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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To Venerable Buddhadasa Maha Thera who first explained the meaning of these pictures from the manuscripts; to Mr Rabil Bunnag who took the photographs and edited the Siamese version; to Messrs Sulak Sivaraksa and Donald Sweetbaum who translated it in to English; to Venerable Bhikkhu Khantipalo who edited and improved the English translation; to Miss E. Lyons who wrote the Introduction, and to the Asia Foundation which gave financial assistance for this publication.

CONTENTS

Introduction…………………………….. 1

Teaching Dhamma by Pictures…. 11

Fig. 1. The Six Elements………….. 12

Fig: 2. Mind and Body…………….. 14

Fig. 3. Mind-control………………… 16

Fig. 4. The Way to Escape from the Five Aggregates…. 18

Fig. 5. Wisdom sprung out of “the mud”.. 20

Fig. 6. The Three Kinds of Craving……. 22

Fig. 7. Dependent Origination…… 24

Fig. 8. Dependent Origination (continued). 26

Fig. 9. Dependent Origination (continued ) 28

Fig. 10. Ignorance…………………… 30

Fig. 11. Ignorance and its Results………. 32

Fig. 12. Ignoring the Truth……….. 34

Fig. 13. Four Kinds of Attachment…….. 36

Fig. 14. Understanding and Attachment 38

Fig. 15. The Wheel of Wandering-on….. 40

Fig. 16. Ocean close to the Eye-unseen.. 42

Fig. 17. Effect of Ignorance………. 44

Fig. 18. Wrong Practice of Buddha-Dhamma. 46

Fig. 19. Right Practice of Buddha-Dhamma…. 48

Fig. 20. Acceptance of the Dhamma…………… 50

Fig. 21. Meditation in a Secluded Place……….. 52

Fig. 22. Contemplation on Corpses I-U………. 54

Fig. 23. Contemplation (Ml Corpses III-IV….. 56

Fig. 24. Contemplation on Corpses V-VI……. 58

Fig. 25. Contemplation on Corpses VII-VIII.. 60

Fig. 26. Contemplation on Corpses IX-X……. 62

Fig. 27. Three Essentials for Successful Practice…… 64

Fig. 28 . Sammasananana and Udayabbayanãna  66

Fig. 29. Bhanganãna and BhayaBãna…….. 68

Fig. 30. BhayaBãna (by another artist)…… 70

Fig. 31. Ãdĩnavanãna and Nibbidãnãna….. 72

Fig. 32. Muccitukamyatãnãna……………….. 74

Fig. 33. MuccitukamyatãB ãna……………… 76

Fig. 34. Muccitukamyatãn ãna………………. 78

Fig. 35. Muccitukamy atã n ãna…………….. 80

Fig. 36. Muccitukamyatãnãna and Patisankhànãna.. 82

Fig. 37. Sankhãrupekkhãnãna….. 84

Fig. 38. Saccãnulomika- nãna…… 86

Fig. 39. Gotrabhũnãna…………… . 88

Fig. 40. Gotrabhũnãna…………………………. 90

Fig. 41. Attainment of the Noble Fruits….. 92

Fig. 42. Four Stages of Knowledge………… 94

Fig. 43. Nibbãna………………………………….. 96

APPENDICES    

Fig. 44. Freedom from Clinging…………….. 98

Fig. 45. Freedom from Attachment………. 100

Fig. 46. Nibbãna and Samsara…………….. 102

Fig. 47. The Value of Buddha-Dhamma… 104

Index of Pãli Terms……………………………. 107