ch. 1. Life and personality of Gautama -- ch. 2. The sermon on the four noble truths : exposition of the Middle Path -- ch. 3. Universality of human sorrow : first noble truth -- ch. 4. Cause of sorrow : second noble truth -- ch. 5. Emotionalism in knowledge -- ch. 6. Doctrine of dependent origination : a cause of the greed that causes sorrow -- ch. 7. Retribution and rebirth : karma̲ and saṃsāra̲ -- ch. 8. Nirvana : relief from mental anguish : third noble truth -- ch. 9. Right understanding : the doctrine of the no-self -- ch. 10. Right thought, right speech, right action -- ch. 11. Right livelihood -- ch. 12. Right effort -- ch. 13. Right mindfulness -- ch. 14. Right concentration -- ch. 15. The challenge of the four noble truths -- ch. 16. Belief in God according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism -- ch. 17. Worship of God : its inner reality -- ch. 18. Liberation according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism
