Dr Mehm Tin Mon

The Noble Liberation and the Noble Truths

Dr. Mehm Tin Mon
(Mahasaddhammajotikadaja)

Professor of Chemistry (Retired)
Adviser to the Ministry of Religious Affairs
Visiting Professor in Abhidhamma and Meditation
International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon.

The Noble Liberation and the Noble Truths

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

      The Buddha

      The Dhamma

      The Cause for being Drifted in Samsara

      The Supreme Enlightenment

      The World is enchanted with Pleasure

      The First Sermon

      The Two Extremes

      The Middle Path

THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH - THE NOBLE TRUTH OF SUFFERING

      What is Suffering?

      What is Birth (jati)?

      What is Ageing (jara)?

      What is Death (marana)?

      What is Worry or Sorrow (Soka) ?

      What is Lamentation (parideva)?

      What is Bodily Pain (dukkha) ?

      What is Grief (domanassa)?

      What is Despair (upayasa)?

      What is the Suffering of Association with the Undesirable and the Unloved?

      What is the Suffering of Seperation from the Desirable and the Loved?

      What is the Suffering of not getting what one desires?

      How, in brief, are the five Aggregates of Attachment suffering?

      Comment and Argument

      The profound Meaning of Dukkha

      Three Kinds of Dukkha

      What Sense Enjoyment really is

      The Delightfulness of Sensuality

      The evil Consequences of Sensuality