HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – FOREWORD & ABOUT THE AUTHOR FOREWORD In 1956, the Venerable Buddhadasa Bhikkhu gave a series of

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 1. LOOKING AT BUDDHISM If we open any recent book on the origins of religion, we

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 2. THE TRUE NATURE OF THINGS The word “religion” has a broader meaning than the word

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 3. THREE UNIVERSAL CHARACTERISTICS We shall now discuss in detail the three characteristics common to all

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 4. GRASPING AND CLINGING How can we get away from and become completely independent of things,

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 5. THE THREEFOLD TRAINING In this chapter we shall examine the method to be used for

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 6. THE THINGS WE CLING TO What are we clinging to? What is our handhold? What

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 7. INSlGHT, BY THE NATURE METHOD In this chapter we shall see how concentration may come

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 8. INSIGHT, BY ORGANIZED TRAINING Now we shall deal with the organized systems of insight training,

HANDBOOK FOR MANKIND – 9. EMANCIPATION FROM THE WORLD Vipassana meditation is mental training aimed at raising the mind to