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Named Person: | Gautama Buddha; Gautama Buddha; Gautama Buddha. |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Walpola Rāhula; Paul Demiéville |
ISBN: | 0802130313 9780802130310 0802100562 9780802100566 |
OCLC Number: | 18029725 |
Notes: | "An Evergreen Book." |
Description: | xvi, 151, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | The Buddhist attitude of mind -- The first noble truth : dukkha -- The second noble truth : samudaya : "the arising of dukkha" -- The third noble truth : nirodha : "the cessation of dukkha" -- The fourth noble truth : magga : "the path" -- The doctrine of no-soul : anatta -- "Meditation" or mental culture : bhāvanā -- What the Buddha taught and the world today -- Selected texts. Setting in motion the wheel of truth -- The fire sermon -- Universal love -- Blessings -- Getting rid of all cares and troubles -- The parable of the piece of cloth -- The foundations of mindfulness -- Advice to Sigāla -- The words of truth -- The last words of the Buddha. |
Series Title: | Evergreen, E-641. |
Responsibility: | Walpola Sri Rahula ; with a foreword by Paul Demiéville and a collection of illustrative texts translated from the original Pali. |
Abstract:
"This comprehensive, compact, lucid, and faithful account of the Buddha's teachings persistently enjoys great popularity in colleges, universities, and theological schools both here and abroad."--Publisher
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