The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhi-Pakkhiya Dhamma (Classics in Religious Studies)

CONTENTS......Page 8
LIST OF TABLES......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 12
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 14
1. The academic study of religion: some rejections on methodology......Page 18
2. Some perspectives on the early Buddhist tradition and Pdli literature......Page 23
3. What does the Buddhism of the Nikzyas teach?......Page 33
4. The thirty-seven dhammas that contribute to awakening: preliminary remarks......Page 39
PART 1 THE SEVEN SETS INDIVIDUALLY......Page 44
1. What are the satipatthanas?......Page 46
2. What is sati?......Page 53
3. The Mahasatipatthana- and Satipatthana-suttas70......Page 61
4. The exegesis of the basic satipatthana formula......Page 64
5. The expanded satipatthana formula......Page 70
6. The ekayana formula......Page 76
7. Conclusion......Page 83
I . The basic formula: samma-ppadhana and samyak-prahana......Page 86
2. The summa-ppadhana formula in the Nikayas......Page 89
3. The Samanamandika-sutta......Page 93
4. Commentarial definitions of viriya and summa-ppadhana......Page 95
1. The basic formula......Page 98
2. The iddhi-pada-samyutta......Page 99
3. The suttanta-bhajaniya of the Vibhanga......Page 102
4. The comrnentarial analysis......Page 104
5. The desire to act, strength, mind and investigation......Page 107
6. The northern tradition and the Nettippakarana......Page 109
7. The iddhi-padas and the prolongation of life......Page 111
8. The notion of iddhi in the Nikayas......Page 114
9. The method of developing iddhi......Page 118
1. The notion of indriya: the twenty-two indriyas......Page 121
2. Faith, truth and knowledge......Page 123
3. Saddha, pasada and sotapatti......Page 129
4. The remaining indriyas......Page 133
5. The indriya-samyutta: the samudaya, etc. formula......Page 136
6. The indriya-samyutta: the \'relative strength\' formula......Page 143
7. The lesser stream-attainer......Page 150
8. Conclusion: the ubiquity of the indriyas in the Nikayas......Page 155
9. The balas......Page 157
I . The bare list......Page 163
2. Dhamma, dhammas and dhamma-vicaya......Page 164
3. Piti and passaddhi......Page 171
4. Upekkha......Page 173
5. The definitions of the Pajisambhidamagga and the commentaries......Page 177
6. The bojjhangas and the viveka-nissita formula......Page 179
7. The bojjhanga process formula......Page 185
8. The bojjhanga-samyutta......Page 190
9. The bojjharigas according to the commentaries......Page 200
I . General: the individual factors......Page 207
2. The Baranasi discourse and the middle way......Page 214
3. The way leading to the cessation of suflering......Page 218
4. The signficance of the term ariya......Page 222
5. The ariyo atthangiko maggo and the gradual path......Page 224
6. The eight factors in the Dhammasangani......Page 229
7. The Mahacattarisaka-sutta: the law of the eight-factored path......Page 233
8. The ariyo a.ttharigiko maggo and the notion of \'path\'......Page 240
PART 2 THE SEVEN SETS COLLECTIVELY......Page 244
2. The appeal to the seven sets as dhammas taught by the Buddha......Page 246
3. The seven sets as the path......Page 257
4. The path as Stream\'......Page 264
5. The Maha-vagga of the Samyutta-nikaya......Page 269
6. The powers of the one who has destroyed the asavas......Page 278
1. In the four Nikayas......Page 281
2. In the rest of Buddhist literature......Page 287
3. Conclusions......Page 296
1. The expression bodhi-pakkhiya dhamma in the canon......Page 301
2. Usage and application of the expression......Page 306
3. The commentarial exegesis......Page 315
1. The Visuddhimagga: the classic developed account......Page 320
2. The Patisambhidamagga......Page 324
3. The seven sets in the Dhammasangani......Page 329
4. The seven sets in the Vibhanga......Page 338
5. The thirty-seven bodhi-pakkhiya dhamma: ordinary and transcendent......Page 349
6. The thirty-seven bodhi-paksika dharmah according to the Sarvastivada......Page 352
CONCLUSION......Page 360
APPENDIX......Page 372
GLOSSARY OF PALI AND SANSKRIT TERMS......Page 378
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 381
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 384
INDEX......Page 392