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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 | |