Skip to main content
dhammatalks.org
  • suttas
  • audio
    • evening talks
    • short morning talks
    • lectures
    • guided meditations
    • talk collections
    • other themes
    • chants
  • books
    • English
    • ไทย
    • Français
    • Español
    • Deutsch
    • Português
    • Русский
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Українська
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Refuge
  4. Copyright

Browse book

Previous page Go to book homepage book home Next page

Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Titlepage
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Readings
    • Buddha
      • The Quest for Awakening
      • The Buddha’s Passing Away
    • Dhamma
      • Basic Principles
      • Generosity
      • Virtue
      • Heaven
      • Drawbacks
      • Renunciation
      • The Four Noble Truths
      • The First Truth
      • The Second and Third Truths
      • The Fourth Truth
      • Right View
      • Right Mindfulness and Concentration
      • Liberation
    • Sangha
      • The Rewards of the Contemplative Life
      • Aids to Awakening
      • Sister Sona on Aging
      • Ven. Punna on Death
      • Sister Patacara on Awakening
  • III. Essays
    • Buddha
      • The Meaning of the Buddha’s Awakening
    • Dhamma
      • Life Isn’t Just Suffering
      • No-self or Not-self?
      • Nibbana
    • Sangha
      • The Economy of Gifts
    • Summary
      • A Refuge in Skillful Action
        • BACKGROUND
        • THE PRINCIPLE OF SKILLFUL ACTION
        • THE TEACHING OF RIGHT VIEW
        • THIS/THAT CONDITIONALITY
        • DEPENDENT CO-ARISING
        • THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
        • THE KNOWLEDGE OF UNBINDING
        • FAITH IN THE PRINCIPLE OF KAMMA
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations

Copyright

Copyright 1996 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, (Fifth edition, revised, 2012)

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities.

Questions about this book may be addressed to

Metta Forest Monastery

Valley Center, CA 92082-1409

U.S.A.

Additional resources

More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org.

Printed copy

A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082 USA.