ALL OF US
 
Beset by Birth, Decay and Death
 
Twelve Dhamma Talks On Practice
 
given on
 
Parappaduwa Nuns Island
 
by
 
Sister Ayya Khema
 
 
Copyright 1994 Sister Ayya Khema
For free distribution
First printing 1987
Second printing 1988
DharmaNet Edition 1994
 
This electronic edition is offered for free distribution via DharmaNet by arrangement with the author.
 
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Transcribed for DharmaNet by Maureen Riordan
Contents

Appreciation
 
Preface

Glossary
 
I. The Dhamma Of The Blessed One
II. Accepting Oneself
III. To Control One's Mind
IV. Be Nobody
V. War And Peace
VI. Non - Duality
VII. Renunication
VIII. Ideal Solitude
IX. Dukkha For Knowledge And Vision
X. Our Underlying Tendencies
XI. Sorrowless, Stainless, & Secure
XII. Path And Fruit
 
Corrections
 
Distribution Agreement 
 
 
 
 

CORRECTIONS

In preparing this electronic edition for DharmaNet, some minor changes and corrections were made to the original text. These include changing the spellings of certain words from British to American English and adapting punctuation and style to conform more closely to the Chicago Manual of Style (13th edition) guidelines. In addition, the following changes were made ("---->" means "was changed to"):

1.  p. 6 line 10 up: Delusion's root of very ill   ----> Delusion's root of every ill
2.  p.65 line 2: avija ----> avijja
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