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# Dhamma

Here the Buddha's teachings are organized according to the "gradual training" (anupubbi-katha), a framework the Buddha often used (e.g., Ud V.3) to guide newcomers from first principles through progressively more advanced teachings, all the way to the fulfillment of the Four Noble Truths and the realization of Nibbana.

### i. Generosity (dana)

### ii. Virtue (sila):

- The 5 Precepts
- The 8 Precepts
  - Uposatha observance days
- The 10 Precepts

### iii. Heaven (sagga)

- The Thirty-One Planes of Existence

### iv. Drawbacks (adinava)

### v. Renunciation (nekkhamma)

### vi. The Four Noble Truths (cattari ariya saccani):

- 1st Noble Truth (dukkha ariya sacca):
  - Dukkha
  - The round of rebirth (samsara)

- 2nd Noble Truth (dukkha samudayo ariya sacca):
  - Craving (tanha)
  - Ignorance (avijja)

- 3rd Noble Truth (dukkha nirodho ariya sacca):
  - Nibbana

- 4th Noble Truth (dukkha nirodha gamini patipada ariya sacca):
  - Discernment (pañña) division:
    - Right View (samma-dithhi):
      - Intentional action (kamma)
      - Admirable friendship (kalyanamittata)
    - Right Resolve (samma-sankappo)

  - Virtue (sila) division:
    - Right Speech (samma-vaca)
    - Right Action (samma-kammanto)
    - Right Livelihood (samma-ajivo)

  - Concentration (samadhi) division:
    - Right Effort (samma-vayamo)
    - Right Mindfulness (samma-sati)
    - Right Concentration (samma-samadhi):
      - Jhana

Revised: Thu 17 May 2001