CONTENTS

      FOREWORD

  1. Substance of the sutta

  2. Introduction

  3. Sakka’s Question AND THE BUDDHA’S ANSWER

  4. Macchariya (Miserliness)

  5. Love and Hatred

  6. The Cause of Love and Hatred

  7. The Conquest of Craving

  8. Pleasant Feeling and Unwholesome thought

  9. Wholesome Joy

10. Vipassanæ Contemplation

11. Unpleasant Feeling that should be sought or avoided

12. Wholesome and Unwholsome UpekkhÆ

13. Rebirth of Sakka

14. PÆtimokkhasamvara Søla

15. Control of the Senses

16. The Story of MahÆtissA thera

17. The Story of Cittagutta thera

18. The Self-restraint of three theras

19. Satipa¿¿hÆna: A big heap of good Kamma

20. Diversity of Views

21. Eternity (Sassata) belief and Buddhism

22. MahÆyana and TheravÆda

23. The Ultimate Goal

24. Moral Practice of a Candidate for Sakka’s office

25. The Elation of Sakka