AuthorVenerable Mahasi Sayadaw
TitleSallekha Sutta : a discourse on the refinement of character / by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw ; translated by U Aye Maung
Imprint Bangkok : Buddhadhamma Foundation, 1996
Edition 2nd ed, rev.
Descript xii, 270 p. ; 22 cm

CONTENT

Introduction: False views about self ; The buddha's reply ; The sallekha way of life -- Wrong action: Sallekhavara ; Parikhamanavara ; Kammic effects of violence and nonviolence ; Kammic effects of killing ; Practice for higher life ; The seven gaughters of King Kiki -- Wrong speech: The power of truth asseverations ; The conversion of Porisada ; The story of Isidasi Theri ; Pharusavaca: harash language ; The story of Ghatikara -- Wrong thought: Ten wrong ideas (micchatta) ; Right belief ; Mediation method ; Genesis of the level of insight ; Genesis of path - knowledge ; Three kinds of abstention (virati) -- Mental defilements: Doubt about the cultivation of satipatthana ; Conquest of doubt through insight and path - knowledge ; Macchariya: miserliness ; The Buddha's assurance ; The buddha's last teaching ; Enrroneous views in modern times


SUBJECT

  1. Buddhism -- Doctrines
  2. Dharma (Buddhism)

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