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Table of Contents

Title Page

Distribution Admonishment

Preface

Abbreviations

1: The Way to the End of Suffering

• The Range of Suffering
• The Causes of Suffering
• Cutting Off the Causes of Suffering

2: Right View

• Mundane Right View
• Superior Right View

3: Right Intentions

• The Intention of Renunciation
• The Intention of Good Will
• The Intention of Harmlessness

4: Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood

• Right Speech (samma vaca)
• Right Action (samma kammanta)
• Right Livelihood (samma ajiva)

5: Right Effort

6: Right Mindfulness

• Contemplation of the Body (kayanupassana)
• Contemplation of Feeling (vedananupassana)
• Contemplation of the State of Mind (cittanupassana)
• Contemplation of Phenomena (dhammanupassana)

7: Right Concentration

• The Development of Concentration
• The Stages of Concentration

8: The Development of Wisdom

Epilogue

Appendix: A Factorial Analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path

Recommended Readings

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