This classic anthology from the Pali Canon charts the entire course of spiritual development as prescribed in the most ancient Buddhist texts. Drawing upon the Buddha's own words from the Sutta Pitaka, the compiler has arranged them in accordance with two overlapping schemes of practice: the threefold training in virtue, concentration, and wisdom, and the seven stages of purification. The long chapter on concentration provides sutta sources for all the forty classical subjects of meditation, while the chapter on wisdom cites texts relating to the development of insight.
Jataka Tales Of the Buddha - After the enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, The Gotama Buddha was able remember all this previous lives, during the forty five years the Buddha's taught. He referred to experiences in those earlier lives & told stories from them to illustrate various points of Dhamma & encourage His followers through these jataka tales.