SD 1 – 9
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Sutta Discovery 1:
The Buddha and the Early Buddhist Teachings (soft bound; limited edition)
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Cover to Sutta Discovery vol 1
Sutta Discovery 2:
Wealth and lovingkindness (soft bound; limited edition)
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SD 1: The Buddha & the Early Buddhist Teachings [3rd rev ed, 2010, ISBN 978-981-08-5206-1]
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 0.0 | Contents | ||
| 0.1 | Preface to SD 1 | ||
| 0.2 | Guidelines for study and teaching | ||
| 0.3 | Abbreviations | Technical, textual and scriptural abbreviations | |
| 0.4 | Pali Canon and related works | Scripture editions, translations and how to cite scriptures. | |
| 0.5 | Introduction to SD 1 | ||
| 1.1 | Dhammacakka Pavattana Sutta | S 56.11 | The Buddha’s first discourse. |
| 1.2 | Anatta Lakkhana Sutta | S 22.59 | The 3 characteristics, the 5 aggregates, and the soul. |
| 1.3 | Aditta (Pariyaya) Sutta | S 35.28 | The Fire Discourse: everything is burning with greed, hate and delusion. |
| 1.4 | Udumbarika Sihanada Sutta | D 25 | The Buddha pays back the zealot in his own coins. |
| 1.5 | Veludvareyya Sutta | S 55.7 | The 4 precepts, the golden rule, values and streamwinning. |
| 1.6 | Vitakka Santhana Sutta | M 20 | How to overcome distractions during meditation. (MP3) [2 Mar 2013] |
| 1.7 | Kevaddha Sutta (last update: 2010/05/10) | D 11 | Miracles & what even God does not know. |
| 1.8 | Tevijja Sutta | D 13 | Problems with the creator-god idea. |
| 1.9 | Dakkhina Vibhanga Sutta | M 142 | The first nuns and position of women in early Buddhism. |
| 1.10 | The Dharma-ending Age | (Essay) | (Prophecy in the Pali Canon) Who is responsible for the decline of Buddhism? |
| 1.11 | Ariya Pariyesana Sutta | M 26 | The events leading up to the Great Enlightenment. |
| 1.12 | Mahasaccaka Sutta | M 36.17-44 | The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification. |
| 1.13 | Maha Sihanada Sutta | M 12.44-63 | The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification. |
| 1.14 | Index and glossary | ||
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SD 2: Wealth & Lovingkindness [3rd rev ed, 2010, ISBN 978-981-08-6272-3]
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| 0. 0 0 | SD 2 Title page and contents | Title page and contents | |
| 2.0 1 | Preface | Preface | |
| 2.0 2 | Introduction | Introduction | |
| 2.1 | Adiya Sutta | A 5.41 | The best benefits of wealth |
| 2.2 | Anana Sutta or Ananya Sutta | A 4.62 | The true benefits of worldly happiness |
| 2.3 | Dana Mahapphala Sutta | A 7.49 | On the best motivation for giving |
| 2.4 | (Abhabba) Tayodhamma Sutta | A 10.76 | Why & how to practise the holy life |
| 2.5 | Moral shame & moral fear, Kanha Sutta, Sukka Sutta & Cariya Sutta | A 2.1.7-9 | The two guardians of the world. The 2 qualities that are world protectors. |
| 2.6a | (Saddha) Janussoni Sutta | A 10.177 | Who can benefit from dedication of merits? |
| 2.6b | Neyyattha Nitattha Sutta | A 2.3.4-5 | Two types of religious language |
| 2.7 | Tirokudda Sutta | Kh 7 | The departed and merit |
| 2.8 | (Agara) Aditta Sutta | S 1.41 | On having the right priorities in life |
| 2.9 | Kimdada Sutta | S 1.42 | On the best gifts |
| 2.10 | (Karajakaya) Brahmavihara Sutta | A 10.208 | How to become God-like |
| 2.11a | (Punna) Metta Sutta | A 7.59a | The spiritual benefit of lovingkindness |
| 2.11b | Ma Punna Bhayi Sutta | It 22 | The three grounds for merit-making. |
| 2.12 | Tikandaki Sutta | A 5.144 | Dealing with repulsive and the attractive |
| 2.13 | Culacchara Sutta | A 1.6.3-5 | Lovingkindness works for even a moment |
| 2.14 | Okkha Sutta or Ukka Sutta | S 20.4 | Lovingkindness is more fruitful than giving |
| 2.15 | (Ekadasa) Mettanisamsa Sutta | A 11.16 | The 11 benefits of cultivating lovingkindness |
| 2.16 | Is there a soul? | (Essay) | A study based on the Pali Canon |
| 2.17 | Is rebirth immediate? | (Essay) | A study based on the Pali Canon |
| 2.18 | Dhammadayada Sutta | M 3 | Sariputta on how to inherit the Dharma |
| 2.19 | Agganna Sutta | D 27 | On the origin or evolution of the world, society & basic values |
| 2.20 | (Panca) Gati Sutta | A 9.68 | The 5 realms of sentient existence |
| 2.21 | Sangaha Bala Sutta | A 9.5 | How to free oneself from five common fears |
| 2.22 | Bala Pandita Sutta | M 129 | The hells and the universal monarch |
| 2.23 | Devaduta Sutta | M 130 | The four sights and their meanings |
| 2.24 | Maha Sihanada Sutta (excerpt) | *M 12 | The Buddha’s knowledge of the worlds |
| 2.25 | Patala Sutta | S 36.4 | On the symbolic nature of “hell” |
| 2.26 | Index and glossary | Index & glossary | |
| 2.27 | List of Piya Tan’s Works, Sutta Classes & courses | ||
| 2.28 | Printing the suttas | ||
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SD 3: Refuge-going [ISBN 978-981-08-3492-0]
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 3.1 | The One True Refuge | Balance between self-reliance and spiritual community | |
| *Madhura Sutta *Ghotamukha Sutta Ahitaya Thera Sutta *Mahapadesa Sutta *Mahaparinibbana Sutta |
M 84.10 f M 94.31 A 5.88 D 16.47-11 D 16.23, 26 |
To whom do we go for refuge? The Buddha is our refuge. Famous teachers can have wrong views. The 4 great references. = A 4.180 Be islands unto yourself! |
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| 3.2 | Listening Beyond the Ear | The nature of noble discipleship | |
| *Maha Vedalla Sutta Samathavipassana Sutta Dhammassavanna Sutta Vimmuttayatana Sutta *Anivarana Sutta Migasala Sutta |
M 43.14 A 2.3.10 A 5.26; D 33.2.1(25) S 46.38b A 6.44 |
Two conditions for right view. Two connected aspects of meditation. . Opportunities to enter the Path. Overcoming mental hindrances. Measure not others. |
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| 3.3 | Entering the Stream | The nature and attainment of sainthood. | |
| (Magga) Vibhanga Sutta Nittha Sutta (Sekha) Uddesa Sutta Saupadisesa Sutta *(Sotapatti) Phala Sutta *Pancabherabhaya Sutta |
S 45.8 A 10.63 A 3.85 A 9.12 S 55.55 S 12.42 |
Right view. Five kinds of saints. Four kinds of saints. On the ease of becoming a stream-winner. The limbs for stream-winning. The limbs of a stream-winner. |
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| 3.4 | Sankharupapatti Sutta | M 120 | How to choose a good rebirth. |
| (Sappurisa) Vaddha Sutta (Savika) Vaddhi Sutta |
A 5.63 A 5.64 |
The fivefold growth of a male lay disciple. The fivefold growth of a female lay disciple. |
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| 3.5 | Lonaphala Sutta | A 3.99 | How to limit bad karma. |
| 3.6 | Sarakani Sutta 1 | S 55.24 | How a drunk dies a saint. |
| 3.7 | (Upadana) Parivatta Sutta | S 22.56 | The 5 aggregates within this life. |
| 3.8 | Why Some Marriages Fail | ||
| Stories of Isidasi | ThiA 260-271 | Why some marriages fail. | |
| Uttara and Sirima | DhA 11.2 DhA 17.3 | The power of lovingkindness. | |
| Vijaya Sutta | Sn no 11 | Disillusionment regarding the body. | |
| 3.9 | Sancetanika Sutta | A 10.206 | How karma is destroyed. |
| 3.10 | Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta | M 61 | Dangers of lying and need for constant self-reflection. |
| 3.11 | Maha Rahulovada Sutta | M 62 | Meditations to overcome attachment to the body. |
| 3.12 | Nivarana Sangarava Sutta | S 46.55 |
Why we forget. |
| 3.12a | Maha Assapura Sutta | MA 3:318-321 | Commentarial explanations of the similes of the five hindrances. |
| 3.13 | Alagaddupama Sutta | M 22 | How to study the Dharma effectively. |
| 3.14 | The Teacher or the Teaching? | Charisma and self-empowerment. | |
| Rupa Sutta Puggalappasada Sutta *Ovada Sutta III Migasala Sutta Adhipateyya Sutta |
A 4.65 A 5.250 S 16.8 A 6.44 A 3.40 |
The four measures of charisma. (Incl Tha 469-472; Pug 53 f) Dangers of wrong devotion. The Buddha’s prophecy to Maha Kassapa. Measure not others. (Abridged) The Buddha and the devas know our deeds. |
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| 3.15 | Bakkula Sutta | M 124 | The story of a fish: living well, dying well. |
| 3.16 | (Uggatasarira) Aggi Sutta | A 4.44 | The three fires reinterpreted. |
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SD 4 (2004a, 2nd rev 2009, 3rd rev 2012): Karma 1 [ISBN 978-981-07-2694-2] (updated on 120615)Karma means that we can radically change ourselves and the world. |
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| 4.0 | SD 4 contents & TMC activites | SD 4 contents & TMC activites | |
| 4.1 | Sigalovada Sutta
4.1(1.3) Thana Putta Sutta |
D 31
A 5.39 |
The lay person’s code of ethics and social responsibilities.
