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Translator's Preface

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001 Meditation Master
002 His Prophetic Dream
003 Visions in Samadhi
004 The Right Method Discovered
005 The Declining Situation at that Time
006 Mindfulness Always Present
007 His Manner of Eating
008 The Drawback of Lacking a Competent Teacher
009 Former Resolutions
010 A Mind Ultra-Dynamic and Nimble
011 Adventures at the Sarika Cave
012 The First Sign of illness
013 Encounter with a Band of Monkeys
014 The Great Sanvega
015 The Aged 'Vipassana' Bhikkhu
016 Sermons by Arahant Disciples
017 His Attainment to the Path of Non-Returner
018 Leaving Sarika Cave
019 In Bangkok with His Eminence the Venerable Upali
020 Adventure with a Tiger by Phra Acharn Sitha
021 Some of His Disciples
022 The Dhutanga Observances
023 A Story of a Bhikkhu Who Was Afraid of Ghosts
024 The Wonder Dog
025 The Great Magician
026 The Nectar of His Sermons
027 His Second Journey to the Northeast--How to Conquer Fear
028 How a Dhutanga Bhikkhu Braves Suffering
029 Where Ghosts and Spirits Reigned Supreme
030 Answering Questioners Rather Than Questions Themselves
031 Meditation Visions to be Scrutinized
032 Freedom of Mind and Body--Bliss and Peace of a Dhutanga Bhikkhu
033 Manner of Respect on the Part of Angels--Mind-to-Mind Communication
034 Smallpox Eradication--His Daily Radiation of Loving-Kindness
035 Influence of the Wilds--Defilements vs. the Mind
036 Fear vs. Dharma
037 Abandonment and Detachment
038 The Way of Deprivation Based on Dharma Is One of Liberation
039 The Five Powers
040 To Speak with Courage and Confidence
041 Mind-Development Is Mind-Treatment for Mind-Diseases
042 Visits by Serpent-King and Angels
043 His Routine Practice in Middle Age--Sermons for Invisible Visitors
044 Sermons for Human Beings and Angels--Listening Ability Compared
045 A Mountain of Pride
046 Malaria-Infested Forests
047 The Well-Digging Incident--A Demonstration of His Clairvoyance
048 Chastising the Culprits
049 His Experience in Meditation
050 The Habit-Forming Effect of Meditation
051 The Middle Way for the Non-Returner--The Evasive Defilements
052 The Tiger Symphony--Influence of Pure Loving-Kindness
053 Shortness of Human Life
054 Attitude of Angels Towards Human Beings
055 The Nature of Invisible Beings
056 To Ubol Rajathani
057 A Vision of Various Kinds of Disciples
058 His Discipline as Enforced on Thoughts--Two Kinds of Disciples
059 A Lone Bull Elephant in the Wilds
060 In Bangkok And Then to Chiengmai
061 Sermon at Chiengmai
062 Showdown--The Fight for Full-Final Attainment
063 Great-Mindfulness and Great-Wisdom
064 His Full-Final Attainment
065 The Dharma of Deliverance
066 The Angels Show Their Appreciation
067 His Spouse (in Former Lives)
068 Marriage Can Make a Hell or a Paradise on Earth
069 Appreciation by the Buddhas and the Arahant Disciples
070 Respect Based on the Mundane and Absolute Deliverance
071 Corpse Without a Cemetery
072 His Mode of Practice and Teaching in Chiengmai
073 A Case of Love at First Sight
074 Merciful Fault-Finding
075 Inner Dialogue and Strategic Weapons
076 The Case of a Boxer-Bhikkhu
077 Vimutti--The Condition Beyond Space and Time
078 Disguised Tigers
079 His Dramatic Departure
080 Repentance and Regret Do Not Pay
081 Assistance Rendered in Depth and Width
082 The Influence of His Scrutinizing Eye
083 Ruthlessly Hitting at the Ego
084 Dethroning the Ghosts
085 His Extensive Help in Chiengmai, Especially to Invisible Beings
086 A Visit by Angels from Germany
087 The Life-Blood of Dhutanga Bhikkhus
088 Adventure with an Elephant
089 The Case of a Bhikkhu Given to Prattling
090 His Unique Adaptability
091 An Anecdote of His Life While a Layman
092 Visit by the Angel Sakka--Mind is Dharma
093 The Case of the Unfinished Pagoda
094 Evils of Attachment
