Thundering silence sutra on knowing the better way to catch a snake / Thích Nhất Hạnh.
| Author/creator | Nhất Hạnh |
| Other author | Laity, Annabel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : Parallax Press, |
| Description | vi, 70 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Sutra on knowing the better way to catch a snake -- Commentaries: the purpose of the sutra -- Circumstances under which the sutra was delivered -- The title -- Arittha's misunderstanding -- Sense pleasures as disasters -- The danger of misunderstanding the teachings -- Catching a snake -- The raft is not the shore -- The finger pointing at the moon -- The pheasant -- Breaking the bonds -- Thundering silence -- No-self -- Ditthi-nissaya (view-refuge) -- The way to practice the teachings of no-self -- The non-achieved and the non-expressed -- Impermanence -- Nirvana -- Tathagata -- Treating wrong understanding. |
| General note | "Translated from the Vietnamese by Annabel Laity." |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Contains title | Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Majjhimanikāya. Alagaddūpama Sutta. English. |
| LCCN | 2009002644 |
| ISBN | 9781888375985 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |