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E-mail: bdea@buddhanet.net Web site: www.buddhanet.net 
Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc.
 Ven. Narada, Thera
Buddhism in a Nutshelluddhism in a Nutshell
 
Buddhism in a Nutshell
by
Narada Mahathera
Copyright © 1982 Buddhist Publication SocietyBuddhist Publication SocietyP.O. Box 6154, Sangharaja MawathaKandy, Sri Lanka
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This edition was transcribed from the print edition in 1995 by Bradford Griffith under the auspices of theDharmaNet Dharma Book Transcription Project, with the kind permission of the Buddhist Publication Society.
 
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Contents
 
Preface
 
Chapter I. The Buddha
 
Chapter II. The Dhamma: Is it a Philosophy?
 
Chapter III. Is it a Religion?
 
Chapter IV. Is Buddhism an Ethical System?
 
Chapter V. Some Salient Features of Buddhism
 
Chapter VI. Kamma or the Law of Moral Causation
 
Chapter VII. Re-birth
 
Chapter VIII. Paticca Samuppada
 
Chapter IX. Anatta or Soul-lessness
 
Chapter X. Nibbana
 
Chapter XI. The Path to Nibbana
 
Appendix:
 
Concentration on Respiration
(Anapana Sati)
 
Meditation on Loving-kindness
(Metta)
 
Perfections
(Parami)
Preface
 Buddhism in a Nutshell
first appeared in 1933. Since then several editions were published by various philanthropicgentlemen for free distribution.For a fuller exposition of the subjects dealt with here, readers are kindly requested to read the revised and enlargededition of 
The Buddha and His Teachings
published in 1980.Permission may freely be obtained to reprint or to translate this book.NaradaVajiraramaColombo, Sri Lanka.7th May 1982.
 Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma-Sambuddhassa
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