Table of Contents
Translators Preface and Acknowledgments ix
1 Buddhism Is Natural Truth 1
2 Independently Investigating Causes and Conditions 9
3 Training in Direct Experience of Freedom 19
4 Beyond Positive and Negative 27
5 The Natural Law of Conditionally 35
6 Conquering Ignorance, Selfishness, and Superstition 43
7 Dependent Co-arising: Birth into Suffering 51
8 Dimensions and Streams of Dependent Co-arising 57
9 Dependent Co-arising for Children 67
10 Three Existences Are the Basis of Self 75
11 Heavens and Hells 85
12 Damming the Screams of Suffering 93
13 Dependent Quenching 101
14 Training Mindfulness through Mindfulness with Breathing 111
15 Dependent Co-arising Controversies 123
16 The Beginning and End of Spiritual Life 133
A Guide to Source Texts for Under the Bodhi Tree 141
Notes 159
Glossary 169
Bibliography 187
Further Reading 189
Index 191
About the Author 197