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 | Author: Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñānasampanno Translator: Ajaan Dick Sīlaratano | Arahattamagga is a compilation of Ajaan Maha Boowa’s Dhamma talks giving an in-depth analysis of his own path of practice. He explains the direct route to the end of all suffering. It describes the entire range of his meditation, from the beginning stages all the way to the final transcendence. We realize that such exalted attainments are not merely remnants of ancient history, dead and dry – but a living, luminous legacy of self-transcendence accessible to any individual who is willing and able to put forth the effort needed to achieve them. Download PDF Download Mobi Download Audiobook in MP3 | PDF, Mobi and Audiobook in MP3 available for download |
 | Ven Walpola Rahula Thera | This comprehensive, compact, lucid, and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings persistently enjoys great popularity in colleges, universities, and theological schools both here and abroad. “An exposition of Buddhism conceived in a resolutely modern spirit.”—from the Foreword. “For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to ‘the educated and intelligent reader.’ Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is as comprehensive as it is masterly.” A classic introductory book to Buddhism, What the Buddha Taught, contains a selection of illustrative texts from the original Pali texts, including the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index. Beneath the enormous umbrella of Buddhism, there is a diverse galaxy of customs and beliefs, but there is also a kernel of truth that every sect holds dear. Rahula Walpola, scholar and monk, discovers this foundation of Buddhism for us first through straightforward explication, never skipping over a point that has yet to be substantiated, then through translations from key scriptures. Logical and focused, these are the essentials of Buddhism; know them first, then move comfortably on to other Buddhist works. Buy printed book Download PDF | Printed book and downloadable PDF available |
 | Bhikkhu Bodhi | This modern translation of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha (Manual of Abhidhamma) offers an introduction to Buddhism's fundamental philosophical psychology. Originally written in the 11th or 12th century, the Sangaha has served as the key to wisdom held in the Abhidhamma. Concisely surveyed are Abhidhamma's central themes, including states of consciousness and mental factors, the functions and processes of the mind, the material world, dependent arising, and the methods and stages of meditation. This presents an exact translation of the Sangaha alongside the original Pali text. A detailed, explanatory guide with more than 40 charts and tables lead readers through the complexities of Adhidhamma. Buy printed book Download PDF | Printed book and downloadable PDF available |
 | Narada Maha Thera | This book is an indispensable guide for Abhidhamma as well as an intellectual treat. This includes chapters on Consciousness, Mental States, Analysis of Thought Processes, Analysis of matter, The Compendium of Relations, Mental states and also includes a chapter giving an explanation on various categories of Abhidhamma. The reader who is able to think deeper cannot fail to find it with plenty of far thought that its tremendously valuable. Buy printed book Download PDF | Printed book and downloadable PDF available |
 | Buddhadasa Bhikkhu | Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's "Handbook for Mankind", Why were we born? What are we living for? Where is the value and meaning in life? It preserved this set of lectures as delivered in 1956 to a group of prospective Thai judges - to people familiar with the concepts and paradigms of Buddhist and, furthermore, Buddhadasa's teachings. This edition was undertaken in order to broaden the applicability of Buddhadasa's "Handbook" to audiences unfamiliar with such mentalities. CONTENT: Chapter 1 I Looking at Buddhism Chapter 2 The true nature of things Chapter 3 Three universal characteristics Chapter 4 Grasping and clinging Chapter 5 The threefold training Chapter 6 The things we cling to Chapter 7 Insight, by the nature method Chapter 8 Insight, by organized training Chapter 9 Emancipation from the world Buy Printed Book Download PDF | Printed book and downloadable PDF available |
