Acknowledgements | p. ix |
Our Problem | p. xi |
Terms | p. xiii |
Things | p. 1 |
Examination of the Idea that Things Have Real Existential Boundaries in Space | p. 2 |
Examination of the Idea that Things Are Solid or Substantial | p. 6 |
Examination of the Idea that Things Have Real Boundaries in Time | p. 8 |
Examination of the Idea that a Thing Retains a Particular Identity over Space and Time | p. 9 |
What We've Seen from the Examination of These Basic Ideas | p. 10 |
How Our Confusion About Things Leads to Suffering and Strife | p. 13 |
Space and Time | p. 17 |
Examination of the Idea that Reality is Divided into Separate Places in Space and Time | p. 17 |
What We've Learned by Examining This Idea | p. 21 |
Self | p. 23 |
Examination of the Idea that There Is Something About the Self that Remains the Same over Space and Time | p. 24 |
Examination of the Idea that There Is a Real Existential Boundary Between Self and Other | p. 25 |
Examination of the Idea that There Are Real Temporal Boundaries to the Self | p. 27 |
Examination of the Idea that the Self Is Eternal | p. 28 |
What We Have Learned from Examining These Ideas | p. 28 |
How Our Confusion About Self Relates to Suffering | p. 29 |
Truth | p. 31 |
Absolute Truth | p. 31 |
The Limits of Relative Truths | p. 33 |
How Confusion About Truth Is Related to So Many of Our Troubles | p. 35 |
Consciousness | p. 37 |
Mastering the Distinction | p. 41 |
Practice | p. 45 |
The Distinction in Action | p. 49 |
About the Author | p. 57 |
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