres: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. That’s the way it is with a
person who practices. If we’re careful, alert, and restrained, we’ll get to know
ourselves. We’ll get to know the mind: what it’s doing and in what way.
Ajahn Chah
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Our practice is to cultivate good seeds in the soil of our mind, knowing that they will mature and bloom in their own time.
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Be diligent & do not stray from this unfabricated natural state, which doesn’t need to be maintained or sustained. It also doesn’t need somebody to sustain it. Recognize yourself, & at the same time let the mind face itself. Give up everything, all other concerns.
~ Tulku Urgyen
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In the Four Noble Truths the Buddha gives the essence of his understanding, his awakening.
Not being awake is suffering.
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