T he Buddha and his teaching.(Ven. Narada)－"佛法與滅苦"

THE BUDDHA AND HIS TEACHINGS

Venerable Nārada Mahāthera

Reprinted for free distribution by
The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation
Taipei, Taiwan. July 1998

	CONTENTS
[01]	THE BUDDHA - FROM BIRTH TO RENUNCIATION
[02]	HIS STRUGGLE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
[03]	THE BUDDHAHOOD
[04]	AFTER THE ENLIGHTENMENT
[05]	THE INVITATION TO EXPOUND THE DHAMMA
[06]	DHAMMACAKKAPPAVATTANA SUTTA - THE FIRST DISCOURSE
[07]	THE TEACHING OF THE DHAMMA
[08]	THE BUDDHA AND HIS RELATIVES
[09]	THE BUDDHA AND HIS RELATIVES (Continued)
[10]	THE BUDDHA'S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS
[11]	THE BUDDHA'S ROYAL PATRONS
[12]	THE BUDDHA'S MINISTRY
[13]	THE BUDDHA'S DAILY ROUTINE
[14]	THE BUDDHA'S PARINIBBĀNA (DEATH)
[15]	THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA
[16]	SOME SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM
[17]	THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
[18]	KAMMA
[19]	WHAT IS KAMMA?
[20]	THE WORKING OF KAMMA
[21]	NATURE OF KAMMA
[22]	WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ?
[23]	THE BUDDHA ON THE SO-CALLED CREATOR-GOD
[24]	REASONS TO BELIEVE IN REBIRTH
[25]	THE WHEEL OF LIFE - PATICCA-SAMUPPĀDA
[26]	MODES OF BIRTH AND DEATH
[27]	PLANES OF EXISTENCE
[28]	HOW REBIRTH TAKES PLACE
[29]	WHAT IS IT THAT IS REBORN? (No-Soul)
[30]	MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
[31]	KAMMIC DESCENT AND KAMMIC ASCENT
[32]	A NOTE ON THE DOCTRINE OF KAMMA AND REBIRTH IN THE WEST
[33]	NIBBĀNA
[34]	CHARACTERISTICS OF NIBBĀNA
[35]	THE WAY TO NIBBĀNA (I)
[36]	THE WAY TO NIBBĀNA (II) - MEDITATION
[37]	NĪVARANA OR HINDRANCES
[38]	THE WAY TO NIBBĀNA (III)
[39]	THE STATE OF AN ARAHANT
[40]	THE BODHISATTA IDEAL
[41]	PĀRAMĪ - PERFECTIONS
[42]	BRAHMAVIHĀRA - THE SUBLIME STATES
[43]	EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS
[44]	THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE