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| Preface | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| The Early Scriptures of Buddhism | |
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| Some Basic Doctrines of the Buddha | |
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| The Sermon at Benares | |
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| Questions Not Tending to Edification | |
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| Truth Is Above Sectarian Dogmatism | |
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| How Buddha Met a Schism Among His Disciples | |
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| The Parable of the Mustard Seed | |
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| Universal Love and Good Will | |
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| Buddha's Farewell Address | |
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| Treading the Path to Nirvana | |
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| The Way of Truth | |
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| Songs of the Wayfarers | |
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| The Spirit of Theravada Buddhism | |
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| The Zenaka Story of Buddha's Birth and Early Life | |
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| The Fire Sermon | |
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| On Health of Mind | |
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| What Is Gained by Abandoning the World and Becoming a Monk? | |
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| The Duties of the Theravada Layman | |
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| What Is Nirvana? (Theravada View) | |
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| The Nirvana of the Buddha | |
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| Crossing the Ford | |
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| Is the Buddha Equally Compassionate Toward All? | |
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| Is Adopting the Way of the Monk a Selfish Act? | |
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| Buddhist Thought Through Later Centuries | |
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| The Mahayana Religious Ideal | |
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| Hymn to the Buddha of Infinite Compassion and Wisdom | |
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| The Bodhisattva's Vow of Universal Redemption | |
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| The Path of Light and Love | |
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| Famous Mahayana Parables | |
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| The Eternal Buddha of Countless Worlds | |
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| What Is Nirvana? (Mahayana View) | |
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| Some Mahayana Philosophies | |
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| Nagarjuna's Analysis of Causality and of Nirvana | |
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| Vasubandhu's Argument for Subjective Idealism | |
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| Ultimate Reality Is Absolute Mind | |
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| Ultimate Reality Transcends What Can Be Expressed in Words | |
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| Devotional and Intuitional Buddhism in China and Japan | |
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| The Pure Land of Amitabha | |
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| The White Lotus Ode | |
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| Honen's Letter and Poems | |
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| Shinran's Songs to Amida | |
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| The Bodhisattva Who Saves Even from the Depths of Hell | |
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| Tao Sheng on Nirvana and the Buddha's Way | |
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| Seng Ts'an's Poem on Trust in the Heart | |
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| Shen Hui's Sermon on Sudden Awakening | |
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| A Zen "Koan" | |
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| The Mahayana Layman's Ideal | |
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| Epilogue: Buddha's Pity | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |