Chapter Page
About the Author xi
Acknowledgement xii
Publisher's Acknowledgements xiii
Doctrinal Topics Introduced In Each Chapter xv
Foreword xvii
Introduction 1
Chapter I The Buddha As A Supreme Physician 9
1. Introduction 9
2. Translation 11
3. Discussion 14
Chapter II Sick Body and Healthy Mind 17
1. Introduction 17
2. Translation 18
3. Discussion 24
Chapter III The Arrow Of Pain 27
1. Introduction 27
2. Translation 28
3. Discussion 31
Chapter IV Qualities of a Patient and a Nurse 35
1. Introduction 35
2. Translation (1) 36
3. Translation (2) 37
4. Discussion 38
Chapter V The Healing Potential of the Awakening Factors 43
1. Introduction 43
2. Translation 45
3. Discussion 47
Chapter VI Mindful Pain Reduction 51
1. Introduction 51
2. Translation 53
3. Discussion 56
Chapter VII Enduring Pain with Mindfulness 59
1. Introduction 59
2. Translation 60
3. Discussion 63
Chapter VIII Mindfully Facing Disease 66
1. Introduction 66
2. Translation 67
3. Discussion 71
Chapter IX Fearlessness When Sick 74
1. Introduction 74
2. Translation 75
3. Discussion 77
Chapter X The Medicine of Insight 81
1. Introduction 81
2. Translation 82
3. Discussion 86
Chapter XI Liberating Teachings from a Patient 90
1. Introduction 90
2. Translation 91
3. Discussion 97
Chapter XII A Curative Meditation Programme 99
1. Introduction 99
2. Translation 100
3. Discussion 104
Chapter XIII The Inevitability of Death 110
1. Introduction 110
2. Translation 111
3. Discussion 114
Chapter XIV Mindful Freedom from Grief 118
1. Introduction 118
2. Translation 119
3. Discussion 123
Chapter XV Dying and the Divine Abodes 127
1. Introduction 127
2. Translation 129
3. Discussion 133
Chapter XVI Deathbed Instructions 135
1. Introduction 135
2. Translation 137
3. Discussion 140
Chapter XVII Non-Attachment and Terminal Disease 143
1. Introduction 143
2. Translation 144
3. Discussion 146
Chapter XVIII Advice on Palliative Care 151
1. Introduction 151
2. Translation 152
3. Discussion 156
Chapter XIX Mindful Dying 159
1. Introduction 159
2. Translation 160
3. Discussion 165
Chapter XX The Liberating Potential Of Death 167
1. Introduction 167
2. Translation 167
3. Discussion 171
Chapter XXI The Power of Insight at the Time of Dying 176
1. Introduction 176
2. Translation 176
3. Discussion 182
Chapter XXII The Last Words of an Accomplished Lay Disciple 185
1. Introduction 185
2. Translation 187
3. Discussion 190
Chapter XXIII The Buddha's Meditative Passing Away 192
1. Introduction 192
2. Translation (1) 193
3. Translation (2) 194
4. Discussion 196
Chapter XXIV Recollection of Death 200
1. Introduction 200
2. Translation 201
3. Discussion 203
Conclusion and Meditation Instructions 208
Introduction 208
The Meditation Instructions to Girimananda 210
The Perception of Impermanence (1) 214
The Perception of Not-Self (2) 216
The Perception of the Lack of Beauty (3) 217
The Perception of Danger (4) 220
The Perception of Abandoning (5) 223
The Perception of Dispassion (6) 226
The Perception of Cessation (7) 227
The Perception of Not Delighting in the Whole World (8) 227
The Perception of Impermanence in All Formations (9) 228
Mindfulness of Breathing (10) 229
Appendix on Mindfulness of Breathing 242
Postscript by Aming TU 250
References 257
List of Abbreviations 267
Index of Subjects 269
Index Locorum 281
