CONTENTS

Part I

1. Preface to the Discourse

2. The Date of the Discourse

3. Three Kinds of Introduction

4. Bodhisatta and worldly Pleasures

5. The Ignoble Quest

6. The Noble Quest

7. The Renunciation of the Bodhisatta

8. Making His Way to Ælæra the Great Ascetic

9. Taking Instructions from the Holy Sage Ælæra

10. Reassuring Words

11. Approaching the Sage Udaka

12. Practising Extreme Austerities in Uruvela forest

13. Extreme Austerity of Crushing the Mind With the Mind

14. Jhænic Absorption restraining the Breath

15. Extreme Austerity of Fasting

16. Mæra’s Persuasion

17. Right Reasoning

18. Absorption in First Jhæna While an Infant

19. Resumption of Meals

20. The Enlightenment

21. Extreme Austerity is a Form of Self-mortification

22. Considering the Question of Giving the First Sermon

23. Missing the Path and Fruition by Seven Days

24. Missing the Great Chance by One Night

25. Journey to Give the First Sermon

26. Meeting with Upaka, the Naked Ascestic

27. Truth is not Seen when Blinded by Misconception

28. Arrival at Isipatana

29. Thus the Blessed One Continued

Part II

30. Sensuous Gratification is Base and Vulgar

31. Ditthadhamma Nibbæna Væda

32. A low, Common Practice

33. Not the Practice of the Noble Ones

34. Not tending to One’s Welfare (Anatta Samhito)

35. May Householders Indulge in Sensuous Pleasures?

36. Four Kinds of Indulgence in Worldly Enjoyments

37. Methods of Self-mortification

38. The Niganda Scripture

39. Physical Suffering

40. Profitless Effort

41. Wrong Interpretation of Self-mortification

42. Misconception Regarding Contemplation on Feeling

43. The View of a Teacher

44. How to Avoid the Two Extremes

45. Antidote for Indigestible Food

46. How Vision and Knowledge are Developed

47. How Vision and Knowledge Appear Step by Step

48. Knowledge Deepens through Practice

49. The Commentary Explanation

50. Starting from Any Step According to the Definitions of the Texts.

51. The Kilesæs are calmed

52. Sølabbataparæmæsa Di¿¿hi

53. Temporary Putting Away

54. Arising of Super-knowledge

55. Penetrative Insight

56. Realization of Nibbæna

Part III

57. Paværanæ

58. Elaboration on the Eightfold Path

59. The Path of Right Speech

60. The Path of Right Action

61. The Path of Right Livelihood

62. Seeking Wealth in Consonance with Moral Law is Right Livelihood

63. The Path of Right Mindfulness

64. Whether the Noble Eightfold Path was Sermoned in Detail or Not

65. How to Produce Vipassanæ Sati, Insight Mindfulness

66. Explanation on Insight Momentary Concentration
(Vipassanæ Khanika SamædHi)

67. Proper Insight Knowledge Only by Mindful Noting

68. No Insight without Mindfulness

69. The Path of Right Concentration

70. Assertion that Vipassanæ Cannot Develop without Jhæna

71. The Path of Right View

72. Kammassakata Sammædi¿¿hi

73. The Path in Three Stages

74. How Jhæna-læbhis Develop Insight

75. Contemplation on Miscellaneous Volitional
Activities-Paki¤¤aka Sankhæra Method

76. Beginning of Vipassanæ Magga

77. How Vipassanæ Samædhi Maggas are developed

78. How Vipassanæ Pannæ Maggas are developed

79. The Path of Right Thought ... Sammæ Sankappa Magga

Part IV

80. Truth of Suffering Dukkha Saccæ

81. Critical Examination of the Disparity

82. Accurate Pæli TeXt on Definition of Dukkha Saccæ

83. The Four Noble Truths

84. Jæti Dukkha

85. Viparinæma Dukkha

86. Sankhæra Dukkha

87. Misery in a Mother’s Womb

88. Suffering of Birth

