A SWIFT PAIR OF MESSENGERS

Contents – Introduction

Contents Introduction Abbreviations Chapter 1 A handful of leaves Chapter 2 Samatha and vipassana Chapter 3 Wings to

Chapter 1 A HANDFUL OF LEAVES And the Blessed One addressed Venerable Ananda: ‘Ananda, it might occur to you: “In

Chapter 2 SAMATHA & VIPASSANA ‘Suppose, monk, a king had a border city with strong ramparts, walls, and arches, and six gates.

Chapter 3 WINGS TO ENLIGHTENMENT ‘Those principles I have taught you having directly known them ‑ that is, the four establishings of

Chapter 4 DEPENDENT LIBERATION ‘Monks, one who is virtuous, endowed with virtue, need not form the volition: “May I be

Chapter 5 GRADUAL TRAINING The gradual training is a practical exemplification of the path described above in abstract. Since it

Chapter 6 BENEFITS OF SAMADHI A monk who develops and makes much of the four jhanas slopes, flows, and inclines towards

Chapter 7 JHANA AND THE NOBLE ONES ‘The four who are on the way And the four established in the fruit

Chapter 8 COUNTER-EXAMPLES Having completed our survey, we now turn to a discussion of some of the sutta passages that have been

CONCLUSION: UNITY AND DIVERSITY ‘ “This Dhamma is for one with samadhi, not for one without samadhi.” So it was

Appendices —–*—– Appendix 1 ON THE TRANSLATIONS In the interests of readability and concision I have taken some liberties with