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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

Dear Brothers and Sisters-in-the-Dhamma,

Dear Friends-in-the-Dhamma,

This is Book One of my teaching material for a complete four-year course at the Vietnam Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies in Ho Chi Minh city. The book containing 12 lessons, a number of supplementary readings and dialogues, and 3 appendices is intended for the first and second- year students. It may also serve as a self-study book for intermediate students of English who wish to learn Buddhist texts and a basic Buddhist technical vocabulary through English reading.

Most of the selections are simplified adaptations from various books written by Buddhist scholars such as the Venerable Dr Ernest Hunt, Narada Mahathera, Dr W. Rahula, Dr G. P. Malalasekera, or abridged excerpts from English Versions of the Discourses (Suttas) taught by the Buddha and compiled in the original Pali Triple Canon (Tipitaka).

This teaching material aims to provide Buddhist students with lessons on the Buddha’s fundamental teachings and at the same time it attempts to help them to develop their five language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating.

CONTENTS.

Editor’s Introduction

Bibliography

UNIT I: From the Buddha’s Birth to his Enlightement.

• Lesson 1: Religious Education and the Buddha’s Teaching

Grammar Review: The Simple present tense

• Lesson 2: The Buddha’s Birth and his Childhood

Grammar Review: The Simple Past. Sentences-Clauses

• Lesson 3: Prince Siddhattha’s Youth & his Married life
• Lesson 4: Great Renunciation and Enlightenment-Nibbàna

Grammar Review: Adverb Clauses

UNIT II: From the Buddha’s Enlightenment to his Parinibbàna

• Lesson 5 : The Brahma’s Appeal to the Buddha

Grammar Review : Relative Clauses (1)

• Lesson 6 : The Turning of the Dhamma Wheel

Grammar Review : Relative Clauses (2)

• Lesson 7 : The Teaching of the Dhamma : The Conversion of some Famous Disciples

Part 1 : The Conversion of the Three Brothers Kassapa

Part 2 : The Discourse on fire

• Lesson 8: The Conversion of the Two Chief Disciples
• Lesson 9: The Conversion of Angulimala

Grammar Review: Relative clauses (3)

• Lesson 10: Kasi Bharadvaja Sutta
• Lesson 11 :

Part 1 : The foundingof the sangha of Bhikkhunis

Part 2: The Chief Disciples among the 4 Assemblies

Grammar Review: The Gerund – The participles

• Lesson 12: The Buddha’s Parinibbàna

Grammar Review:

+ Reported Speech

+ Inversion of the Subject and Verb

UNIT III: Supplementary Lessons.

No 1. Discourse on the Wonderful and Marvellous Qualités

No 2. Introduction to the VN Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies

No 3. Introduction to the VN Buddhist Research Institute

No 4. Welcome to the V. I. A. B. S English – Speaking Club!

No 5. Buddhism and Beauty

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