Reasons for having a son. |
| 4.2-4 | Sammatta Niyama Suttas 1-3 | A 5.151 | How to prepare yourself for spiritual liberation. |
| 4.3 | Sammatta Niyama Sutta 2 | A5.152 | How to study the Dharma for liberation. |
| 4.4 | Sammatta Niyama Sutta 3 | A5.153 | How to study the Dharma for liberation. |
| 4.5 | Sussusa Sutta | A 6.88 | How to benefit from the Dharma with certainty |
| 4.6 | (Dhamma,yogi Jhayi) Maha Cunda Sutta | A 6.46 | Fellowship between scholars and meditators. |
| 4.7 | Cula Dukkhakkhandha Sutta | M 14 | The nature of true happiness. |
| 4.8 | Hatthaka Alavaka Sutta | A 3.34 | The bases of conciliation; true happiness. |
| 4.9 | Dhananjani Sutta | M 97 | Sariputta guides a dying person to the Brahma world. |
| 4.10 | (Mahanama) Gilayana Sutta | S 55.54 | How to die as a saint. |
| 4.11 | Pacala Sutta | A 7.58 | Ways of overcoming drowsiness & true discipleship. |
| 4.12 | (Nava Purana) Kamma Sutta | S 35.146 | Karma in the light of the four noble truths. |
| 4.13 | (Vitthara) Kamma Sutta | A 4.232 | Karma in terms of their quality and results. |
| 4.14 | (Kamma) Nidana Sutta & 4.14(1) Ti,dhamma Pahaniya Sutta | A 3.33 &
A 6.107 |
The seed-like nature of karma (A 3.33)
The 3 unwholesome roots are to be abandoned (A 6.107). |
| 4.15 | Cula Kamma Vibhanga Sutta | M 135 | An analysis of karma and its fruit. |
| 4.16 | Maha Kamma Vibhanga Sutta | M 136 | Why the good sometimes suffer, the bad prosper. |
| 4.17 | Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta | M 140 | A pupil recognizes the Teacher through the Teaching. |
| 4.18 | (Tad-ah’) Uposatha Sutta | A 3.70 | Types of uposatha (observance days). |
| 4.19-23 | Money and monastics | V 2:294 ff; S 4:326; A 2:53 |
Why renunciants abstain from money |
| 4.20 | Upakkilesa Sutta (abridged) | A 4.10 | Accepting money by monastics is one of the impurities. |
| 4.21 | *Maniculaka Sutta (excerpt) | S 42.10 | Monastics prohibited from accepting money. |
| 4.22 | *Ghotamukha Sutta (excerpt) | M 94.31-33 | The monk Udena rejects donation of money. |
| 4.23 | *Ghatikara Sutta (excerpt) | M 81.1-6 | A family man who uses no money. |
| 4.24 | Amagandha Sutta | Sn 2.2 | You are more than what you eat. |
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SD 5 (2004b, 2nd rev 2009, 3rd rev 2011): Dependent arising [ISBN 978-981-07-1031-6]Dependent arising is about how the mind works, and ending suffering..
