Contents
Preface to the First Edition-------7
The Manual of Peace in Action-------10
Abbreviations-------18
Orientation-------19
BLESSING GROUP L: 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 VL: PREPARATION OF MIND-------223
19. Abstaining from Unwholesomeness-------225
20. Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants-------233
21. Non-recklessness in the Dhamma-------243
BLESSING GROUP VIL: 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