Table of contents

 

Criticism

What Buddhists Believe

You are responsible

The Thief

The worm

Right Speech

Buddhist Perspective on Time and Space

Wisdom and Compassion: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Introduction to lovingkindness meditation

An outline of the Metta Bhavana

Cultivating emotions

What metta isn’t

What metta is

What the Buddha said about metta

The Metta Prayer

Lovingkindness chant

The Tale of the Two Parrots

Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist

Ego and Desire

The turtle who saved lives

Maha Jayamangala Gatha

The Helpful Enemy

Loving-kindness Meditation - Forgiveness

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The Buddhist Monk's Discipline:
Some Points Explained for Laypeople
by Bhikkhu Khantipalo

Preface

Introduction

The Training Rules

The Value of Vinaya

"Reform of Vinaya"

Standards of Discipline

Some Aspects of the Vinaya

Greetings

Living-quarters

Money

Food and Drink

Travel

General Conduct

Conclusion

Bibliography

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Loving-Kindness

Ananda: Pre-eminent in Remembering

Biding Our Time

Ananda: Pre-eminent in Remembering

Our Real Home - Ajaan Chah

Letting Go, Letting Be

Purna: Pre-eminent in Preaching

Destroying Superstition within Buddhism

Lay Guide to the Monks' Rules

Buddha Dharma is the Light of Deliverance

Death and Dying - Ajahn Jagaro

Three Poisons/Three Evil Roots

The Buddha and His Disciples

Buddhist Questions and Answers

Some Discourses

Some Buddhist Doctrines

Some Leading Disciples

The True Buddhist

The Monk's Rules

Buddha's Nagas

Definition of Naga

Nagarjuna

The Life of Nagarjuna

Madhyamika

VINAYA: The Ordination Ceremony of a Monk

Do Buddhists Believe in God?

If the Buddha is not a god, then why do people worship him?

The Buddha is not a God. He is a Great Human Being

Good Will

What Is Buddhism?

Ten Unwholesome Actions

Misunderstanding Buddhism

The Significance of Vesak - Buddha Day

About Buddha

Life of Buddha

A biography of Lord Buddha

The History of Buddhism

Introduction to Buddhism

About Buddhism

Buddhism at a glance

The precepts

Meditation

Compassion and Bodhicitta

The Four Immeasurables

The Four Noble Truths

The Noble Eighfold Path

Karma and Rebirth

Emptiness

Lotus Flower

The bodhi tree

 

The four noble truths
Teachings by Ajahn Sumedho

A Handful of Leaves

Preface

Introduction

The First Noble Truth

Suffering and Self-view

Denial of Suffering

Morality and compassion

To Investigate Suffering

Pleasure and Displeasure

Insight in Situations

The Second Noble Truth

Three Kinds of Desire

Grasping is Suffering

Letting Go

Accomplishment

The Third Noble Truth

The Truth of Impermanence

Mortality and Cessation

Allowing Things to Arise

Realisation

The Fourth Noble Truth

Right Understanding

Right Aspiration

Speech/Action/Livelihood

Effort/Mindfulness/Concentration

Aspects of Meditation

Rationality and Emotion

Things As They Are

Harmony

8-Path as Reflective Teaching

Glossary

 

 

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A Handful of Leaves

Tipitaka: The pali canon (Readings in Theravada Buddhism)

A vast body of literature in English translation the texts add up to several thousand printed pages. Most -- but not all -- of the Canon has already been published in English over the years. Although only a small fraction of these texts are available here at Access to Insight, this collection can nonetheless be a very good place to start. Click to read

 

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