Contents

• Titlepage
• Table of Contents
• Cover
• Copyright
• Quotation
• Preface
• I. Introduction
• II. Readings
  • Buddha
    • The Quest for Awakening
    • The Buddha’s Passing Away
  • Dhamma
    • Basic Principles
    • Generosity
    • Virtue
    • Heaven
    • Drawbacks
    • Renunciation
    • The Four Noble Truths
    • The First Truth
    • The Second and Third Truths
    • The Fourth Truth
    • Right View
    • Right Mindfulness and Concentration
    • Liberation
  • Sangha
    • The Rewards of the Contemplative Life
    • Aids to Awakening
    • Sister Sona on Aging
    • Ven. Punna on Death
    • Sister Patacara on Awakening
• III. Essays
  • Buddha
    • The Meaning of the Buddha’s Awakening
  • Dhamma
    • Life Isn’t Just Suffering
    • No-self or Not-self?
    • Nibbana
  • Sangha
    • The Economy of Gifts
  • Summary
    • A Refuge in Skillful Action
      • Background
      • The Principle of Skillful Action
      • The Teaching of Right View
      • This/That Conditionality
      • Dependent Co-arising
      • The Four Noble Truths
      • The Knowledge of Unbinding
      • Faith in the Principle of Kamma
• Glossary
• Abbreviations