Self and Non-Self in Early Buddhism

{{Book |FullTextRead=No |BookToc=* PrefaceV

• List or Sources and AbbreviationsXI
• Introduction1

• Part One: The Existential Self

• • 1. Preliminary Remarks7
    • How to translate the term attā7
    • Has the term attā a mere conventional sense in the Nikāyas?10
    • The Nikayan approach to the term attā17

• • 2. Attā as Man's Highest Value20
    • The self as refuge20
    • The self is best26
    • In love with the self34
    • Look for the self37
    • Paccattaṁ40
    • Ajjhattaṁ43

• • 3. The Self as the Moral Agent49
    • Moral energy of the self50
    • Salvation in general and the self56
    • The chariot and the charioteer57
    • Knowledge of the self63
    • Manifestation of the self67

• • 4. The Self and Moral Evil77
    • The metaphysical self, as such, is above moral good and evil77
    • The moral self as the cause of moral evil80
    • The moral self under the influence of moral shortcomings82
    • The moral self 'wounded and killed' by evil83
    • Asmimāna as the root of all moral evil85

• • 5. Towards Perfection90
    • The self as related to moral good90
    • Self-exertion94
    • Self-control98
    • Purification of the self104

• • 6. The Self and Perfection108
    • Perfection of the self108
    • Self-stability109
    • 'He dwells with a self brahma-become'113
    • Full blossoming of the self118
    • The self and nibbāna122
    • Nibbutatto129

• • 7. The Self as Related to Kamma and Rebirth131
    • The self and kamma131
    • The self and rebirth143

• • 8. A Brief General Assessment of the First Part148

• Part Two: The Metaphysical Self

• • 9. The Doctrine of Annattā can co-exist with the Reality of Attā153

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