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Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Noble Eightfold Path
The present book aims at contributing towards a proper understanding of the Noble Eightfold Path by investigating its eight factors and their components to determine exactly what they involve. I have attempted to be concise, using as the framework for exposition the Buddha's own words in explanation of the path factors, as found in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon.

Buddha, Dhamma, Dukkha, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Noble Eightfold Path, Right Action, Right Concentration, Right Effort, Right Intention, Right Livelihood, Right Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right View, Sati, Suffering,

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Handbook for Mankind
The Venerable Buddhadasa offers fresh insights into a timeless Truth (Dhamma), in the direct and simple manner that characterizes all his teaching... As a guide for newcomers to the Buddha-Dhamma, this book is an invaluable guide. In it are contained the essential teachings of Buddhism. The Handbook is especially useful for those who approach the Buddha's teaching, not as a subject for scholarly study, buy as a means to understand and ennoble their lives.

Abhidhamma, Abhidhamma, Anatta, Anicca, Buddha, Dhamma, Impermanence, Insight Meditation, Kamma, Sati,

Nyanatiloka
The Word of The Buddha
The Word of the Buddha was the first strictly systematic exposition of all the main tenets of the Buddha's Teachings presented in the Master's own words as found in the Sutta-Pitaka of the Buddhist Pali Canon. While it may well serve as a first introduction for the beginner, its chief aim is to give the reader who is already more or less acquainted with the fundamental ideas of Buddhism, a clear, concise and authentic summary of its various doctrines, within the framework of the all-embracing 'Four Noble Truths'.

Buddha, Dhamma, Four Noble Truths, Kamma, Noble Eightfold Path, The Five Precepts, The Threefold Refuge,

Walpola Rahula
What Buddha Taught
I have tried in this little book to address myself first of all to the educated and intelligent general reader, uninstructed in the subject, who would like to know what the Buddha actually taught. For his benefit I have aimed at giving briefly, and as directly and simply as possible, a faithful and accurate account of the actual words used by the Buddha as they are to be found in the original Pali texts of the Tipitaka.

Buddha, Dhamma, Four Noble Truths, Kamma, Mindfulness, Nibbana, Noble Eightfold Path, Sati, Seven Enlightenment Factors, Suffering, The Five Precepts, The Threefold Refuge,

Narada Mahathera
A Manual of Abhidhamma
In the Abhidhamma both mind and matter, which constitute this complex machinery of man, are microscopically analyzed. Chief events connected with the process of birth and death are explained in detail. Intricate points of the Dhamma are clarified. The Path of Emancipation is set forth in clear terms. Modern Psychology, limited as it is comes within the scope of Abhidhamma inasmuch as it deals with the mind, with thoughts, thought-processes, and mental states but it does not admit of a psyche or a soul. Buddhism teaches a psychology without a psyche. Consciousness is defined. Thoughts are analyzed and classified chiefly from an ethical standpoint. All mental states are enumerated. The composition of each type of consciousness is set forth in detail. The description of thought-processes that arise through the five sense-doors and the mind-door is extremely interesting.

Abhidhamma, Citta, Dependent Origination, Dhamma, Paticcasamuppada,