Skip to main content
dhammatalks.org
  • suttas
  • audio
    • evening talks
    • short morning talks
    • lectures
    • guided meditations
    • talk collections
    • other themes
    • chants
  • books
    • English
    • ไทย
    • Français
    • Español
    • Deutsch
    • Português
    • Русский
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Українська
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Noble & True
  4. Copyright

Browse book

Previous page Go to book homepage book home Next page

Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Titlepage
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • Danger is Normal
  • What’s Noble about the Noble Truths?
  • Truths with Consequences
  • We Are Not One
  • Under Your Skin
  • Silence Isn’t Mandatory
    • Background: the Nine Attainments
    • Silence in the Formless Attainments
    • Buddhaghosa’s Interpretations
    • More Arguments for Silence in the First Jhāna
    • Purity of Concentration
    • The Right Use of Concentration
  • The Not-self Strategy
    • 1. The Purpose & Range of the Teachings
    • 2. The Metaphysical Assumptions of the Four Noble Truths
    • 3. The Buddha’s Teaching Strategy
    • 4. Two Fetters of Views
    • 5. “Self” & “Not-self” as Skillful Strategies
    • 6. The Strategic Use of the Knowledge, “All phenomena are not-self”
    • 7. The Abandoning of All Strategies
  • The Buddha’s Last Word
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations

Copyright

Copyright 2016 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities.

Questions about this book may be addressed to

Metta Forest Monastery

Valley Center, CA 92082-1409

U.S.A.

Additional resources

More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org.

Printed copy

A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA.