Exploring the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta and the Four Noble Truths : หน้า 10/263

Contents Author's Preface ............................................................................................................... 9 1 Overview ................................................................................................................... 15 Introduction 15 ● The Recording of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta 17 ● The Main Issues of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta 17 ● The Path of Sensual Indulgence 18 ● The Path of Self-Mortification 19 ● The Middle Way 20 ● Seeing & Knowing: Three Cycles & Twelve Components 21 ● First Disciple: The Most Seasoned in the Perfections 24 2 Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon ...................................................... 27 Indulging in Sensual Pleasures 27 ● Metaphors for Indulgence in Sensual Pleasures 28 ● Self-Mortification 35 ● Metaphors for Self-Mortification 36 ● The Noble Middle Way 37 ● Metaphors for the Noble Middle Way 37 ● The Components of the Noble Eightfold Path 39 ● The Dhammacakka: Transport to Nirvana 43 3 The Four Noble Truths .......................................................................................... 45 The Artistry behind Preaching the Four Noble Truths 45 ● Explanation of the Noble Truth of Suffering 46 ● The Harmfulness of Suffering 46 ● Suffering from the Point of View of Conditioning 47 ● Suffering as an Affliction 48 ● Suffering from the Point of View of Decay 48 ● Explanation of the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering 49 ● The Origin of Suffering as Compiled 49 ● The Origin of Suffering as a Cause 50 ● The Origin of Suffering as Controller 50 ● The Origin of Suffering as Anxiety 50 ● Explanation of the Noble Truth of the Extinction of Suffering 51 ● The Extinction of Suffering as Release 51 ● The Extinction of Suffering as an End to Obsession 51 ● The Extinction of Suffering as Stopping Conditioning 51 ● The Extinction of Suffering as Deathlessness 52 ● Explanation of the Noble Truth of the Path to the End of Suffering 52 ● The Path as the Escape from the Cycle of Existence 53 ● The Path as the Cause 53 ● The Path as the Manifestation 54 ● The Path as the Supreme 54 ● The Interrelation of Explanation of the Noble Truths 54