 
CONTENTS
1.
Discourse on Sallekha Sutta
2.
The Questions of Thera Cunda
3.
the Question Needs Explanation
4.
False Views about Atta
5.
theories of Loka
6.
The Buddha’s Reply
7.
The Five Khandhas in Action
8.
Potential Defilements
9.
Averting Defilement Potential through Contemplation
10. “This
is Not I”
11. How
to contemplate for the Elimination of the Belief
12. First
Jhæna and Conceit
13. Attributes
of the First Jhæna
14. Five
Hundred Deluded Monks.
15. Story
of Thera Mahænæga
16. Story
of Thera Cþ¹asuma
17. Unusual
Experiences
18. Present
Bliss
19. Jhæna
in Vipassanæ
20. Sallekha
Way of Life
21. Elaboration
of Sallekha Practice
22. Avihimsæ
or Non-Violence
23. Thought
about Sallekha Dhamma
24. Parikkamanaværa
25. Uparibhægaværa
26. Parinbbænaværa
27. Kammic
Effects of Violence and Non-Violence
28. The
Story of Thera Putigattatissa
29. The
Relics of the Arahat
30. The
Previous Life of Tissa
31. PÆnÆtipÆta
– Taking Life
32. Sallekhaværa
33. Thoughts
on Non-Killing, etc.
34. Jhæna
and Non-Killing
35. The
Permanent Remedy: Insight-Knowledge
36. The
Act of Killing
37. Causing
Others to Kill
38. Meat
for Bhikkhus
39. Kammic
Effects
40. Stillborn
BABY
41. The
Buddha’s Answer
42. For
Killing a Sheep
43. Matakabhatta
Jætaka
44. The
Good Kamma of Non-Killing
45. The
Buddha Day
46. Dibba
Cakkhu or Knowledge of Celestial-Eye
47. Dependent
Origination
48. Meditation
to Gain Insight
49. Enlightenment
50. The
Buddha’s Physical Body
51. First
Sermon and Parinibbæna
52. Historical
Evidence
53. The
Relics of the Buddha
54. Size
and Colour of the Relics
55. Stealing
and Robbing
56. Abstention
(Virati)
57. Non-Stealing
for Spiritual Uplift
58. The
Kammic Effects of Stealing and Non-Stealing
59. Practice
for Higher Life
60. Extinction
of Defilements
61.Mahæsamaya
Day
62. BrahmÆcariya
or Chastity
63. Kæmesumicchæcæra
(Illicit Sex)
64. BrahmÆcariya
65. Parikkamana
Væra, etc.
66.Seven
Miner Sexual Acts
67. Male
Chastity
68. Female
Chastity
69. The
Story of Khemæ
70. The
Story of Therø Uppalava¤¤a
71. The
Story of Padæcærø
72. Kundalakesæ
Therø
73. Kisægotamø
74. Dhammadinnæ
75. Visækhæ
76. Musævæda
– Telling Lies
77. Importance
of Truthfulness in Giving Evidence
78. Ariya
And Anariya
79. Cittuppædaværa,
etc.
80. Kammic
Results
81. Benefits
Here and Now
82. Remedy
for Poison
83. Cure
for Disease
84. Spiritual
Healing
85. Rain-Making
86. King
Sutasoma
87. A
Cannibal in Exile
88. PorisÆda,
the Cannibal
89. Capture
of Sutasoma
90. The
King’s Concern
91. Valuable
Stanzas
92. Ennobling
Influence of Parents
93. Ennobling
Power of the Wise Man’s Dhamma
94. Conformity
to the Buddha’s Teaching
95. Purity
and Insight-Knowledge (Vipassanæ)
96. Royal
Chariots Subject to Old Age
97. The
Human Body Too Becomes Old
98. An
Inspiring Example
99. Farthest
Apart
100. Keeping
One’s Promise
101. The
Conversion of PorisædA
102. Moral
103. Pisu¤avæcæ
– Slandering
104. Divide
and Rule
105. Overcoming
Slander
106. Kammic
Effects
107. The
Story of Isidæsi Therø
108. The
Story of Udumbara Devø
109. Ordination
of Isidæsø
110. Conclusion
111. Harsh
Language (Pharusavæcæ)
112. Case
of a Man Who Conquers through Mindfulness
113. Kammic
Effects
114. Rebirth
as Peta because of Curses
115. Abuse
Leads to World of Petas
116. Frivolous
Talk (Samphappalæpa)
117. The
Story of Ghatikæra
118. Kammic
Effects
119. Covetousness
(Abhijjhæ)
120. Four
Kinds of Covetousness
121. Vyæpæda
(Ill-Will)
122. Ten
Miccha¿¿a (Wrong Ideas)
123. Micchædi¿¿hi
(Wrong Belief)
124. The
Tenfold Wrong Belief
125. Denial
of Kamma and its Effect
126. Creation
127. Kamma,
the Only Explanation
128. A
Very Terrible Belief
129. Affirmation
of the Belief (Cittuppædaværa, etc.)
130. The
Path-Oriented Wrong Belief and Right Belief
131. Essential
Knowledge
132. Method
of meditation
133. Affirmation
of the Right View
134.
Sassatadi¿¿hi and Ucchedadi¿¿hi
(Continuity-belief and Annihilation-belief)
135. Right
Belief based on Meditation (or) Knowledge of Causal Relation
136. Renewal
of Existence
137.
