Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures Sayadaw U Thittilla
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Sayadaw U Thittila
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The contents that follow in this small publication comprise a collection of expanded notes prepared for unconnected individual talks on Buddhism giv en in the West by the author over the period 1938– 1983. They are not, therefore, subject matter nec essarily for consecutive reading. To give the differing teaching material and informa tion surrounding the main themes, repetition of phraseology in respect of the themes themselves is an unavoidable feature; thus each short article is here reproduced as originally conceived and without regard to any repetition.
Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures
Sayadaw U Thittila
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CONTENTS
Part 1
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES OR TALKS ON BUDDHISM
1
THE BUDDHA ..........................................................
9
2
THE BUDDHA AND HIS MESSAGE ............................... 18
3
WHAT IS BUDDHISM? ............................................... 22
4
BUDDHISM ............................................................. 27
5
THERAVADA BUDDHISM ............................................ 33
6
THE MEANING OF BUDDHISM (EXTRACT) ..................... 47
7
WHAT BUDDHISM MEANS TO A BUDDHIST ................... 51
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BUDDHISM: THE PATH TO WISDOM (B.B.C. TALK 1948). 63
9
A SHORT HISTORY OF BUDDHISM .............................. 70
10
VESAKHA FESTIVAL .................................................. 77
Part 2
TALKS INVOLVING SILA IN PARTICULAR
11
BUDDHISM IN BURMA................................................ 86
12
B.B.C. EUROPEAN SERVICE GENERAL NEWS TALK........ 92
13
A BUDDHIST VIEW OF WORLD PEACE .......................... 99
14
WORLD FELLOWSHIP THROUGH BUDDHISM .................. 105
15
PARAMI ................................................................... 120
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Part 3
TALKS INVOLVING SAMADHI IN PARTICULAR
16
THE MIDDLE PATH ................................................... 129
17
BUDDHIST METTA..................................................... 143
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COMPASSION............................................................ 159
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THE WAY TO NIBBANA .............