Buddhism In A Nutshell

CHAPTER 3: IS IT A RELIGION? It is neither a religion in the sense in which that word is commonly

CHAPTER 4: IS BUDDHISM AN ETHICAL SYSTEM? It no doubt contains an excellent ethical code which is unparalleled in its perfection

CHAPTER 5: SOME SALIENT FEATURES OF BUDDHISM The foundations of Buddhism are the four Noble Truths — namely, Suffering (the raison d’etre of

CHAPTER 6: KAMMA OR THE LAW OF MORAL CAUSATION We are faced with a totally ill-balanced world. We perceive the

CHAPTER 7: RE-BIRTH As long as this Kammic force exists there is re-birth, for beings are merely the visible manifestation

CHAPTER 8: PATICCA SAMUPPADA Paticca means because of, or dependent upon: Samuppada “arising or origination.” Paticca Samuppada, therefore, literally means — “Dependent Arising” or

CHAPTER 9: ANATTA OR SOUL-LESSNESS This Buddhist doctrine of re-birth should be distinguished from the theory of re-incarnation which implies

CHAPTER 11: THE PATH TO NIBBANA How is Nibbana to be attained? It is by following the Noble Eight-fold Path

APPENDIX: CONCENTRATION ON RESPIRATION ANAPANA SATI Anapana Sati is mindfulness on respiration. Ana means inhalation and Apana exhalation. Concentration on the breathing process leads to