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List of Illustrations | |
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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Technical Notes | |
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Introduction | |
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Summary of the Thirty-Four Suttas | |
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Brahmajala Sutta: The Supreme Net - What the Teaching Is Not | |
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Samannaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Homeless Life | |
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Ambattha Sutta: About Ambattha - Pride Humbled | |
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Sonadanda Sutta: About Sonadanda - The Qualities of a True Brahmin | |
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Kutadanta Sutta: About Kutadanta - A Bloodless Sacrifice | |
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Mahali Sutta: About Mahali - Heavenly Sights, Soul and Body | |
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Jaliya Sutta: About Jaliya | |
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Mahasihanada Sutta: The Great Lion's Roar | |
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Potthapada Sutta: About Potthapada - States of Consciousness | |
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Subha Sutta: About Subha - Morality, Concentration, Wisdom | |
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Kevaddha Sutta: About Kevaddha - What Brahma Didn't Know | |
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Lohicca Sutta: About Lohicca - Good and Bad Teachers | |
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Tevijja Sutta: The Threefold Knowledge - The Way to Brahma | |
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Mahapadana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Lineage | |
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Mahanidana Sutta: The Great Discourse on Origination | |
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta: The Great Passing - The Buddha's Last Days | |
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Mahasudassana Sutta: The Great Splendour - A King's Renunciation | |
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Janavasabha Sutta: About Janavasabha - Brahma Addresses the Gods | |
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Mahagovinda Sutta: The Great Steward - A Past Life of Gotama | |
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Mahasamaya Sutta: The Mighty Gathering Devas Come to See the Buddha | |
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Sakkapanha Sutta: Sakka's Questions - A God Consults the Buddha | |
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Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness | |
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Payasi Sutta: About Payasi - Debate with a Sceptic | |
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Patika Sutta: About Patikaputta - The Charlatan | |
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Udumbarika-Sihanada Sutta: The Great Lion's Roar to the Udumbarikans | |
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Cakkavatti-Sihanada Sutta: The Lion's Roar on the Turning of the Wheel | |
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Agganna Sutta: On Knowledge of Beginnings | |
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Sampasadaniya Sutta: Serene Faith | |
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Pasadika Sutta: The Delightful Discourse | |
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Lakkhana Sutta: The Marks of a Great Man | |
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Sigalaka Sutta: To Sigalaka Advice to Lay People | |
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Atanatiya Sutta: The Atanata Protective Verses | |
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Sangiti Sutta: The Chanting Together | |
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Dasuttara Sutta: Expanding Decades | |
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Bibliography | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |