Acknowledgments ................................................ vi
General Introduction .......................................... vii
List of Primary Texts ....................................... xxiii
1. Discourse on the Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesana Sutta) ........ 1
2. Discourse to the Kālāmas (Kālāma Sutta) .................... 19
3. The Greater Discourse on Cause (Mahānidāna Sutta) .......... 26
4. The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness
(Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta) .................................... 42
5. The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving
(Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta) .................................. 59
6. Discourse of the Honeyball (Madhupiṇḍika Sutta) ............ 73
7. Short Discourses from the Saṃyutta Nikāya .................. 80
8. The Shorter Discourse to Māluṅkyaputta (Cūḷa-māluṅkya
Sutta) ..................................................... 95
9. Discourse on the Parable of the Water Snake
(Alagaddūpama Sutta) ...................................... 101
10. Discourse to Vacchagotta on Fire (Aggivacchagotta
Sutta) .................................................... 117
11. Discourse to Prince Abhaya (Abhayarājakumāra Sutta) ....... 123
12. Discourse to Poṭṭhapāda (Poṭṭhapāda Sutta) .................. 128
13. Discourse on the Threefold Knowledge (Tevijja Sutta) ...... 150
14. Discourse to Assalāyana (Assalāyana Sutta) ................ 164
15. The Lion's Roar on the Wheel-Turning Monarch
(Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta) ................................ 174
16. Discourse to the Layman Sigāla (Sigālovāda Sutta) ......... 191
General Glossary .............................................. 202
Selected Bibliography ......................................... 212
Index ......................................................... 215
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