This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako: Beginnings, Change, The Buddha and Catch-22, The Myth of Sisyphus, Faith, and Being and Craving. In the first essay, Beginnings, the author discusses the authenticity and relevance of the Buddhist Canon.
Herein is found one of the best expositions of this main canonical text of Buddhism. Ven Narada Maha Thera renders in clear and eloquent English the meaning of Pali stanzas and the circumstances which lead to their uttering of them.his style is inimitable
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.
Our aim in publishing a "Mirror OF Dhamma" is to circulate amongst all interested, an authentic illustration of religious devotion as practised in Sri Lanka, Burma and Siam - lands where pure and practically unadulterated Buddhism of the Theravada or original Teaching yet regins.