Checklist for Buddhist Learning

The Buddha taught the Dhamma in systematic methods, in which different principles are interrelated in a subtle manner. The Tipitaka or the Pali Canon that compiled the teachings can contain over 24 million letters and exceed 20,000 pages in the printed form. The Dhamma Short Course is not a short cut to bliss, but a compact book that will aid the understanding of the purpose and methods of learning the Dhamma.

Excerpted from the eBook
"Everybody wants all the good things in life, and people spend their whole life in unending pursuit of happiness. In spite of their efforts, life abounds with problems due to lack of genuine knowledge of happiness or worthwhile quality of life."

"Life will become more meaningful when people in the world help each other with compassion."

"The essence of happiness is real knowledge of life, understanding and practicing the Dhamma is the path of happiness."

"Buddhist teachings contain practical applications of the Dhamma for everyone to use in every moment of life."

"Wisdom of the Dhamma is to see Nature as it truly is. To see that all causes and conditions ceaselessly arise and vanish is to see that everything is just transient."

"Realizing the Truth destroys delusions and releases the mind from false attachment, resulting in supreme freedom and genuine happiness."

"The Buddha discovered the Truth of Nature and taught the Dhamma for the benefit of all mankind and the world."

Bhikkhu P.A.Payutto
Understanding the Dhamma’s sublime qualities and applying the age-old virtues to modern day’s problem require exceptional skills. Bikkhu P.A. Payutto is such a scholar. A Buddhist monk of Theravada tradition in Thailand, the venerable is a recipient of UNESCO’s Prize for Peace Education in 1994. His extensive teachings and writings apply essential wisdom of the Dhamma to present day’s problems such as world peace, politics, economics, business, education, workplace, society, health, family, love, and self-improvement.