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Factors of Enlightenment, and the Noble Eight-fold Path.
All these discourses help one to attain direct insight into
foundational Buddhist teachings on liberation.

Brilliantly translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi, this anthology
of 86 suttas from the Saṃyutta Nikāya takes us straight
to the heart of the Buddha’s teaching which pertain
to the ultimate good, the attainment of Nibbāna,
or liberation. They illuminate the Buddha’s radical
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Noble Truths, Noble Path. The Heart
diagnosis of the human condition—and more broadly,
Essence of the Buddha’s Original Teachings. Wisdom:
the condition of all sentient existence—in light of the
USA. 2023. pp 181. Hardcover. US$44.95
four noble truths. They underscore the pervasive flaws
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inherent in the round of rebirths, trace our existential
predicament to its deepest roots, and lay out the path
This a collection of 86 short suttas by the renowned
to unraveling our bondage and winning irreversible
translator Bhikkhu Bodhi from the Saṃyutta Nikāya to
release. Ven. Bodhi arranged the chapters, each with
enable students of Early Buddhism to penetrate into
its own introduction, to provide an overview of the
the heart of the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble
Dhamma that mirrors the four noble truths, thus
Truths, Five Aggregates, Six Sense Bases, Dependent
enabling students of Early Buddhism to see into the
Origination and practices that lead to the Unconditioned
heart of the Buddha’s teachings as directly and clearly
or Nibbāna: Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Seven as possible. EH

The Abhidhamma, the third great division of early
Buddhist teaching, expounds a revolutionary system of
philosophical psychology rooted in the twin Buddhist
insights of selflessness and dependent origination. In
keeping with the liberative thrust of early Buddhism,
this system organizes the entire spectrum of human
consciousness around the two poles of Buddhist
doctrine - bondage and liberation, Saṃsāra and Nibbāna
- the starting point and the final goal. It thereby maps
Venerable Nyanaponika Thera. Edited and Introduced out, with remarkable rigour and precision, the inner
by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Abhidhamma Studies. Buddhist landscape of the mind to be crossed through the
Explorations of Consciousness & Time. Wisdom: USA, practical work of Buddhist meditation.
2015. pp 149. US$20.95
www.wisdomexperience.org In this book of groundbreaking essays, Venerable
Nyanaponika Thera, one of our age’s foremost