Ten lectures composed and spoken by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi, an American Buddhist
monk (Theravada) born in New York City in 1944 (native speaker of English). He was
ordained in Sri Lanka in 1972 and studied Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India from 1972
to 1977. After residing and teaching at the Washington DC Buddhist Vihara and the
Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) in Sri Lanka he is now (2003) resident at the
Bodhi Monastery in New Jersey USA. He is also a Fellow of the World Academy of Art
and Science.

Each of the 20 tracks runs 37 to 43 minutes each.

1(a) The Buddha - Introduction.
1(b) Life of The Buddha

2(a) The four Noble Truths - the Dhamma (The Buddha's teaching; truth behind the
teaching; the path)
2(b) Dukkha (unsatisfactoriness, suffering)

3(a) The True Nature of Existence . Full path of Understanding, Five aggregates
of Clinging
3(b) Three Characteristics of Existence - Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness,
Selflessness

4(a) Dependent Arising (paticca samuppada) . Essence of the Dhamma; structural
principal
4(b) Dependent Arising . The twelve factors; cessation of the round

5(a) Rebirth and Kamma - Question of life after death, rebirth without a self,
Kamma general treatment
5(b)Rebirth and Kamma - Kamma & its Effects, Rebirth Process, Practical
implications of Kamma doctrine

6(a)Nibbana (Nirvana) . Elimination of craving; types of Dhammas; Nibbana in
the Suttas
6(b)Nibbana (Nirvana) . Description in the Suttas; the experience of the Arahat

7(a)The Noble Eightfold Path - place of the Path; the middle way; the factors
7(b)The Noble Eightfold Path . Threefold grouping of Path factors; two types
of Path

8(a)Meditation - Types of Buddhist meditation, Three levels of defilement,
Approaches to meditation, Preliminaries to meditation practice, The development
of serenity (Samatha bhavana)
8(b)Meditation - Five jhana factors, Development of insight (Vipassana bhavana),
Four Supramundane paths and fruits, Practical directions for mindfulness of
breathing

9(a)The Social Dimension of the Buddha's Teaching - Social context of the Dhamma,
Foundations of Buddhist social thought, Economic teachings
9(b)The Social Dimension of the Buddha's Teaching - Economic, Social, Political
teachings

10(a)The Sangha - Community of noble disciples, the monastic order, general
aspects of monastic life
10(b)The Sangha . ceremonies & observances of monastic life, the two monastic
vocations, the place of nuns in Buddhism

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