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The Long Discourses of the Buddha : A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha)

by Maurice Walshe (Translator)

Hardcover, 648 pages
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Published by Wisdom Pubns
Publication date: January 1,1996
Dimensions (in inches): 8.83 x 5.76 x 1.83
ISBN: 0861711033

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

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