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Approaching the Dhamma (posted May '13)

• 01 Views about Spiritual Paths
• 02 Discourse to the Kalamas
• 03 Desire the Root of Suffering
• 04 How to Test the Buddha

The Buddha from Birth to First Teaching

• 01 Introducing the Buddha
• 02 The Birth of the Buddha
• 03 The Bodhisatta Leaves Home
• 04 The Essence of the Awakening

Section One : Pali Words

In this section you will find short defintions of the most common Pali words.

• Anusaya - Latent Tendencies
• Asava-Taints, Ogha-Floods, Yoga-Yokes
• Buddha
• Dukkha - A Hard Place
• Hetu - The Unwholesome Roots
• Panya - Wisdom and Intuitive Intelligence
• Puja - Devotional Attention
• Samyojana - The first three Fetters
• Samyojana - The last seven Fetters
• Sati - Knowing
• Sati in Daily Life
• Sila - Good Conduct

Parami - The Perfections

• • 01. Dana Generosity
  • 02. Sila Virtuous Conduct
  • 03. Nekkhamma Renunciation
  • 04. Panya Intuitive Intelligence and Wisdom
  • 05. Viriya Effort
  • 06. Khanti Patience
  • 07. Sacca Honesty
  • 08. Adhitthana Resolution.

09. Metta Love (Goodwill/Loving Kindness) and 10. Upekkha Equanimity

are dealt with in the Brahmavihara below.

Brahmavihara - Sublime Abodes : The Illimitables

• Metta - Love
• Karuna - Compassion
• Mudita - Pure Joy
• Upekkha - Equanimity

The Refuges

• Buddha as Refuge
• Dhamma as Refuge
• Sangha as Refuge

Khanda - The Aggregates

• Khandha The Aggregates
• Rupa Corporeality
• Vedana Feeling
• Sanya Perception & Vedana Feeling
• Sankhara Volitional Conditioning
• Summing up

Paticca Samuppada - Dependent Origination

• 1. Avijja - not-knowing
• 2. Nama Rupa Body Mind
• 3. Salayatana Vedana Phasa Six senses Contact Feeling
• 4. Tanha Upadana Bhava Craving Grasping Becoming
• 5. paticca samuppada dependent origination to samsara
• 6. Another model of Dependent Orgination

Section Two : The Discourses

In this section, the talks are short introductory expositions of the major Discourses.
I shall be using the excellent anthology compiled by Bhikkhu Bodhi - In the Buddha's Words

The First Discourse: The Turning of the Wheel of the Law.

• 1. Indulgence
• 2. Self-Mortification
• 3. The First Noble Truth of Suffering
• 4. Second Noble Truth:The Cause of Suffering
• 5. The Third Noble Truth:The End of Suffering
• 6. The Fourth Noble Truth The Eightfold Path
• 7. The Buddha's Enlightenment becomes universal

The Second Discourse on Not-Self.

• 1 Not-self - Control
• 2 Not-self - Impermanence and Suffering
• 3 Not-self - Recap and Metaphors

Section Three : Talks on:
In The Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Chapter I : The Human Condition.

• 01. Sickness Ageing and Death
• 02. Divine Messengers
• 03. The Two Darts
• 04. The Eight Worldy Conditions
• 05. Clinging causes Anxiety plus
• 06. Mahakassapa Explains the Cause of Conflict
• 07. Envy and Niggardliness the Cause of Conflict
• 08. Detailed Sequence Leading to Conflict
• 09. Power
• 10. Samsara Onward Going
• 11. Rounds of Becoming
• 12. Short Review of the Human Condition

Chapter IV : The Happiness Visible in the Present Life - Buddha's Teaching for Lay People.

• 1. Righteous Governement and Righteous Ruler
• 2. The Ruler
• 3. The Six Directions Ritual as useless or meaningful
• 4. Parents and Chidren
• 5. Husbands and Wives
• 6. What makes for a Good Life
• 7. Use of wealth for Happiness
• 8. Virtues of a Good Spouse