The Essential Buddhadhamma
The Teachings and Practice of Theravada Buddhism
Bhikkhu P. A. Payutt
- An
- abridged
- translation
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- books
- on
- Theravada
- Buddhism
- in
- recent
- history—authored
- by
- the
- esteemed
- Thai
- monk
- P.
- A.
- Payutto.First
- published
- in
- Thailand
- in
- 1971
- and
- since
- then
- expanded
- and
- revised
- multiple
- times,
- Bhikkhu
- P.
- A.
- Payutto’s
- Buddhadhamma
- is
- widely
- considered
- to
- be
- one
- of
- the
- most
- significant
- scholarly
- works
- on
- the
- Buddhism
- of
- the
- Pali
- canon
- produced
- in
- the
- last
- century.
- In
- this
- abridged
- translation,
- Bruce
- Evans
- presents
- the
- core
- of
- Ven.
- Payutto’s
- monumental
- scholarship,
- creating
- an
- ideal
- manual
- for
- anyone
- walking
- or
- studying
- the
- Theravada
- Buddhist
- path.
- Within
- are
- discussions
- of
- unparalleled
- sophistication
- on
- such
- foundational
- Buddhist
- teachings
- as
- the
- five
- khandhas,
- dependent
- arising,
- kamma,
- the
- noble
- eightfold
- path,
- spiritual
- friendship,
- wise
- attention,
- the
- four
- noble
- truths,
- the
- nature
- of
- enlightenment,
- and
- more.Replete
- with
- passages
- from
- the
- ancient
- Pali
- suttas,
- Payutto
- frames
- Buddhist
- teachings
- in
- terms
- of
- broad
- existential
- questions
- that
- all
- of
- us
- face,
- such
- as
- “What
- is
- life?”
- and
- “How
- should
- life
- be
- lived?”
- Payutto’s
- illuminating
- expertise
- shows
- Theravada
- Buddhism
- to
- be
- a
- thorough
- explication
- of
- how
- reality
- unfolds
- according
- to
- natural
- processes—as
- well
- as
- a
- way
- of
- life
- that
- can
- yield
- the
- highest
- form
- of happiness.