 | Ajaan Dick Sīlaratano | Being near Ajaan Paññā, one sensed his palpable inner peace and serenity. His gaze was open, calm and benevolent, free of conflict, bias or judgment. With his warmth, his wisdom and his compassion, Ajaan Paññā personified the nobility of the teachings. By his personal example, the Dhamma was rendered practical and vibrant with life. Earnest practitioners saw in his exemplary manner and in his freedom from attachments, the special teacher whom they longed to encounter. Download PDF Download Mobi Download Audiobook in MP3 | PDF, Mobi and Audiobook in MP3 available for download |
 | Author: Ajaan Dick Sīlaratano Translator: R.P. Samarasinghe පරිවර්තක: ආර්. පී. සමරසිංහ | මෙම ග්‍රන්ථයෙන් පූජ්‍ය පඥ්ඥාවද්ධෝ ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේගේ ජීවන තොරතුරු සහ උන්වහන්සේගේ ඉගැන්වීම් පිළිබඳ හැඳින්වීමක් සිදු කෙරේ. අතිවිශිෂ්ට වූ ජීවන චරිතයක් හිමි වී තිබුණු උන්වහන්සේගේ ඉගැන්වීම්වල ද ඒ ආකාරයේම සුවිශේෂී බවක් පැහැදිලිවම දැක ගැනීමට හැකියාව පවතී. අතීතයේ දී මෙහි සිටි විද්වතුන් බොහෝ දෙනෙකුගේ චරිතාපදානයන් අප්‍රමාණ සංඛ්‍යාවක් කියවා ඇතත්, පඥ්ඥාවද්ධෝ ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේගේ ජීවන චරිතයෙන් අපට උගත හැකි දේ බොහෝය. Download PDF | Book in PDF format available for download |
 | Ven. Ajahn Sumedho - published by buddhanet.net | The Four Noble Truths are the central Teaching of the Buddha. This booklet was compiled and edited from talks given by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho on the teaching of the Buddha: that the unhappiness of humanity can be overcome through spiritual means. The teaching is conveyed through the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, first expounded in 528 BC in the Deer Park at Sarnath near Varanasi, India and kept alive in the Buddhist world ever since. Download PDF | Book in PDF format available for download |
 | Ven. Ajahn Sumedho - published by Amaravati | That both I and you have had to travel and trudge through this long round is owing to our not discovering, not penetrating four truths. What four? They are: The Noble Truth of Suffering, The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering, The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering, and the Noble Truth of the Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering. The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, the Buddha’s teaching on the Four Noble Truths, has been the main reference that I have used for my practice over the years. It is the teaching we used in our monastery in Thailand. The Theravada school of Buddhism regards this sutta as the quintessence of the teaching of the Buddha. This one sutta contains all that is necessary for understanding Dhamma and for enlightenment. Though the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta is considered to be the first sermon the Buddha gave after his enlightenment, I sometimes like to think that he gave his first sermon when he met an ascetic on the way to Varanasi. After his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, the Buddha thought: “This is such a subtle teaching. I cannot possibly convey in words what I have discovered Download PDF Download Mobi Download Epub | PDF, Mobi and Epub available for download |
 | Francis Story - published by Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka | Mankind, pondering and disputing, has been engaged for so long in trying to find an answer to the enigma of existence, and so many first-class minds have been devoted to the task, that had the problem been open to solution by the intellect alone we should certainly have been furnished with the definitive blueprint of our being, beyond all doubt or conjecture, many centuries ago. From the time when prehistoric myth became merged into an attempt to give a rational account of the universe the questions, ‘What is life? How did it originate? Has it a purpose, and if so, what is it?’ have haunted the imagination; yet still for most people they remain unanswered. Reason has offered a wide range of ingenious possibilities from the speculations of the Eleatics down to the more sophisticated theories of the modern epiphenomenalists, but so far it has failed to provide any reasonable explanation that is not open to equally reasonable objections. And whilst reason has failed, its alternative, supernatural revelation, has shown itself equally contradictory and inconclusive, and has suffered an even worse defeat. Its historical record has weighed heavily against it because of the disastrous influence it has often exerted in human affairs. The private revelations of mystics, by their exclusively subjective nature, can never offer more than an insecure foothold for faith in those who have not directly shared them, and a doubtful faith is the father of fanaticism. Download PDF | Book in PDF format available for download |