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Bhaisajja-guru.

The Buddha as the Great Doctor

for the Ills of the World—from Japan

W A L P O L A SRI R A H U L A

TripitakavagUvaracharya

What the Buddha Taught

(Revised edition)

PAUL D E M I E V I L L E

and

a collection of illustrative texts translated from

the original Pali

With a Foreword by

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Grove Press

New York

Also by Walpola Sri Rahula

History of Buddhism in Ceylon

The Heritage of the Bhikkhu

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-21017

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Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Preface - xi

The

Buddha-

CHAPTER I

Page

vii

The Buddhist Attitude of Mind

Man is supreme—One is one's refuge—Responsibility—Doubt—

Freedom of Thought—Tolerance—Is Buddhism Religion or Philo-

sophy?—Truth has no label—No blind faith or belief, but seeing

and understanding—No attachment even to Truth—Parable of the

raft—Imaginary speculations useless—Practical attitude—Parable

of the wounded man - 1

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

CHAPTER II

The First Noble Truth:

Dukkha

Buddhism neither pessimistic nor optimistic, but realistic—Meaning

of 'Dukkha'—Three aspects of experience—Three aspects of

'Dukkha'—What is a 'being'?—Five Aggregates—No spirit

opposed to matter—Flux—Thinker and Thought—Has life a

beginning? ..

The Second Noble Truth:

Samudaya:

'The Arising of

Dukkha'

—Definition—Four Nutriments—Root cause of suffering and conti-

nuity—Nature of arising and cessation—Karma and Rebirth—

What is death?—What is rebirth?

The Third Noble Truth:

Nirodha:

'The Cessation of

Dukkha'—

What is Nirvana?—Language and Absolute Truth—Definitions of

Nirvana—Nirvana not negative—Nirvana as Absolute Truth—

What is Absolute Truth?—Truth is not negative—Nirvana and

Samsara—Nirvana not a result—What is there after Nirvana?—

Incorrect expressions—What happens to an Arahant after death?—

If no Self, who realises Nirvana?—Nirvana in this life ..

The Fourth Noble Truth:

Magga:

'The Path'

Middle Path or Noble Eightfold Path—Compassion and Wisdom—

Ethical Conduct—Mental Discipline—Wisdom—Two sorts of

Understanding—Four Functions regarding the Four Noble Truths

viii

CHAPTER v

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER III

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