BEYOND COPING

Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Cv Cullvagga Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya Iti Itivuttaka MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga SN Saṁyutta

Glossary Arahant: A “worthy one” or “pure one”; a person whose mind is free of defilement and is thus not subject

Teaching by Example AGING §93. [Sister Sona:] Ten children I bore from this physical heap. Then weak from that, aged,

Advice AGING §72. Then two brahmans—feeble old men, aged, advanced in years, having come to the last stage of life,

Heedfulness §32. Heedfulness: the path to the Deathless; heedlessness: the path to death. The heedful do not die; the heedless

The Doctor’s Diagnosis §10. On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi, in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s monastery. Then

THE BUDDHA AS DOCTOR, THE DHAMMA AS MEDICINE §1. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant,

Beyond Coping A Study Guide on Aging, Illness, Death, & Separation prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT 2012 ṬHĀNISSARO BHIKKHU