Foreword to the Second Edition
Translator's Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
List of Abbreviations Used

PART I. VIRTUE
1. Purification of Virtue
Ch. I - Description of Virtue
Ch. II - Description of the Ascetic Practices

PART II. CONCENTRATION
2. Purification of Consciousness
Description of Concentration
Ch. III - Taking a Meditation Subject
Ch. IV - The Earth Kasina
Ch. V - The Remaining Kasinas
Ch. VI - Foulness as a Meditation Subject
Ch. VII - Six Recollections
Ch. VIII - Other Recollections as Meditation Subjects
Ch. IX - The Abidings
Ch. X - The Immaterial States
Ch. XI - Conclusion
The Benefits of Concentration
Description of Direct Knowledge
Ch. XII - The Supernormal Powers
Ch. XIII - Conclusion

PART III. UNDERSTANDING
The Soil in which Understanding Grows
Ch. XIV - Description of the Aggregates
Ch. XV - Description of the Bases and Elements
Ch. XVI - Description of the Faculties and Truths
Ch. XVII - Conclusion
3. Purification of View
Ch. XVIII - Description of Purification of View
4. Purification by Overcoming Doubt
Ch. XIX - Description of Purification by Overcoming Doubt
5. Purification by Knowledge and Vision of What is and What is Not Path
Ch. XX - Description of Purification by Knowledge and Vision of What is and What is Not Path
6. Purification by Knowedge and Vision of the Way
Ch. XXI - Description of Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way
7. Purification by Knowledge and Vision
Ch. XXII - Description of Purification by Knowledge and Vision
The Benefits of Understanding
Ch. XXIII - Description of the Benefits in Developing Understanding

CONCLUSION - (EPILOGUE)

Index of Subjects and Proper Names
Pali-English Glossary of Some Subjects and Technical Terms
Table I - The Materiality Aggregate
Table II - The Formations Aggregate
Table III - Consciousness Aggregate
Table IV - The Combination of the Formations Aggregate and Consciousness Aggregate
Table V - The Cognition Series in the Occurence of Consciousness as Presented in the Visuddhimagga and Commentaries
Table VI - Dependent Origination