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Contents

  • Titlepage
  • Contents
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • Danger is Normal
  • What’s Noble about the Noble Truths?
  • Truths with Consequences
  • We Are Not One
  • Under Your Skin
  • Silence Isn’t Mandatory
    • Background: the Nine Attainments
    • Silence in the Formless Attainments
    • Buddhaghosa’s Interpretations
    • More Arguments for Silence in the First Jhāna
    • Purity of Concentration
    • The Right Use of Concentration
  • The Not-self Strategy
    • 1. The Purpose & Range of the Teachings
    • 2. The Metaphysical Assumptions of the Four Noble Truths
    • 3. The Buddha’s Teaching Strategy
    • 4. Two Fetters of Views
    • 5. “Self” & “Not-self” as Skillful Strategies
    • 6. The Strategic Use of the Knowledge, “All phenomena are not-self”
    • 7. The Abandoning of All Strategies
  • The Buddha’s Last Word
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations