The Tree of Enlightenment
An Introduction to the Major
Traditions of Buddhism
by Peter
Della Santina
Contents
Part One The Fundamentals
of Buddhism
Entire Part One
(228 Kbytes)
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Chapter One Buddhism
A Modern Perspective
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Chapter Two The
Pre-Buddhist Background
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Chapter Three The
Life of the Buddha
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Chapter Four The
Four Noble Truths
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Chapter Five Morality
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Chapter Six Mental
Development
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Chapter Seven Wisdom
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Chapter Eight Karma
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Chapter Nine Rebirth
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Chapter Ten Interdependent
Origination
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Chapter Eleven The
Three Universal Characteristics
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Chapter Twelve
The Five Aggregates
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Chapter Thirteen
The Fundamentals in Practice
Part Two The Mahayana
Entire Part Two
(134 Kbytes)
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Chapter Fourteen The
Origins of the Mahayana Tradition
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Chapter Fifteen The
Lotus Sutra
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Chapter Sixteen The
Heart Sutra
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Chapter Seventeen
The Lankavatara Sutra
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Chapter Eighteen The
Philosophy of the Middle Way
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Chapter Nineteen The
Philosophy of Mind only
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Chapter Twenty The
Development of Mahayana Philosophy
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Chapter Twenty-One Mahayana
Buddhism in Practice
Part Three The Vajrayana
Entire Part Three (131
Kbytes)
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Chapter Twenty-Two The
Origins of the Vajrayana Tradition
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Chapter Twenty-Three
Philosophical
and Religious Foundations
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Chapter Twenty-Four
Methodology
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Chapter Twenty-Five
Myth
and Symbolism
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Chapter Twenty-Six Psychology,
Physiology and Cosmology
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Chapter Twenty-Seven
The
Preliminary Practices
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Chapter Twenty-Eight
The
Vajrayana Initiation
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Chapter Twenty-Nine
Vajrayana
Buddhism in Practice
Part Four The Abidharma
Entire Part Four
(153 Kbytes)
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Chapter Thirty An
Introduction to the Abhidharma
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Chapter Thirty-One Philosophy
and Phychology in the Abhidharma
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Chapter Thirty-Two Methodology
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Chapter Thirty-Three
Analysis
of Conciousness
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Chapter Thirty-Four
The
Form and Formless Spheres
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Chapter Thirty-FiveSupramundane
Consciousness
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Chapter Thirty-Six Analysis
of the Mental States
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Chapter Thirty-Seven
Analysis
of the Thought Process
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Chapter Thirty-Eight
Analysis
of Matter
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Chapter Thirty-Nine
Analysis
of Conditionality
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Chapter Forty The Thirty-Seven
Factors of Enlightenment
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Chapter Forty-One Abhidharma
in Daily Life
[Part 1] [Part 2]
[Part 3] [Part 4]
Resource:
Chico
Dharma Study Group Home Page
Sincere
thanks to Dr. Peter Della Santina (the author) for offering us this electronic
text
(
Ven. Thich Nguyen Tang, 01/07/2000)
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