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THE WORDS OF THE BUDDHA — VOLUME 11

The Realms of Existence

The Realms of Existence — Volume 11 of The Words of The Buddha

Teachings directly from The Buddha exploring the realms of existence, The Cycle of Rebirth, and guidance for developing wisdom on The Path to Enlightenment.

Table of Contents

Chapter
Title
Chapter 98
Impermanent, Short-Term, Non‑Eternal Heavenly Beings
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Chapter 99
A Harmful View of Baka the Brahmā
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Chapter 100
The Partly Eternalists and The Partly Non‑Eternalists
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Chapter 101
The Heavenly Beings’ Good Destination
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Chapter 102
Few Reborn Among Heavenly or Human Beings
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Chapter 103
A Simile of an Eon (First Discourse)
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Chapter 104
A Simile of an Eon (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 105
The Cycle of Rebirth Is Without Discoverable Beginning (First Discourse)
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Chapter 106
The Cycle of Rebirth Is Without Discoverable Beginning (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 107
Beings Roaming and Wandering on Through this Beginning‑less Cycle of Rebirth
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Chapter 108
The Long Course in The Cycle of Rebirth
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Chapter 109
Not Easy to Find Unrelated Beings In This Long Course of The Cycle of Rebirth
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Chapter 110
The Stream of Tears
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Chapter 111
The Mother’s Milk
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Chapter 112
In Misfortune, In Misery, In This Long Course
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Chapter 113
In Happiness, In Fortune, In this Long Course
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Chapter 114
The Stream of Blood
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Chapter 115
Beings Roaming and Wandering on from this World to the Other World and from the Other World to this World
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Chapter 116
So Impermanent, So Unstable, So Unreliable Conditions
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Chapter 117
Conditioned Objects Are Impermanent
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Chapter 118
Not Understanding and Not Penetrating The Four Noble Truths
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Chapter 119
A Simile of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)
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Chapter 120
An Untaught Ordinary Person
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Chapter 121
Nibbāna The Destruction of the Taints
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Chapter 122
The Destruction of Craving is Nibbāna (Enlightenment)
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Chapter 123
Directly Visible Nibbāna (Enlightenment)
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Chapter 124
Directly Visible Nibbāna Spoken by The Perfectly Enlightened One (Shared by the Venerable Ānanda)
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Chapter 125
Nibbāna in This Very Life (Enlightenment)
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Chapter 126
That Spoken Elimination
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Chapter 127
The Elimination of The Five Aggregates is The Elimination of Discontentedness
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Chapter 128
The Elimination of The Six Sense Bases is The Elimination of Discontentedness
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Chapter 129
Craving Abandoned No More Subject to Future Arising
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Chapter 130
Elimination of Craving Called The Laying Down of the Burden
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Chapter 131
Abandoning Being Capable of Destroying Discontentedness
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Chapter 132
There Is No You There
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Chapter 133
The Conditioned
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Chapter 134
The Unconditioned
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Chapter 135
Where Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Find No Footing
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Chapter 136
In This Fathom‑Long Body
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Chapter 137
But Because There is an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned
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Chapter 138
Final Knowledge is Achieved by Gradual Training
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Chapter 139
Seeing Non-self with Correct Wisdom
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Chapter 140
The Noble Eight Fold Path - The Way of Practice Leading to the Elimination of Discontentedness
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Chapter 141
Remember Me Brāhmin As Awake (A Buddha)
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Chapter 142
The Eight Kinds of Assemblies
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Chapter 143
The Marks of a Great Man Thirty-Two Marks of A Buddha
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Chapter 144
Benefits for One’s Confidence in The Tathāgata
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Chapter 145
Recipient and the Fruit of Such Gift
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Chapter 146
The Rare Appearance of Five Treasures
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Chapter 147
A Helpful Person
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Chapter 148
This Holy Life is Lived for the Abandoning of Existence
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Author
Author
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Restoration
Restoration of The Buddha’s Teachings: The Path to Enlightenment
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The Goal
The Goal: An Entire Species of Enlightened Beings
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Why I Teach
Why Have I Decided to Teach The Path to Enlightenment as Taught by Gotama Buddha?
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Why Thailand
Why I Reside and Teach in Thailand?
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Invitation
Invitation to Learn
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Chapter 98