Freedom from Heresies through Discriminative Knowledge
of Cause and Effect
138. Genesis
of Sammasanañæ¤a., etc.
139. Genesis
of Path-Knowledge
140. Seeing
the Four Noble Truths Simultaneously
141. The
Three Stages of the Path
142. Wrong
Intentions (Micchæsa£kappa)
143. Right
Intention (Sammæsa£kappa)
144. Wrong
Speech (Micchævæcæ)
145. Right
Speech (Sammævæcæ)
146. Wrong
Action (Micchækammanta)
147. Wrong
Livelihood (Micchææjøva)
148. Right
Livelihood (Sammææjøva)
149. The
Right Livelihood and the Wrong Livelihood of the Bhikkhus
150. Three
Kinds of Abstentions (Virati)
151. Wrong
Effort (Micchævæyæma)
152. Right
Effort (Sammævæyæma)
153. Wrong
Recollection (Micchæsati)
154. Right
Recollection (Sammæsati)
155. Wrong
Concentration (Micchæsamædhi)
156. Right
Concentration (Sammæ-samædhi)
157. Wrong
Liberation (Micchævimutti)
158. Wrong
Reflection (Micchæñæ¤a)
159. Right
Reflection (Sammæñæ¤a)
160. Wrong
Liberation (Micchævimutti)
161. The
“Light” Arahat
162. Iron-Pot-Roasting
Arahat
163. Earthern-Pot
Arahat
164. Right
Liberation (Sammævimutti)
165. Torpor
and Languor (Thønamiddha)
166. Mental
Purification through InsighT
167. Drowsiness
is not Necessarily Defilement
168. Physical
Torpor
169. Uddhacca
(Restlessness)
170. Vicikicchæ
(doubt about Right Dhamma)
171. Doubt
about the Practice for Tranquility
172. Doubt
about Insight-Meditation
173. Cause
of Confusion
174. All
Forms of Corporeality
175. Væyo
or Wind-Element
176. No
Doubt about the Cultivation of the Four Satipa¿¿hænas
177. Purity
of Mind through Temporary Tranquility
178. Conquest
of Doubt through Insight and Path-Knowledge
179. Kodha
(Anger)
180. Upanæha
– Harbouring Spite
181. Cause
of Spitefulness
182. The
Story of Kæliyakkhini
183. Retaliation
May Lead to Wrongs done to Noble Ones
184. Ingratitude
(Makkha)
185. Særiputta’s
Sense of Gratitude
186. Emulating
Men of Higher Spiritual Status (Pælasa)
187. Envy
(Issæ)
188. Miserliness
(Macchariya)
189. The
Story of Macchariyakosiya
190. The
Nature of macchariya
191. Not
all is Macchariya
192. Kammic
Effects of Macchariya
193. The
Brahmin Todeyya
194. Fourteen
Questions
195. Five
Kinds of Macchariya
196. Macchariya
in regard to Abode
197. Miserliness
in regard to Lay Followers (Kulamacchariya)
198. The
Desire for Exclusive Possession (Læbha Macchariya)
199. Miserliness
about virtues (Va¤¤a Macchariya)
200. Miserliness
in respect of Learning (Dhamma Macchariya)
201. The
Fetters of Suffering
202. Sætheyya
(Hypocrisy)
203.
Padhæniyanga – Elements of Effort
204. Need
for Serious Effort
205. Invitation
by the Buddha
206. Rarity
of Enlightenment within a Week
207. The
First Sermon of the Buddha
208. Mindfulness
while Hearing the Dhamma
209. Right
Method, Sincerity and Diligence
210. Hiding
One’s Defects (Mæyæ)
211. Excessive
Conceit (Atimæna)
Lack of Respect (Thambha)
212. Særiputta’s
Humility
213. Indocility
(Dovacassata)
214. Docility
Essential to Moral Progress
215. Bad
Companionship (Pæpamitta)
216. Ajætasattu
and Devadatta
217. Devadatta’s
Request
218. Good
Friend of Teacher
219. Pamæda
– Forgetfulness in Doing Good
220. Pamæda
and Sensual Desires
221. Forgetting
to Do Good
222. The
Practice of Appamæda
223. Appamædena
Sampædetha: Its True meaning
224. The
Last Teaching
225. Assaddhi
– Lack of Faith
226. Ahørika
and Anottappa – Lack of Moral Shame and Dread
227. Appassutatæ
– Poverty of Knowledge
228. Complete
Knowledge in one Stanza
229. Like
a Cowherd
230. Laziness
(Kosajja)
231. Absent-Mindedness
(Mu¿¿hassacca)
232. Duppannata
– Lack of Vipassanæ Insight
233. Satipa¿¿hæna
and Vipassanæ
234. Not
Human Knowledge
235. Answers
to Three Questions
236. Næmarþpaparicchedañæ¤a
237. Paccayapariggahañæ¤a
238. Sammæsanañæ¤a
239. Udayabbayañæ¤a
240. Bha£gañæ¤a
241. Bhayañæ¤a,
Adinavañæ¤a and Nibbidañæ¤a
242.
Muccitukamyata and other Insights
243. Sandi¿¿hiparæmæsa
– Bigotry
244. Bigotry
among Buddhists
245. Bhikkhu
Sæti and Ego-Belief
246. Bhikkhu
Ari¿¿ha
247. Erroneous
Views in Modern Times
248. The
Bigotry of Sunakkhatta
249. Jhæna
and Purity of Mind
250.
The Bigotry of an AscetiC Teacher
 
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