The Buddha's ancient path

by Piyadassi Thera

Paperback, 2017

Publication

Imprint: Onalaska, Washington : BPS Pariyatti Editions, 2017. Context: Originally puslished Kandy, Sri Lanka : PBS, 1964. Edition: First BPS Pariyatti edition. Responsibility: Piyadassi Thera. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 233 pages ; 22 cm.

Call number

GT-B-Tv / Piyad

Barcode

BK-08482

ISBN

9781681720920

Original publication date

1964

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, The Great Traditions, New Arrivals

CSS Library Notes

Description: Over the years, many expositions of the Buddhas teachings have been published in English, but many lack authenticity and do not represent what the Buddha taught correctly. Hence the need for this authentic and comprehensive book based on the Four Noble Truths, which are the central conception of Buddhism, and the Noble Eightfold Path, which is Buddhism in practice.

This is a book on basic Buddhism with a difference, for it was written by a monk who was a native of Sri Lanka, a scholar and a well-known preacher. He has the Pali Canon and the Commentaries at his fingertips, so that the book is full of apposite stories and quotations of what the Buddha said many of them hard to find elsewhere in English. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: Preface
The Buddha
The Buddhist standpoint
The central conception of Buddhism : the four noble truths
The second noble truth
The third noble truth
The threefold division of the noble eightfold path
The fourth noble truth
Right thought (samma-sankappa)
Right speech (samma-vaca)
Right action (samma-kammanta)
Right livelihood (samma-ajiva)
Right effort (samma-vayama)
Right mindfulness (samma-sati)
Right concentration (samma-samadhi)
Conclusion

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Physical description

233 p.; 22 cm

Description

Many expositions of the Buddha's Teaching in English have appeared in recent year, but a great number of them lack authenticity and do not represent the Buddha-word correctly. I have in all humility undertaken to set out as accurately as possible the Teaching of the Buddha as it is found in the Pali Canon, the Tripitaka, of the Theravada which has pre-served of the oldest and most faithful tradition. This book, therefore, gives a comprehensive account of the central conception of Buddhism-the Four Noble Truths-with special emphasis on the Noble Eightfold Path which is Buddhism in practice. I have named the book The Ancient Path (puranamaggam), the very words used by the Buddha in reference to the Eightfold Path. As an introduction the first chapter gives a concise account of the life of the Buddha, while the second sets out the correct standpoint of Buddhism. The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path are discussed at full length in the following chapters. A good deal space is devoted to Buddhist meditation, as found in the suttas or discourses of the Buddha, in chapters 12, 13 and 14.… (more)