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Middle Land, Middle Way A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Buddha’s India by Ven. S. Dhammika

A$ 20.00

No pilgrim should set out to visit the many sites where the events of the Buddha’s life took place without this comprehensive guidebook in hand. The author, an Australian monk, begins with an account of the pilgrimage, then covers sixteen places in detail. Maps, color photographs and suggestions of how to get to the sites make this an essential travel companion for the pilgrim as well as the general traveler in India. Paperback, 208 pages Published by Buddhist Publication Society ISBN 955-24-0095-3

The Book of Protection by Ven. Piyadassi Thera

A$ 15.00

English translations of the Paritta, suttas used in the Buddhist countries as protective chantings. Paperback, 114 pages Published by Buddhist Missionary Society ISBN 967-9920-60-7

Four Sublime States & The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) By Venerables Nyanaponika Thera & Nanamoli Thera

A$ 10.00

This small booklet contains two essays: Four Sublime States by Ven. Nyanaponika and The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) by Ven. Ñanamoli. The "four sublime states", known as the brahmaviharas, are the lofty mental states of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Ven. Nyanaponika gives us a brief description of all four with a section of contemplation exercises for each. He closes with a section on the inter-relationship of all four. Ven. Ñanamoli's essay focuses on the the basic brahmavihara of metta, translating for us in his usual lucid style the key passages from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha taught the practice of metta. Published by: Buddhist Publication Society Publication Date: 1981

The Dhammapada by Narada Thera

A$ 17.00

The Dhammapada consists of 423 melodious Pali verses uttered by the Buddha on about 300 occasions, to suit the temperaments of the listeners in the course of his teaching tours over 45yrs. This book consists of Pali text and English translation with stories in brief and notes.

Noble Eightfold Path, The - by Bhikkhu Bodhi

A$ 15.00

Noble Eightfold Path Way to the End of Suffering By Bhikkhu Bodhi A concise, clear, and thorough account of the eightfold path. Explains each path-factor from the angle both of theory and practice, with a final chapter on the unity of the Buddhist path and its culmination in enlightenment. A quote from the preface by the author: "The essence of the Buddha's teaching can be summed up in two principles: the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The first covers the side of doctrine, and the primary response its elicits is understanding; the second covers the side of discipline, in the broadest sense of that word, and the primary response if calls for is practice."