POINTING TO DHAMMA

CONTENTS

 Foreword by Somdet Phra Nanasamvara,

Lord Abbot of Wat Bovoranives.  vii

Introduction : Pointing to Dhamma ix

False and True Refuges 1

# Listening to Dhamma 14

• Honour and Respect 25

Giving is true gain 33

* The Heart of Buddhist Teaching 38

* The Advantages of Restraint 56

# Eight Worldly Conditions 60

A refuse-pit, a road and a lotus 68

“The Middle Practice-path discovered by the Tathagata” 76

“Mind is chief” 86

The ill-directed and the well-directed minds 90

The Rain of Lust 100

Inviting Admonition and Receiving Forgiveness 110

The Four Noble Truths 119

Death 128

# Five Topics for Recollection every day 136

The Desana or talks marked in several ways above have appeared in the Following publications

      *      in ‘The Light of Lord Buddha”,a book produced for the Royal Opening of Wat Buddhapadipa, London, by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand.

•   in “The Middle Way”, Journal of the Buddhist Society, London, with acknowledgments to the Editor.

        +    as a pamphlet in the Bodhi Leaves series published by the Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Ceylon, with acknowledgments to the Secretary.

        #    in a privately produced booklet in England.

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