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 5.1 | Samajivi Sutta 1 | A 4.55 | Living as ideal loving partners here and hereafter. |
| 5.2 | Nakula Sutta | A 6.16 | How a loving wife counsels a dying husband. |
| 5.3 | Nakulamata Sutta | A 8.49 | How women can be reborn as devas. |
| 5.4 | Nakulapita Sutta | S 22.1 | “My body may be sick, but my mind will not be sick.” |
| 5.5 | Sallatthena Sutta | S 36.6 | Two kinds of pain, but the wise suffer only one kind. |
| 5.6 | Sivaka Sutta | S 36.21 | Not everything is due to karma. The 5 natural orders. |
| 5.7 | Saleyyaka Sutta | M 41 | Karma and rebirth, or how to choose your rebirth. |
| 5.8 | Cula Malunkyaputta Sutta | M 63 | Right priorities in life and how to end suffering. |
| 5.9 | Malunkyaputta Sutta | S 35.95 | Minding the mind. |
| 5.10 | Dighajanu Sutta | A 8.54 | The layman’s welfare. |
| 5.11 | Angulimala Sutta | M 86 | The reformation of a serial killer. |
| 5.12 | Abhinha Paccavekkhitabba Thana Sutta | A 5.57 | Five regular reflections for spiritual development. |
| 5.13 | Sattha Sacitta Sutta | A 10.51 | On self-review. |
| 5.14 | (Kaya) Na Tumha Sutta | S 12.37 | Karma and interdependent origination. |
| 5.15 | (Paticcasamuppada) Vibhanga Sutta | S 12.2 | Definition of the 12 links. |
| 5.16 | Dependent Arising | (Essay) | Overview & introduction to the wheel of life. |
| 5.17 | Maha Nidana Sutta | D 15 | Dependent arising, language and non-self. |
| 5.18 | (Anuruddha) Upakkilesa Sutta | M 128 | Spiritual friendship and mental development. |
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| SD 6 (2004c): Wisdom [ISBN 978-981-08-4245-1]
True wisdom is seeing things as they really are, and that we are no different.
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| 6.1 | Parileyya Sutta | S 22.81 | How to immediately destroy the mental defilements. |
| 6.2 | Upasakasampada Mahanama Sutta | S 55.37 | On the spiritual qualities of a true lay follower. |
| 6.3 | Upasaka Mahanama Sutta | S 8.25 | On the qualities of a true lay follower. |
| 6.4 | Bhaya Vera Sutta | A 5.174 | Disadvantages of breaking the precepts. |
| 6.5 | Sabbalahusa Sutta | A 8.40 | Fruits of breaking the precepts. |
| 6.6 | (Attha) Dana Sutta | A 8.31-33 | On the motives behind giving. |
| 6.7 | Sugata Vinaya Sutta | A 4.150 | On the confusion regarding the Teaching. |
| 6.8 | Titthayatana Sutta | A 3.61 | Three wrong views regarding karma. |
| 6.9 | Maha Dukkhakkhandha Sutta | M 13 | On the pains of pleasure. |
| 6.10 | Maha Cattarisaka Sutta | M 117 | Right view and how the noble eightfold path works. |
| 6.11 | Nibbedhika Pariyaya Sutta | A 6.63 | A new look at the four noble truths. |
| 6.12 | Upanisa Sutta | S 12.23 | Dependent arising (immediate causes). |
| 6.13 | Kaccayanagotta Sutta | S 12.15 | On what really is the middle way. |
| 6.13a | Katyayanagotra Sutra | SA 301= T 2.99.85c-86a | Chinese text and English translation of the sutra. |
| 6.14 | Madhupindika Sutta | M 18 | Perception and mental proliferation. |
| 6.15 | Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta | M72 | Nirvana and the problem of language. |
| 6.16 | Maha Hatthipadopama Sutta | M 28 | The 4 elements & dependent arising of the 5 aggregates. |
| 6.17 | Parinna Sutta | S 35.60 | Overcoming clinging. |
| 6.18 | Maha Sakuludayi Sutta | M 77.15-21 | The 37 limbs of awakening. |
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| SD 7 (2005a): The world and the universe
Our world is our six senses: our eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind and their perceptions.
