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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Technical Note | |
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| Introduction: Digesting the Dharma | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| The Buddhist Universe | |
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| The Realms of Rebirth | |
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| A Call to Practise | |
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| Karma Tales | |
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| A Lesson from a Ghost | |
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| A Scripture that Protects Kings | |
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| One Buddha per Universe | |
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| Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side | |
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| Rebirth in the Land of Bliss | |
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| Avoiding Hell, Gaining Heaven | |
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| A Chinese Pilgrim in India | |
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| A Sacred Peak | |
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| Maitreya Describes the Future | |
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| The Buddha | |
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| The Three Jewels | |
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| The Noble Search | |
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| A Life of the Buddha | |
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| Maya, Mother of the Buddha | |
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| Why the Buddha Had Good Digestion | |
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| A King Gives Away His Head | |
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| Rupyavati Gives Away Her Breasts | |
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| How the Buddha Became a Bodhisattva | |
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| Proving the Buddha | |
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| Enshrining a Relic | |
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| The Consecration of a Buddha Image | |
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| A Hymn to the Buddha | |
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| Monastic Life | |
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| The Evolution of Ordination | |
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| Making Men into Monks | |
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| A Murderer Becomes a Monk | |
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| The Ascetic Ideal | |
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| Monks in the Mahayana | |
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| Making New Monastic Rules | |
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| Lives of Eminent Monks and Nuns | |
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| The Nine Patriarchs of the East | |
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| Taking the Vinaya Across the Sea | |
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| Zen for National Defence | |
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| How a Monk Freed his Mother from Hell | |
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| Living in the Degenerate Age | |
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| Meditation and Other Rituals | |
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| The Direct Path to Enlightenment | |
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| Wisdom and Compassion | |
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| Serenity and Discernment | |
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| On the Relation of Study and Meditation | |
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| Both Sudden and Gradual Enlightenment | |
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| Reciting the Name of the Buddha | |
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| The Bodhisattva Vow | |
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| Freeing Birds and Fish from Bondage | |
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| Against Animal Sacrifice | |
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| Feeding Hungry Ghosts | |
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| A Sutra for Long Life | |
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| Transforming Death into Buddhahood | |
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| Enlightenment | |
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| A Lay Master of Meditation | |
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| Nuns Triumph over Evil | |
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| The Perfection of Wisdom | |
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| In Praise of Reality | |
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| Songs of the Siddhas | |
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| The Ultimate Couple | |
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| Buddhahood in this Lifetime | |
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| The Practice of No Thought | |
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| Finding Enlightenment in the Final Age | |
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| The Gift of Faith | |
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| A Zen Master Interprets the Dharma | |
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| Dedication of Merit | |
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| Glossary | |