The Buddha-Dhamma : Or the Life and Teachings of the Buddha/Narada Thera. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 1999, xviii, 340 p., ISBN 81-206-0559-4.

Contents: Preface. Foreword. I. The Buddha: 1. The Buddha. 2. The life of the Buddha. His early life. 3. The dawn of truth; renunciation. 4. Abstinence from food, temptation of Mara. 5. After the enlightenment. 6. First two converts. 7. First discourse of the Buddha. 8. The sending of the missionaries, his last meal; his last convert; the last scene. II. The Dhamma: 9. What is Buddhism? 10. Some salient features of Buddhism. 11. Kamma, or the Buddhist law of causation. 12. What is Kamma? 13. The working of Kamma—I. 14. The working of Kamma—II. 15. The nature of Kamma. 16. Rebirth – the origin of life. 17. The Buddha on the so-called God-creator. 18. The cause of birth and death. 19. Reasons to believe in a past birth. 20. The wheel of life. 21. Modes of birth and death. 22. The planes of existence. 23. How rebirth takes place. 24. What is it that is reborn? 25. Moral responsibility. 26. Kammic descent and ascent. 27. Nibbana. 28. Three distinct characteristics of Nibbana. 29. The way to Nibbana—I. 30. The way to Nibbana—II (meditation). 31. The way to Nibbana—III (insight). 32. The state of an Arahant. 33. The Bodhisatta ideal—I. 34. The Bodhisatta ideal—II (Paramis or perfections). Index.

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