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| 7.1 | Sabba Sutta | S 35.23 | The 12 sense-bases and the Buddhist theory of everything. |
| 7.2 | Rohitassa Sutta | S 2.26 | The world’s end cannot be reached by going. |
| 7.3 | (Lujjati) Loka Sutta | S 35.82 | The world is constantly breaking up. |
| 7.4 | Lokanta Gamana Sutta | S 35.116 | How the world will really end. |
| 7.5 | (Samudayatthangama) Loka Sutta | S 12.44 | The dependent arising of the world. |
| 7.6 | Attakari Sutta | A 6.38 | Is there free will? On self-agency and other-agency. |
| (6a-b-c) Cetana Sutta 1-3 | S 12.38 | Karma still works without intention. | |
| Cetana Sutta 2 | S 12.39 | Latent tendencies lead to rebirth. | |
| Cetana Sutta 3 | S 12.40 | How we form personal habits. | |
| 7.7 | Free Will | (Essay) | Early Buddhism, determinism and Benjamin Libet. |
| 7.8 | Arana Vibhanga Sutta | M 139 | No problem people, only people with problem. |
| 7.9 | Khalunka Sutta | A 8.14 | An early study in psychological defence mechanism. |
| 7.10 | Maha Tanhasankhaya Sutta | M 38 | Consciousness, rebirth and liberation. |
| 7.11 | Asibandhakaputta Kula Sutta | S 42.9 | Eight causes of the destruction of families. |
| 7.12 | Abhaya Rajakumara Sutta | M 58 | How the Buddha is not caught by trick questions. |
| 7.13 | Anapanasati Sutta | M 118 | On the breath meditation (the classic work) |
| 7.14 | Potthapada Sutta | D 9 | On the nature of consciousness and the self. |
| 7.15 | (Nivarana Bojjhanga) Ahara Sutta | S 46.51 | Starving the hindrances, feeding the enlightenment factors. |
| 7.16 | (Upadana) Samadhi Sutta | S 22.5 | The 5 aggregates and suffering over many lives. |
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SD 8: Lay sainthood (2005b)
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| SD no. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 8.1 | Spiritual friendship | (Essay) | Sariputta & Moggallana. |
| 8.2 | Taming of the Bull | (Essay) | Meditation in early Buddhism. |
| 8.3 | The Radiant mind | (Essay) | Working towards one’s inherent goodness. |
| 8.4 | Dhyana (last update 2012/05/10) | (Essay) | An introductory study of the jha?nas and spiritual liberation. |
| 8.5 | Layman and Dhyana | (Essay) | How a lay person can meditate successfully. |
| 8.6 | Laymen Saints | (Essay) | Awakened lay followers of the Buddha’s time and awakening today. |
| 8.7 | Saññoga Sutta | A 7.48 | The nature of sexuality. |
| 8.8 | Vakkali Sutta | S 22.87 | He who sees the Buddha, see the Dharma. |
| 8.9 | Bhaddekaratta Sutta | M 131 | The meaning of vipassana. |
| 8.10 | Samannaphala Sutta (updated on 2012/05/10) | D 2 | The fruits of the holy life (teaching to Ajatasattu). |
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| Volume 9 (2004d): Maha Parinibbana Sutta (D 16) [download SD 9]
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| (1) | Summary of the sutta | |
| (2) | The longest ancient Indian work | |
| (3) | Composition of the sutta | |
| Chart. The original materials, unique to the sutta Chart. Concordance of Sources of the Maha Parinibbana Sutta (TW Rhys Davids) |
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| (4) | Text and recensions | |
| (a) Chronology of the Pali Canon (b) Recensions of the sutta |
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| (5) | Bareau’s analyses | |
| (6) | Island or lamp? | |
| (a) Attadipa (b) The only way (c) The one refuge |
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| (7) | Mortuary rites and holy places | |
| (a) Mortuary preparations (b) Supreme worship (c) Stupas and caityas (d) Relic and stupa worship (e) Seeing the Buddha (f) Sense of urgency (g) Buddhist pilgrimage (h) Pasannacitta (i) Authenticity of relics (j) Relic thefts |
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| (8) | Barlaam and Josaphat | |
| (9) | The Buddha’s life and death | |
| (a) The lifespan of Buddhas (b) The Buddha’s lifespan (c) The meaning of kappa (d) Did the Buddha die on Vesak day? (e) Waiting for Supriya and Subhadra (Sanskrit accounts) (f) Did the Buddha commit suicide? (g) Is the Buddha still living? (h) Is the Buddha really dead? (i) Immortal saints |
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| (10) | Tools for preserving the Teaching | |
| (a) Conditions for non-decline (b) The 37 factors leading to awakening (c) The seven sets (d) The threefold training |
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| (11) | The four great references | |
| (12) | The lesser and minor rules | |
| (13) | The Buddha’s last meal | |
| (a) Was the Buddha poisoned? (b) Was it a pork dish? |
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| (14) | Dhammarama | |
| (15) | Aspects of (pari)nirvana | |
| (16) | Political conditions of India during the Buddha’s time | |
| (a) The 16 great states (b) Monarchies and confederacies (c) Rajagaha and Pataliputta |
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| THE DISCOURSE ON THE GREAT PARINIRVANA | ||
| Afterword: Buddhism after the Buddha Appendix 1: “Buddhist Relics” (Singapore) Appendix 2: List of logical fallacies Bibliography |
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