Resources for Week 1

 The Sermon at Benares/Varanasi, Setting in Motion the Wheel of

Dharma http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.nymo.html

 Bhikkhu Bodhi, “The Nobility of the Four

Truths”: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_20.html

 Ruper Gethin, The Foundations of Buddhism, pp. 59-79 (first part of chapter 3)

 Bhikkhu Bodhi lecture on four noble truths (lecture no.

2: http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-lectures.htm)

Resources for Week 2

 Gethin, pp. 79-84 (second part of chapter 3), 163-201 (chapter 7)

 The Satipatthana Sutta (the Buddha’s discourse on the Four Foundations of

Mindfulness) http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.22.0.than.html; if you want a
modern interpretation of this ancient text, try Joseph Goldstein’s new book, Mindfulness:
A Practical Guide to Awakening.)

 My video dialogue with Judson Brewer: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31815

 My video dialogue with Shinzen Young: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31820

 Bikkhu Bodhi lectures on the eightfold path and meditation (lectures 7 and
8: http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-lectures.htm)

Resources for Week 3

 The Buddha’s Discourse on the Not-
self http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.mend.html

 Gethin, Chapter 6 (pp. 133-62)

 My video dialogue with Miri Albahari: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/31398