ESSENTIAL SUMMARIES OF BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ESSENTIAL SUMMARIES OF BUDDHIST TEACHINGS THIỆN PHÚC Copyright © 2021 by Thien Phuc ISBN-13: 978-1-0919-9178-1 © All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the author. THIỆN PHÚC ESSENTIAL SUMMARIES OF BUDDHIST TEACHINGS NHÀ XUẤT BẢN LIÊN PHẬT HỘI UNITED BUDDHIST PUBLISHER CONTENTS Forward .......................................................................11 Preface .......................................................................13 Chapter 1. The World During the Pre-Buddhism ..........17 Chapter 2. Buddha’s Birth Day ....................................22 Chapter 3. For the Sake of a Great Cause ......................26 Chapter 4. The Buddha ...............................................27 Chapter 5. Buddhism ...................................................36 Chapter 6. Buddhist Cosmology ...................................42 Chapter 7. Buddhist Outlook on Human Life .................45 Chapter 8. The First Sermon ........................................51 Chapter 9. The Meanings of Buddhism ........................52 Chapter 10. Buddhism: A Religion Which Is Always ....54 Chapter 11. Is Buddhism Atheistic or Theistic? .............56 Chapter 12. Buddhism Is A Religion of the Truth ..........57 Chapter 13. Buddhism: A Religion of the Truth .............58 Chapter 14. Buddhist Teachings Is Always in Accord With Life and Science at All Times .........62 Chapter 15. The Truth of the Four Noble Truths ............63 Chapter 16. The Truth of the Eighthfold Noble Path .....65 Chapter 17. The Truth of the Twelve Conditions ...........81 Chapter 18. The Truth of Seven Bodhi Shares ...............86 Chapter 19. Buddhism: The Truth of Four Boundless Minds ........................................94 Chapter 20. The Truth of “Cause and Effect” ..............108 Chapter 21. The Truth of Karma or Actions & Retributions .....................................113 Chapter 22. The Theory of Causation .........................126 Chapter 23. The Principle of True Reality ...................139 5 Essential Summaries of Buddhist Teachings Chapter 24. The Principle of Totality ..........................141 Chapter 25. The Principle of Perfect Freedom ............143 Chapter 26. Phenomenalism in Buddhism .................146 Chapter 27. Faith in Buddhism ..................................149 Chapter 28. Metaphysical Issues in Buddhism ............156 Chapter 29. Buddhism and Buddha’s Statues and Images ..............................................158 Chapter 30. Buddhism and the Concept of First Cause ...................................161 Chapter 31. The Concept of a Soul in Buddhism .........162 Chapter 32. Education in Buddhism ..........................163 Chapter 33. Buddhism and Ancestor Worship ............165 Chapter 34. Buddhism and Prostrating .......................167 Chapter 35. Buddhism and Beauty .............................176 Chapter 36. Is Buddhism Pessimism or Optimism? ......178 Chapter 37. Buddhism and Philosophy ......................179 Chapter 38. Resolve in Buddhism ..............................186 Chapter 39. World of Peace and War In Buddhist Point of View ....................................192 Chapter 40. Pragmatism of Buddhism ........................193 Chapter 41. Buddhist Concept on Fate .......................195 Chapter 42. Buddhism and Epistemology ...................196 Chapter 43. Buddhism and A So-Called Creator .........198 Chapter 44. Dead Buddhism .....................................201 Chapter 45. Buddhism With Eschatological Questions ..203 Chapter 46. Buddhism and Art ..................................204 Chapter 47. Position of Human Beings in Buddhism .......................................................205 Chapter 48. Marriage According to the Buddhist Point of View ...............................208 6 Contents Chapter 49. Noble Silence ........................................211 Chapter 50. Eight Awakenings of Great People ..........213 Chapter 51. Three-Thousand-Great Thousand World ..................................................217 Chapter 52. Four Ideas Of Looking At The Dharma Realms In Buddhist Point of View ....219 Chapter 53. The Worldly World .................................220 Chapter 54. The Buddha Nature ................................223 Chapter 55. The Thus-Come One ...............................226 Chapter 56. Tathagata-Garbha ...................................229 Chapter 57. Nirvana .................................................230 Chapter 58. Heaven Is Not A Nirvana in Buddhism ...237 Chapter 59. The Buddha’s Nirvana ............................238 Chapter 60. Incomplete and Complete Nirvanas ........240 Chapter 61. Three Main Schools in Buddhism ............244 