A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada or The Doctrine of Dependent Origination
Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
Translated by U Aye Maung
Published by U Min Swe
Buddhasasana Nuggaha Organization
Rangoon, Burma.
(Prepared at BuddhaNet, http://www.buddhanet.net , for free distribution)
CONTENTS
[01]
- Importance Of The Doctrine
2. Reflection Of The Bodhisatta
3. Anuloma Reasoning
4. Beyond Reasoning And Speculation
5. Dhamma Is Only For The Wise
6. Difficulty Of Understanding
7. What Is Avijja (Ignorance)?
8. Ignorance Of The Origin Of Dukkha
9. Ignorance Of The Third And Fourth Noble Truths
10. Right View, Etc.
[02]
- Avijja Leads To Sankhara
12. Unwholesome Kammas
13. Rejection Of Good Kamma Means Bad Kamma
14. Ignorance And Illusion
15. Sankhara Causes Vinnana
16. How Sankhara Leads To New Vinnana
17. Sassata And Uccheda
18. Death-Bed Visions
19. The Story Of Mahadhammika Upasaka
[03]
- Vinnana and Nama-Rupa
21. Upapata Rebirth
22. Sansedaja Beings
23. Vithi-Cittas
24. Manodvara Vithi
25. Follow-Up Vithi
26. From Vinnana Arises Nama-Rupa
21. The Story Of Cakkhupala Thera
28. The Thera’s Verdict
29. Pure Thought And Happiness
[04]
- Nama-Rupa And Salayatana
31. Rupa And Ayatana
32. Summary
[05]
- The Buddha’s Emphasis On Practice
34. The Abstruseness Of The Doctrine
[06]
- Relation Between Manodvara And Vinnana, Etc.
36. Recapitulation
37. Vedana Leads To Tanha
38. Six Kinds Of Tanha
39. Tanha And Samsara
40. Extinction Of Craving
41. The Story Of Mahatissa Thera
42. Story Of A Parrot
43. Contemplation And Extinction
44. Cutting Off At The Foundation
45. Kilesa And Unmindfulness
46. Thoughts And Tactile Impressions
47. Three Kinds Of Craving (Tanha)
[07]
- Tanha Causes Upadana
49. Bases Of Sensual Pleasure
50. Ditthupadana (Bigotry)
51. Right Views
52. Seeing The World Beyond
53. Parami And Kamma
54. Silabbatupadana (Clinging To False Practices)
55. The Story Of Korakhatiya
56. Other Silabbata Practices
57. Attavadupadana (Clinging To Belief In Soul)
[08]
- Clinging Leads To Becoming
59. Kammabhava
60. Upapattibhava
61. Story Of Mendaka
62. Upadana And Kammabhava
63. Puppharatta Jataka
64. Right And Wrong Good Kamma
65. Kamma And Rebirth
66. Four Kinds Of Kamma
67. Story Of Ajatasattu
68. Habitual And Death-Bed Kammas
69. Birth And Suffering
70. Grief And Lamentation
71. Story Of Subrahma Deva
72. Kamupadana Means All Kinds Of Excessive Craving
73. Attachment To Belief As The Cause Of Rebirth
74. Superstition And Evil Rebirth
75. Fanaticism Or Religious Upadana
76. Silabbatupadana – Attachment To Wrong Practices
77. Attavadupadana – Attachment to Ego-Belief
78. Story of Ugga
[09]
- Vipassana Practice and Upadana
80. Life-Cycle and Three Time Dimensions
81. Five Causes in the Past
82. Distinction between Sankhara and Kammabhava
83. Present Effect Due to Past Cause
84. Knowledge for Vipassana Practice
85. Removing the Present Causes
86. Arahat’s Outlook On Life
87. Not Annihilation But Extinction Of Suffering
88. Story Of Yamaka
89. Bhikkhuni Vajira On The Nature Of Khandhas
[10]
- Four Layers, Three Links And Twenty Factors
91. Three Cycles
92. Four Aspects Of Paticcasamuppada
93. The False View Of Sati
94. Distinctive Character Of Each Phenomenon
95. Absence Of Effort (Avyapara)
96. Relevancy Of Cause To Effect
97. Conclusion
98. Cutting Off The Cycle Of Defilements
99. Arahan And The Attributes Of The Buddha
100. Story Of Baka Brahma
101. Sammasambuddha
102. The Fame Of The Buddha
103. The Four Noble Truths In Brief
104. Sammasambuddha And Buddhahood
105. Summary
