Part l
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 Alara,
the Great Ascetic
9. Taking Instructions from
the Holy Sage Alara
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. Jhanic Absorption restraining the Breath
15. Extreme Austerity of
Fasting
16. Mara's
Persuasion
17. Right
Reasoning
18. Absorption in First
Jhana 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 Ascetic
27. Truth is not Seen when
Blinded by Misconception
28. Arrival at
Isipathana
29. Thus the Blessed One
Continued
Part II
30. Sensuous Gratification
is Base and Vulgar
31. Ditthadhamma Nibbana Vada
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. Practice 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 Kilesas are calmed
52. Silabbataparamasa Ditthi
53. Temporary Putting
Away
54. Arising of
Super-knowledge
55. Penetrative
Insight
56. Realization of
Nibbana
Part III
57. Pavarana
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 Vipassana Sati, Insight Mindfulness
66. Explanation on Insight
Momentary Concentration (Vipassana Khanika
Samadhi)
67. Proper Insight
Knowledge Only by Mindful Noting
68. No Insight without
Mindfulness
69. The Path of Right
Concentration
70. Assertion that
Vipassana Cannot Develop without Jhana
71. The Path of Right
View
72. Kammassakata
Sammaditthi
73. The Path in Three
Stages
74. How Jhana-labhis
Develop Insight
75. Contemplation on
Miscellaneous Volitional Activities-Pakinnaka Sankhara
Method
76. Beginning of Vipassana Magga
77. How Vipassana Samadhi Maggas are developed
78. How Vipassana Panna Maggas are developed
79. The Path of Right
Thought . . . Samma Sankappa
Magga
Part IV
80. Truth of Suffering
Dukkha Sacca
81. Critical Examination of
the Disparity
82. Accurate Pali Text on
Definition of Dukkha Sacca
83. The Four Noble
Truths
84. Jati Dukkha
85. Viparinama Dukkha
86. Sankhara Dukkha
87. Misery in a Mother's
Womb
88. Suffering of
Birth
89. Suffering throughout
the Whole life
90. The Upadanakkhandhas 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
of 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. Upadana and
Upadanakkhandhas
Part V
98. Samudaya Sacca
99. The Story of Sampeya
Naga 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
Sayadaw
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. Kama Tanha
111. Bhava Tanha
112. Vibhava Tanha
Part
VI
113. Nirodha Sacca
114. How cessation of
Craving is brought about
115. Magga Sacca... the Truth of Path
116. Exposition on the
right view Samma ditthi
117 Meditation on the Four
Truths
118. How much Sutamaya, Knowledge through Hearing?
119. Development of
Pubbabhaga Magga otherwise called Vipassana Magga
120. Nama as distinct from
Rupa, example given by the Buddha
121. Abstention during
Vipassana meditation
122. Knowledge of the Four
Truths through Vipassana nana
123. Vipassana and the Four Truths
124. Vipassana is also a constituent of the Nirodhagamini Patipada
Part VII
125. Sacca nana with regard to Dukkha Sacca
126. Kicca nana with regard to Dukkha Sacca
127. Kata nana with regard to Dukkha Sacca
128. Sacca nana with regard to Samyudaya Sacca
129. Kicca nana with regard to Samyudaya Sacca
130. Anusaya kilesa actually exists
131. Kata nana with regard to Samudaya Sacca
132. Sacca nana with regard to Nirodha Sacca
133. Kicca nana with regard to Nirodha Sacca
134. Kata nana with respect to Nirodha Sacca
135. Sacca nana with regard to Magga Sacca
136. Kicca nana with regard to Magga Sacca
137. Kata nana with regard to Magga Sacca
Part VIII
138. When the Buddha did
not admit Enlightenment
139.
Acknowledgment of Buddhahood
140. Concluding
Statement
141. Matter for
Consideration
142. Higher knowledge for
the listeners of the teaching
143. Records of the
Sanghayana, the First Great Council
144. How the Venerable
Kondanna attained Higher knowledge while listening to the discourse
145. How
Magga nana is dust-free and stainless
146. Magga nana evolves out of Vipassana nana
147. Was not
Magga nana attained by appreciation of the
Discourse?
148. Acclamation by the
Devas and Brahmas
149. The earthquake and
appearance of shining light
150. Fervent utterance of
joy by the Blessed One
151. The Venerable Annasi
Kondanna'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 period of the Sasana
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
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