Early Buddhist Discourses
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Early Buddhist Discourses

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
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Early Buddhist Discourses

About this book

Twenty discourses from the Pali Canon--including those most essential to the study and teaching of early Buddhism--are provided in fresh translations, accompanied by introductions that highlight the main themes and set the ideas presented in the context of wider philosophical and religious issues. Taken together, these fascinating works give an account of Buddhist teachings directly from the earliest primary sources.

In his General Introduction, John J. Holder discusses the structure and language of the Pali Canon--its importance within the Buddhist tradition and the historical context in which it developed--and gives an overview of the basic doctrines of early Buddhism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Early Buddhist Discourses
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. General Introduction
  9. List of Primary Texts
  10. 1. Discourse on the Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesana Sutta)
  11. 2. Discourse to the Kālāmas (Kālāmas Sutta)
  12. 3. The Greater Discourse on Cause (Mahānidāna Sutta)
  13. 4. The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness (Mahāsatipaį¹­į¹­hān aSutta)
  14. 5. The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving (Mahātaį¹‡hāsankhaya Sutta)
  15. 6. Discourse of the Honeyball (Madhupiį¹‡įøika Sutta)
  16. 7. Short Discourses from the Saį¹ƒyutta Nikāya
  17. 8. The Shorter Discourse to Māluį¹…kyaputta (CÅ«į»Ša-māluį¹…kya Sutta)
  18. 9. Discourse on the Parable of the Water Snake (Alagaddūpama Sutta)
  19. 10. Discourse to Vacchagotta on Fire (Aggivacchagotta Sutta)
  20. 11. Discourse to Prince Abhaya (Abhayarājakumāra Sutta)
  21. 12. Discourse to Poį¹­į¹­hapāda (Poį¹­į¹­hapāda Sutta)
  22. 13. Discourse on the Threefold Knowledge (Tevijja Sutta)
  23. 14. Discourse to Assalāyana (Assalāyana Sutta)
  24. 15. The Lionā€™s Roar on the Wheel-Turning Monarch (Cakkavattisīāda Sutta)
  25. 16. Discourse to the Layman Sigāla (Sigālovāda Sutta)
  26. General Glossary
  27. Selected Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. Back Cover

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