095 Prophetic Vision of Three Elephants
096 Giving Help to Hungry Ghosts and Beings from Hell
097 To Make Known the Truth of Heaven and Hell
098 Swimming on Land and Bleeding One's Chest
099 Holy Cave on Top of a Mountain
100 The Fault-Finding Naga
101 Influence of Habit and Repetition
102 Manners of Passing Away of the Arahant Disciples
103 Nirvana
104 Monopoly But Within Reach of All
105 The Therapeutical Effect of Dharma
106 Suffering and Pain Must Be Contemplated and Then Detached From
107 His Inward Abilities and Stirring Instructions
108 A Living Death
109 A Severe Reprobation--The Lion's Roar
110 The Nature of a Worldling's Mind
111 Spiritual Invulnerability
112 Vesakha Sermon in Chiengmai
113 The Buddha's Birth and Other People's Births
114 No Contempt for What is Others' Karma
115 From Chiengmai to Bangkok
116 Mind-Control is the Essence of Precepts
117 An Elder's (Mahathera's) Question
118 Hungerlessness Means Selflessness
119 At Udorn Thani
120 Love in Former Lives
121 The Inner Phra (Bhikkhuhood)
122 His Daily Routine--Strength of Will
123 The Inward Cemetery
124 The Inward Bodhi-Tree
125 To the Town of Sakol Nakhorn--His Photographs
126 Great Boxers But Poor Talkers--Right Exertion
127 Teaching Through Realization, Not Speculation
128 First Day with the Venerable Acharn
129 His Resourcefulness in Teaching
130 His Advice, Warning and Encouragement Always Individual
131 Immeasurable Benefits of Being Influenced by the Wise and Virtuous
132 The Forest Hermitage of Nong Phue--Center of Dhutanga Bhikkhus
133 The Forest Hermitage
134 Walking--A Kind of Exertion
135 Results Justify All Patience and Sacrifices
136 Dharma Never Irrelevant, Impracticable or Outdated
137 Preparation for the Unavoidable
138 Food Restraint
139 Feeding the Defilements--Merely a Symbol is Not Enough
140 The Challenge of Dharma
141 How A Master Helps His Disciples
142 Reason for His Staying in Particular Places
143 Mind-Reading Ability of an Old Female Lay Devotee
144 Facing Ordeals
145 The Dharma Gives Protection to Whoever Follows It
146 Model of Wisdom and Endurance
147 Death of Two Bhikkhus
148 A 'Tough Guy' Who Was Afraid of Tigers--Let What You Are Afraid of Be Your Trainer and Teacher
149 In the Forest Village of Nong Phue
150 The Austere Practices to at Least Frighten Away Defilements
151 The Venerable Acharn's Final Illness
152 Endless Throng of Visitors
153 His Wonderful Sermon
154 A Model of Endurance and Detachment from the Conditions of the Body
155 His Order to Take Him Away
156 His Departure
157 Endless Throng of Visitors at Bahn Phoo
158 To Sakol Nakhorn, the Place of His Complete Passing Away
159 His Complete Passing Away
160 Nature of the Worldling's Mind
161 The Poorest of the Poor and the Richest of the Rich
162 The Great People of Sakol Nakhorn
163 Cremation Day
164 The Miracle
165 Sandalwood Used as Firewood--The Distribution of His Ashes
166 Mind Reigns Supreme in Progress and Regress
167 A Period of Depression and Crowded Loneliness
168 The Venerable Acharn's Ashes Become Relics
169 Why Ashes Become Relies
170 Eminent Teacher of the Country's Development
171 Mind-Development--the Foundation of Secular Development
172 Individual Maturity Results in Individual Receptivity
173 Truthfulness Is an Angelic Virtue
174 Various Depths of Truthfulness
175 The Unknown vs. the Unknowable
176 Case of a Slippery Mind
177 A Serpent-King Leaves His Tracks
178 His Manifold Insight
179 Testing the Venerable Acharn's Mind-Reading Ability
180 Phra Acharn Chob's Adventure with Tigers
181 Phra Acharn Chob's Adventure in Burma--A Tiger Bodyguard
182 Alms-food Offered by an Angelic Being
183 Relationship Between the Venerable Acharn and His Disciples
184 The Venerable Acharn's Final Instructions
185 Apology and Blessing

Supplementary Notes

Introduction to the Writer

Dedication of Merit