- The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Prologue
- List of Abbreviations
- Key to the Pronunciation of Pāli
- Acknowledgments
- Detailed List of Contents
- General Introduction
- I. Right Understanding
- II. Personal Training
- Introduction
- 1. Generosity
- (1) Miserliness
- (2) Accomplishment in Generosity
- (3) Reasons for Giving
- (4) A Superior Person’s Gifts
- (5) The Gift of Food (1)
- (6) The Gift of Food (2)
- (7) The Gift of the Dhamma
- 2. Virtuous Behavior
- (1) Moral Introspection
- (2) Accomplishment in Virtuous Behavior
- (3) Protecting Countless Beings
- (4) The Bad and the Good
- (5) Impurity and Purity
- 3. Removing the Defilements of the Mind
- (1) Sixteen Defilements of the Mind
- (2) Two Kinds of Thoughts
- (3) Practicing Effacement
- 4. Loving-Kindness and Compassion
- (1) The Four Divine Abodes
- (2) Loving-Kindness Shines Like the Moon
- (3) The Benefits of Loving-Kindness
- (4) Still More Benefits
- (5) Loving-Kindness and Right Mindfulness
- (6) The Destruction of the Influxes
- III. Dealing with Anger
- Introduction
- 1. The Slaying of Anger
- 2. Three Kinds of Persons
- 3. Persons Like Vipers
- 4. The Grounds for Resentment
- 5. Dangers in Anger and Benefits in Patience
- (1) Five Dangers
- (2) Another Five Dangers
- (3) Seven Dangers
- (4) Being Spurned by Others
- 6. Removing Anger
- (1) Ten Ways to Eliminate Resentment
- (2) The Buddha Teaches Five Ways
- (3) Sāriputta Teaches Five Ways
- 7. Patience Under Provocation
- (1) Being Patient When Criticized
- (2) Non-Retaliation
- (3) Patience Over Punishment
- 8. Exemplars of Patience
- (1) The Buddha Rejects Abuse
- (2) Puṇṇa’s Courageous Spirit
- (3) Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar
- (4) Sakka and the Anger-Eating Demon
- IV. Proper Speech
- V. Good Friendship
- VI. One’s Own Good and the Good of Others
- VII. The Intentional Community
- Introduction
- 1. Kinds of Communities
- (1) The Shallow and the Deep
- (2) The Divided and the Harmonious
- (3) The Inferior and the Superior
- (4) The Ignoble and the Noble
- (5) The Unrighteous and the Righteous
- 2. The Formation of Community
- (1) How Beings Come Together and Unite
- (2) Like Attracts Like
- (3) Four Means of Embracing Others
- 3. Sustaining Community
- (1) The Standard of Authority
- (2) The Reasons for the Training Rules
- (3) Six Principles of Cordiality
- (4) Ten Principles of Cordiality
- (5) Seven Conditions for Social Harmony
- (6) Seven Conditions for Monastic Harmony
- (7) Attending on the Sick
- 4. Caste Is Irrelevant
- (1) Merging Like the Rivers in the Ocean
- (2) All Can Realize the Highest Goal
- (3) The Criteria of Spiritual Worth
- 5. A Model of Monastic Harmony
- 6. Monastics and Laity
- (1) Mutual Support
- (2) A Visitor of Families
- (3) Showing Compassion to Laypeople
- (4) Families Worth Approaching
- VIII. Disputes
- IX. Settling Disputes
- Introduction
- 1. Confession and Forgiveness
- 2. Resolving Differences in Opinion
- 3. Settling Disputes in the Sangha
- 4. Disputes Over Discipline
- (1) The Need for Self-Reflection
- (2) Avoiding Acrimony
- 5. Mutual Correction
- 6. Accepting Correction from Others
- 7. Settling Disputes between Laity and Sangha
- (1) Overturning the Almsbowl
- (2) Loss of Confidence
- (3) Reconciliation
- 8. Expelling Miscreants
- (1) Sweep the Chaff Away!
- (2) Forced Eviction
- X. Establishing an Equitable Society
- Introduction
- 1. Reciprocal Responsibilities
- 2. Parents and Children
- (1) Parents Are of Great Help
- (2) Repaying One’s Parents
- 3. Husbands and Wives
- 4. The Household
- (1) For the Welfare of Many
- (2) Like the Himalayas
- (3) Ways of Seeking Wealth
- (4) Avoiding Wrong Livelihood
- (5) The Proper Use of Wealth
- 5. Social Status
- (1) No Fixed Hierarchy of Privilege
- (2) Caste Is Mere Convention
- (3) Status Is Determined by Deeds
- (4) Deeds Make the Outcast
- 6. The State
- (1) When Kings Are Unrighteous
- (2) War Breeds Enmity
- (3) The Wheel-Turning Monarch
- (4) How a Wheel-Turning Monarch Conquers
- (5) The Monarch’s Duties
- (6) Providing for the Welfare of the People
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Editor
- Copyright
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