2021/04/04

On the Path : an Anthology on the Noble Eightfold Path Drawn from the Pāli Canon

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On the Path

AN ANTHOLOGY

ON THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH

DRAWN FROM THE PĀLI CANON

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

(Geoffrey DeGraff)


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Contents

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Titlepage
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Contents
Cover
Quotation
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Introduction : The Fire Escape
How to read this book

I. A Framework for the Frame
Readings
The First Teaching
The Last Teaching
On the Word, “Path”
On the Word, “Noble”
On the Word, “Right”
On the Middle Way

II. The Arising of the Path
Readings
The Discovery of the Path
Supplementary Factors
The Path-factors & their Relationships

III. Right View
Mundane Right View
Transcendent Right View
Final Right View
This/That Conditionality
Readings
Mundane Right View
The Complexity of Kamma
From Mundane to Transcendent Right View
Giving
Virtue
Heaven
Drawbacks
Renunciation
Transcendent Right View
Perceptions for Inducing Dispassion for the Aggregates
Craving for Becoming & Non-becoming
Dependent Co-arising
Final Right View
On Not Confusing Levels of Right View

IV. Right Resolve
Readings
Mundane Right Resolve
From Mundane to Transcendent Right Resolve
Transcendent Right Resolve & Beyond

V. Right Speech & Right Action
Readings
Right Speech
Right Action

VI. Right Livelihood
Readings
Beyond Skillful Habits

VII. Right Effort
Readings
Desire Focused on Causes
Generating Desire
The Types of Effort
The Amount of Effort
Beyond Right Effort

VIII. Right Mindfulness
Readings
Ardency
Alertness
Mindfulness as a Focused Quality
Stages in the Practice
Body
Feelings
Mind
Dhammas
Conclusion
Guidance from Discernment

IX. Right Concentration
Readings
What is singleness?
What is sensuality?
Concentration & Insight

X. The Stream to Unbinding
Readings
The Stream
Right Knowledge, Right Release
Fruit
Glossary
Abbreviations
Further Readings