89. Suffering throughout the Whole life

90. The Upædænakkhandhas at the moment of seeing

91. Five Groups of GrasPing at the moment of Hearing

92. Five Groups of GrasPing at the moment of Smelling

93. Five Groups of GrasPing at the moment of Eating

94. Five Groups of GrasPing at the moment of Touching

95. Five Groups of GrasPing at the moment of Thinking

96. Suffering because of the Five Groups of Grasping

97. Upædæna and Upædænakkhandha

Part V

98. Samudaya Saccæ

99. The Story of Sampeya Næga King

100. The Story of Queen Upari

101. How Fresh Rebirth takes place

102. In Brahma Land he shines Bright

103. Attachment leads to Rebirth

104. A Dhamma-teaching Sayædaw

105. Born a buffalo for the sum of kyats 40?

106. Nga Nyo’s small measure of rice

107. Terrible life now as a Demon, now as a Cow

108. Regaining Human Life after being a cattle and a dog

109. Even Rebirth as a Crowing lizard is possible

110. Kæma Ta¤hæ

111. Bhava Ta¤hæ

112. Vibhava Ta¤hæ

Part VI

113. Nirodha Saccæ

114. How cessation of Craving is brought about

115. Magga Saccæ ... the Truth of Path

116. Exposition on the right view Sammæ di¿¿hi

117. Meditation on the Four Truths

118. How much Sutamaya, Knowledge through Hearng?

119. Development of Pubbabhæga Magga otherwise called Vipassanæ Magga

120. Næma as distinct from Rþpa, example given by the Buddha

121. Abstention during Vipassanæ meditation

122. Knowledge of the Four Truths through Vipassanæ ñæ¤a

123. Vipassanæ and the Four Truths

124. Vipassanæ is also a constItutent of the Nirodhagæmini Pa¿ipadæ

Part VII

125. Saccæ ñæ¤a with regard to Dukkha Saccæ

126. Kicca ñæ¤a with regard to Dukkha Saccæ

127. Kata ñæ¤a with regard to Dukkha Saccæ

128. Saccæ ñæ¤a with regard to Samudaya Saccæ

129. Kicca ñæ¤a with regard to Samudaya Saccæ

130. Anusaya kilesa actually exists

131. Kata ñæ¤a with regard to Samudaya Saccæ

132. Saccæ ñæ¤a with regard to Nirodha Saccæ

133. Kicca ñæ¤a with regard to Nirodha Saccæ

134. Kata ñæ¤a with respect to Nirodha Saccæ

135. Saccæ ñæ¤a with regard to Magga Saccæ

136. Kicca ñæ¤a with regard to Magga Saccæ

137. Kata ñæ¤a with regard to Magga Saccæ

Part VIII

138. When the Buddha did not admit Enlightenment

139. Acknowledgement of Buddhahood

140. Concluding Statement

141. Matter for Consideration

142. Higher knowledge for the listeners of the teaching

143. Records of the Sanghæyanæ, the First Great Council

144. How the Venerable Ko¤ðaÑÑa attained Higher knowledge while listening to the discourse

145. How Magga ñæ¤a is dust-free and stainless

146. Magga ñæ¤a evolves out of Vipassanæ ñæ¤a

147. Was not Magga ñæ¤a attained by appreciation of the Discourse?

148. Acclamation by the Devas and Brahmæs

149. The earthquake and appearance of shining light

150. Fervent utterance of joy by the Blessed One

151. The Venerable Aññæsø Ko¤ðanna’s Request for ordination

152. Not easy to give up one’s traditional belief

153. Citta, the wealthy man and Nataputta

154. Developing devotional inspiration

155. Ordination by Ehi Bhikkhu

156. Beings who attained a higher knowledge through hearing the First Sermon

157. Higher knowledge attained only after actual practice

158. Systematic guidance and practice in the early periods of the Sæsana

159. Mere listening to the discourse is not sufficient, actual practice is needed

160. How the Venerable Vappa etc strove for attainments

161. Six Arahats including the BLessed One

162. The Great Concluding PrayeR