May the meritorious fruits accruing from the study of this book be dedicated for the benefit of George, Annie, Alice, Lilian, Richard, Harry, Alfred George, Arthur, Norman, Ivan (née Lee) & Evelyn Ayre, Ellen Mary Stokell, Hannah Carr, George & Charles F. Lee, Elizabeth, John & Margaret Curry, Anne Fenwick, Annie Jarman, Dennis George, Dennis Arthur & Malcolm Woods, Emily Mary Casbon, William Jabez & Ethel Dawes, Moses Edmund, Gladys, Hilda, Cecil, Reginald and Marie Heaton wherever they have been reborn.

Contents
Preface to the First Edition ..................................................................................................................7
The Manual of Peace in Action ...........................................................................................................10
Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................18
Orientation ..........................................................................................................................................19
BLESSING GROUP I.: TURNING YOUR BACK ON UNWHOLESOMENESS ..................................25
1. Not Associating with Fools ..............................................................................................................27
2. Associating with the Wise ...............................................................................................................37
3. Expressing Respect to those worth of respect ................................................................................51
BLESSING GROUP II.: TURNING TOWARDS WHOLESOMENESS ................................................65
4. Living in an Amenable Location ......................................................................................................67
5. Having done Good Deeds in one’s past...........................................................................................77
6. Setting Oneself up properly in life ....................................................................................................91
BLESSING GROUP III.: SETTING ONESELF UP IN LIFE ................................................................101
7. Artfulness in Knowledge .................................................................................................................103
8. Artfulness in Application ................................................................................................................ 113
9. Artfulness in Usage ....................................................................................................................... 119
10. Artfulness in Speech ................................................................................................................... 131
BLESSING GROUP IV.: HARMONY IN THE FAMILY LIFE ..............................................................139
11. Cherishing our parents .................................................................................................................141
12. Raising our children .................................................................................................................... 153
13. Cherishing our husband or wife ...................................................................................................165
14. Not Leaving one’s work undone ..................................................................................................177
BLESSING GROUP V.: BECOMING A PILLAR OF SOCIETY .........................................................183
15. Generosity .................................................................................................................................. 185
16. Dhamma Practice ....................................................................................................................... 197
17. Looking after one’s extended family ............................................................................................205
18. Blameless Work ...........................................................................................................................213
BLESSING GROUP VI.: PREPARATION OF MIND ..........................................................................223
19. Abstaining from Unwholesomeness .............................................................................................225
20. Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants ..............................................................................................233
21. Non-recklessness in the Dhamma................................................................................................243
BLESSING GROUP VII.: INSTILLING ONESELF WITH BASIC VIRTUES........................................251
22. Respect ........................................................................................................................................253
23. Humility ........................................................................................................................................261
24. Contentment ................................................................................................................................269
25. Gratitude.......................................................................................................................................281
26. Listening Regularly to Dhamma Teachings .................................................................................291
BLESSING GROUP VIII.: INSTILLING ONESELF WITH HIGHER VIRTUES ..................................301
27. Patience .......................................................................................................................................303
28. Openness to Criticism ................................................................................................................. 311
29. The Sight of a True Monk .............................................................................................................321
30. Regular Discussion of the Dhamma .............................................................................................331
BLESSING GROUP IX.: PRACTICE FOR THE ERADICATION OF DEFILEMENTS .......................345
31. The Practice of Austerities ............................................................................................................347
32. Practising the Brahma-Faring .......................................................................................................357
33. Seeing the Four Noble Truths .......................................................................................................371
34. The Attainment of Nirvana ............................................................................................................385
BLESSING GROUP X.: THE FRUITS OF HAVING PRACTISED UNTIL REACHING AN END OF DEFILEMENTS .......... 393
35. A Mind Invulnerable to Worldly Vicissitudes..................................................................................395
36. Sorrowlessness ............................................................................................................................403
37. Freedom from Subtle Defilements ............................................................................................... 411
38. The Blissful Mind ...........................................................................................................................421
INDICES
I. General Index ..................................................................................................................................425
II. Pali Index ........................................................................................................................................449
III. Index of Similes ..............................................................................................................................454
IV. Index of Illustrated Examples .........................................................................................................456

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