Impermanent, Short-Term, Non‑Eternal Heavenly Beings

Chapter 99

A Harmful View of Baka the Brahmā

Chapter 100

The Partly Eternalists and The Partly Non‑Eternalists

Chapter 101

The Heavenly Beings’ Good Destination

Chapter 102

Few Reborn Among Heavenly or Human Beings

Chapter 103

A Simile of an Eon (First Discourse)

Chapter 104

A Simile of an Eon (Second Discourse)

Chapter 105

The Cycle of Rebirth Is Without Discoverable Beginning (First Discourse)

Chapter 106

The Cycle of Rebirth Is Without Discoverable Beginning (Second Discourse)

Chapter 107

Beings Roaming and Wandering on Through this Beginning‑less Cycle of Rebirth

Chapter 108

The Long Course in The Cycle of Rebirth

Chapter 109

Not Easy to Find Unrelated Beings In This Long Course of The Cycle of Rebirth

Chapter 110

The Stream of Tears

Chapter 111

The Mother’s Milk

Chapter 112

In Misfortune, In Misery, In This Long Course

Chapter 113

In Happiness, In Fortune, In this Long Course

Chapter 114

The Stream of Blood

Chapter 115

Beings Roaming and Wandering on from this World to the Other World and from the Other World to this World

Chapter 116

So Impermanent, So Unstable, So Unreliable Conditions

Chapter 117

Conditioned Objects Are Impermanent

Chapter 118

Not Understanding and Not Penetrating The Four Noble Truths

Chapter 119

A Simile of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)

Chapter 120

An Untaught Ordinary Person

Chapter 121

Nibbāna The Destruction of the Taints

Chapter 122

The Destruction of Craving is Nibbāna (Enlightenment)

Chapter 123

Directly Visible Nibbāna (Enlightenment)

Chapter 124

Directly Visible Nibbāna Spoken by The Perfectly Enlightened One (Shared by the Venerable Ānanda)

Chapter 125

Nibbāna in This Very Life (Enlightenment)

Chapter 126

That Spoken Elimination

Chapter 127

The Elimination of The Five Aggregates is The Elimination of Discontentedness

Chapter 128

The Elimination of The Six Sense Bases is The Elimination of Discontentedness

Chapter 129

Craving Abandoned No More Subject to Future Arising

Chapter 130

Elimination of Craving Called The Laying Down of the Burden

Chapter 131

Abandoning Being Capable of Destroying Discontentedness

Chapter 132

There Is No You There

Chapter 133

The Conditioned

Chapter 134

The Unconditioned

Chapter 135

Where Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind Find No Footing

Chapter 136

In This Fathom‑Long Body

Chapter 137

But Because There is an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned

Chapter 138

Final Knowledge is Achieved by Gradual Training

Chapter 139

Seeing Non-self with Correct Wisdom

Chapter 140

The Noble Eight Fold Path - The Way of Practice Leading to the Elimination of Discontentedness

Chapter 141

Remember Me Brāhmin As Awake (A Buddha)

Chapter 142

The Eight Kinds of Assemblies

Chapter 143

The Marks of a Great Man Thirty-Two Marks of A Buddha

Chapter 144

Benefits for One’s Confidence in The Tathāgata

Chapter 145

Recipient and the Fruit of Such Gift

Chapter 146

The Rare Appearance of Five Treasures

Chapter 147

A Helpful Person

Chapter 148

This Holy Life is Lived for the Abandoning of Existence

Author

Author

Restoration

Restoration of The Buddha’s Teachings: The Path to Enlightenment

The Goal

The Goal: An Entire Species of Enlightened Beings

Why I Teach

Why Have I Decided to Teach The Path to Enlightenment as Taught by Gotama Buddha?

Why Thailand

Why I Reside and Teach in Thailand?

Invitation

Invitation to Learn

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