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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 | |