Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
The Buddha

1 The Buddhist Attitude of Mind

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
2 The First Noble Truth: Dukkha
3 The Second Noble Truth: Samudaya: ‘The Arising of Dukkha’
4 The Third Noble Truth: Nirodha: ‘The Cessation of Dukkha’
5 The Fourth Noble Truth: Magga: ‘The Path’
6 The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta
7 ‘Meditation’ or Mental Culture: Bhavana
8 What the Buddha Taught and the World Today

SELECTED TEXTS

Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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"By far the best introduction to Buddhism available." R.F. Gombrich - Boden Professor of Sanskrit, University of Oxford

About the Author

The Venerable Dr Walpola Sri Rahula was a Buddhist monk and scholar. He received a traditional training and education in his native Sri Lanka before studying at the University of Calcutta and the Sorbonne. He held a chair at Northwestern University, Illinois, and was the Vice-Chancellor of Vidyodaya University, Colombo. He is widely regarded as one of the most qualified and enlightened scholars of the Buddhist tradition, with a deep knowledge of the original texts.