Chapter 62. Cores of Buddhism .................................248 Chapter 63. The Doctrine of “Egolessness” ................250 Chapter 64. Determinism and Selflessness .................253 Chapter 65. The Triple Jewel .....................................255 Chapter 66. Taking Refuge on the Three Gems ...........263 Chapter 67. Cultivation of Four Kinds of Mindfulness ....................................................272 Chapter 68. Cultivation of Six Paramitas .....................282 Chapter 69. Cultivation of Four Immeasurable Minds ....................................283 Chapter 70. Cultivation of Ten Good Actions ..............296 Chapter 71. Six Realms of the Samsara .......................300 Chapter 72. Salvation of Sentient Beings ....................304 Chapter 73. The Last Teachings of the Buddha ...........307 Chapter 74. The Priceless Message from the Buddha .................................................313 7 Essential Summaries of Buddhist Teachings Chapter 75. The Twelve Vows of Bhaishajya-Guru-Buddha .....................................314 Chapter 76. The Twelve Vows of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ...............................321 Chapter 77. Cultivation of Practices ...........................327 Chapter 78. Amitabha Buddha With ...........................332 Chapter 79. The Mind of Enlightenment ....................341 Chapter 80. Enlightenment .......................................346 Chapter 81. Emancipation .........................................352 Chapter 82. Birth and Death & Rebirth ......................354 Chapter 83. Pleasant Practices ...................................367 Chapter 84. A Dead Lion is Destroyed .......................370 Chapter 85. Ultimate and Conventional Truths ...........375 Chapter 86. The First Absolute Truth ..........................381 Chapter 87. Skill in Means ........................................383 Chapter 88. Periods of Sakyamuni’s Teachings ...........386 Chapter 89. Dharmakaya ..........................................392 Chapter 90. To Be on a Vegetarian Diet or Eating Meat? ...................................................394 Chapter 91. Cultivation In Buddhism .........................404 Chapter 92. Buddha’s Manifestation ..........................412 Chapter 93. Mind-Only .............................................419 Chapter 94. Blessedness & Virtues .............................427 Chapter 95. Discipline-Meditation-Wisdom ...............438 Chapter 96. Beginninglessness-Endlessness ................445 Chapter 97. Study and Beyond Study .........................447 Chapter 98. Four Fields of Grace ................................450 Chapter 99. Non-Dual Dharma-Door .........................455 Chapter 100. Opening-Demonstrating-Awakening .......462 Chapter 101. Ten Non-Seeking Practices ....................465 8 Contents Chapter 102. Relativity & Absolute ............................467 Chapter 103. Kusala & Akusala Dharmas ...................471 Chapter 104. Vinaya in Buddhism .............................485 Chapter 105. Prajna ..................................................491 Chapter 106. Nature ..................................................497 Chapter 107. Eighteen Realms ..................................499 Chapter 108. Eight Poisonous Winds ..........................507 Chapter 109. Emptiness ............................................520 Chapter 110. Sentient Beings .....................................528 Chapter 111. Five Aggregates ....................................538 Chapter 112. Four Elements ......................................549 Chapter 113. Fifty Demonic Obstructions in the Five Skandhas ...........................................552 Chapter 114. Seven Emotions and Six Desires ...........595 Chapter 115. Dharma Seals In Buddhism ...................599 Chapter 116. Bodhisattva’s Practices & Bodhisattva’s Vows ..........................................605 Chapter 117. Ordinary People’s Mind ........................615 Chapter 118. The Saint’s Minds .................................623 Chapter 119. Cultivation of Blessedness .....................628 Chapter 120. Cultivations of Wisdom .........................631 Chapter 121. Simultaneous Cultivations of Blessings & Wisdom ..............................................................635 Chapter 122. Sentient Beings in the Six Paths ............644 Chapter 123. Buddhist Councils .................................655 Chapter 124. Tripitaka ..............................................668 Chapter 125. Four Magnanimous Vows ......................674 Chapter 126. The Triple Worlds As A Burning House ............................................676 Chapter 127. Six Points of Harmony ..........................677 9 Essential Summaries