The Buddha and His Teachings by Ven. Narada Mahathera from Buddhist Publication Society.
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Table of Contents
The Buddha From Birth to Renunciation
His Struggle for Enlightenment
Buddhahood
After the Enlightenment
The Invitation to Expound the Dhamma
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta — The First Discourse
The Teaching of the Dhamma
The Buddha and his Relatives
The Buddha and his Relatives (Continued)
The Buddha’s Chief Opponents And Supporters
The Buddha’s Royal Patrons
The Buddha’s Ministry
The Buddha’s Daily Routine
The Buddha’s Parinibbāna (Death)
The Teachings of the Buddha
Some Salient Characteristics of Buddhism
The Four Noble Truths
Kamma
What Is Kamma?
The Working of Kamma
Nature of Kamma
What Is the Origin of Life?
The Buddha on the So-Called Creator-God
Reasons To Believe In Rebirth
The Wheel of Life (Paṭicca Samuppāda)
Modes of Birth and Death
Planes of Existence
How Rebirth Takes Place
What Is It That Is Reborn? (No-Soul)
Moral Responsibility
Kammic Descent and Kammic Ascent
The Doctrine of Kamma and Rebirth in the West
Nibbāna
Characteristics of Nibbāna
The Way to Nibbāna (I)
The Way to Nibbāna (II) Meditation
The Five Hindrances
The Way to Nibbāna (III)
The State of an Arahant
The Bodhisatta Ideal
Pāramī — Perfections
Brahmavihāra — The Sublime States
Eight Worldly Conditions (Aṭhalokadhammā)
The Problems of Life
Appendix
Bibliography