PART IV : HIS SERMONS
Contents :
SECTION ONE-- SERMONS FOR HOUSEHOLDERS
1. *The Happy Householder*
2. *[A] Daughter may be better than a Son*
3. *Husband and Wife*
SECTION TWO--SERMONS ON THE NEED FOR MAINTAINING CHARACTER
1. *What Constitutes the Downfall of Man*
2. *The Wicked Man*
3. *The Best Man*
4. *The Enlightened Man*
5. *Man—Just and Good*
6. *Need for Doing Good Deeds*
7. *Need for Making Good Resolutions*
SECTION THREE--SERMONS ON RIGHTEOUSNESS
1. *What is Righteousness?*
2. *Need for Righteousness*
3. *Righteousness and the Claims of the World*
4. *How to Reach Perfection in Righteous Conduct*
5. *One Need Not Wait for a Companion to Tread on the Path of Righteousness*
SECTION FOUR--SERMONS ON NIBBANA
1. *What is Nibbana?*
2. *The Roots of Nibbana*
SECTION FIVE--SERMONS ON DHAMMA
1. *Why Right Views Rank First*
2. *Why Bother About Life After Death?*
3. *Prayers and Invocations to God are a Futility*
4. *It is Not What You Eat that Makes You Holy*
5. *Not Food but Evil Actions that Matter*
6. *Not Enough is Outward Washing*
7. *What is Holy Life?*
SECTION SIX--SERMONS ON SOCIO-POLITICAL QUESTIONS
1. *Do not Depend on the Favour of Princes*
2. *If the King is Righteous, his Subjects will be Righteous*
3. *It is the Social System on which Depends Political and Military Strength*
4. *War is Wrong*
5. *The Duties of a Victor, Who has Won Peace*
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THE BUDDHA AND HIS DHAMMA
SpiritualThe Buddha and His Dhamma, a treatise on Lord Buddha's life and Buddhism, was the last work of Indian statesman and scholar B. R. Ambedkar. The book is treated as a holy text by Indian Buddhists. It was first published in 1957 after Ambedkar's death...
