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It is a good idea for anybody to read the first section, because the basic ideas and fundamentals are described in that section.
oFirst Section: Moral Living and Fundamentals
▪Subsection: The Basics
•“The Law of Attraction, Habits (Gati), and Cravings (Āsavas)”
•“Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati)”
•“Wrong Views (Micchā Diṭṭhi) – A Simpler Analysis”
•“First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect”
▪Subsection: Calming the Mind
•“Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances”
•“Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?”
•“Right Speech – How to avoid Accumulating Bad Kamma”
•“Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Nirāmisa Sukha?”
•“Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand It?”
•“Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?”
▪Subsection: Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
•“A Buddhist or a Bhouddhaya?”
•“Where to Start on the Path?”
•“What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream”
•“Recent Evidence for Unbroken Memory Records (HSAM)”
•“Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?”
▪Subsection: Dhamma Concepts
•“Kilesa – Relationship To Akusala, Kusala, And Puñña Kamma”
•“Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)”
•“Puñña Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā”
•“The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them”
•“How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma”
•“What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?”
•“Account of Aṅgulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma”
•“The Four Bases of Mental Power (Cattāro Iddhipāda)”
•“Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words?”
▪Subsection: Buddha Dhamma and Morality
•“Origin of Morality (and Immorality) in Buddhism”
•“Is Eating Meat an Akusala Kamma (Immoral Deed)?”
•“Do Things Just Happen? – The Hidden Causes”
oSecond Section: Working Towards Good Rebirths
▪“Vagaries of Life and the Way to Seek Good Rebirths”
▪“How to Avoid Birth in the Apāyas”
▪“Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth”
▪How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm
▪“Kamma, Debt, and Meditation”
▪“Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)”
▪“How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?”
▪“Three Kinds of Diṭṭhi, Eightfold Paths, and Samādhi”
▪“Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society”
▪“What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?”
▪“Paṭisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gati”
oThird Section: Seeking Nibbāna
▪“Attha Purisa Puggalā – Eight Noble Persons”
▪“Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)”
▪“The Way to Nibbāna – Removal of āsavas”
▪“Kaṇha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya”
▪“Dasa Saṁyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process”
▪“The Cooling Down Process (Nibbāna) – How the Root Causes are Removed”
▪“Why is Correct Interpretation of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta so Important?”
▪“How to Cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path Starting with Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta“
▪“Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless”
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oFourth Section: Sotāpanna Stage of Nibbāna
▪“Sotāpanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā) ”
•Sotāpanna Stage and Distorted/Defiled Saññā
•Pabhassara Citta and Saññā Vipallāsa
•Mūlapariyāya Sutta – The Root of All Things
•Fooled by Distorted Saññā (Sañjānāti) – Origin of Attachment (Taṇhā)
•Kāma Rāga Arises Due to “Distorted Saññā”
•Distorted Saññā Arises in Every Adult but Not in a Newborn
•Purāṇa and Nava Kamma – Sequence of Kamma Generation
•Saññā Nidānā hi Papañca Saṅkhā - Immoral Thoughts Based on ‘Distorted Saññā’
•Kalahavivāda Sutta – Origin of Fights and Disputes
▪“Why a Sotāpanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire”
▪“Myths about the Sotāpanna Stage”
▪“Anuloma Paṭiloma Paṭicca Samuppāda – Key to Sotāpanna Stage”
▪“Sotāpanna Anugāmi and a Sotāpanna”
▪“Sotāpanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyā”
▪“Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala”
▪“Sotāpatti Aṅga – The Four Qualities of a Sotāpanna”
▪“Sammā Diṭṭhi – Realization, Not Memorization”
▪“Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Seeing the Unfruitful Nature of the World””
▪“How Does One Know whether the Sotāpanna Stage is Reached?”
▪Subsection: “Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissaraṇa”
•“Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissaraṇa – Introduction”
•“How Perceived Pleasures (Assāda) lead to Dukkha”
“Kāma Rāga Dominates Rūpa Rāga and Arūpa Rāga.”
•“Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways”
•“Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa”
•“What is “Kāma”? It is not Just Sex”
•“Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccaya Vedanā or Samphassa Ja Vedanā”
▪“Akusala Citta – How Does a Sotāpanna Avoids Apāyagāmi Citta”
▪“What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sotāpanna?”
▪Subsection: “Udayavaya Ñāṇa”
•“Udayavaya Ñāṇa – Introduction”
•“Nibbatti Lakkhaṇa in Udayavaya Ñāṇa”