Contents

• Titlepage
• Contents
• Cover
• Copyright
• Acknowledgements
• Danger is Normal
• What’s Noble about the Noble Truths?
• Truths with Consequences
• We Are Not One
• Under Your Skin
• Silence Isn’t Mandatory
• Background: the Nine Attainments
• Silence in the Formless Attainments
• Buddhaghosa’s Interpretations
• More Arguments for Silence in the First Jhāna
• Purity of Concentration
• The Right Use of Concentration
• The Not-self Strategy
• 1. The Purpose & Range of the Teachings
• 2. The Metaphysical Assumptions of the Four Noble Truths
• 3. The Buddha’s Teaching Strategy
• 4. Two Fetters of Views
• 5. “Self” & “Not-self” as Skillful Strategies
• 6. The Strategic Use of the Knowledge, “All phenomena are not-self”
• 7. The Abandoning of All Strategies
• The Buddha’s Last Word
• Glossary
• Abbreviations