Preface -- List Of Sources And Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: The Existential Self -- 1. Preliminary Remarks -- - How To Translate The Term Attā -- - Has The Term Attā A Mere Conventional Sense In The Nikāyas? -- - The Nikayan Approach To The Term Atta -- 2. AttĀ As Man'S Highest Value -- - The Self As Refuge -- - The Self Is Best -- - In Love With The Self -- - Look For The Self -- - Paccattaḿ -- - Ajjhattaḿ -- 3. The Self As The Moral Agent -- - Moral Energy Of The Self -- - Salvation In General And The Self -- - The Chariot And The Charioteer -- - Knowledge Of The Self -- - Manifestation Of The Self -- 4. The Self And Moral Evil -- - The Metaphysical Self, As Such, Is Above Moral Good And Evil -- - The Moral Self As The Cause Of Moral Evil -- - The Moral Self Under The Influence Of Moral Shortcomings -- - The Moral Self 'Wounded And Killed' By Evil -- - Asmimāna As The Root Of All Moral Evil -- 5. Towards Perfection -- - The Self As Related To Moral Good -- - Self-Exertion -- - Self-Control -- - Purification Of The Self -- 6. The Self And Perfection -- - Perfection Of The Self -- - Self-Stability -- - 'He Dwells With A Self Brahma-Become' -- - Full Blossoming Of The Self -- - The Self And Nibbāna -- - Nibbutatto -- 7. The Self As Related To Kamma And Rebirth -- - The Self And Kamma -- - The Self And Rebirth -- 8. A Brief General Assessment Of The First Part -- Part Two: The Metaphysical Self -- 9. The Doctrine Of AnattĀ Can Co-Exist With The Reality Of AttĀ -- 10. The Doctrine Of Non-Self Taught Through The Denial Of Positive Terms -- - This Is Not My Self. -- - He Does Not Regard The Khandhas, Etc., Either As The Self Or The Self As Qualified By Them -- - Void Of The Self Or Of What Belongs To The Self -- - What Is Not Your Own -- - Permanence, Happiness, Self Vs. Impermanence, Pain, Non-Self -- - As Alien, Not As The Self.

11. The Doctrine Of Non-Self Taught Through The Predication Of The Negative Term AnattĀ -- - Connection With The Preceding Chapter -- - Scope Of The 'Anattā Statements' -- - Intimate Relationship Between Anattā And Dukkha -- - The Awareness Of Non-Self -- - Anattā Proclaimed By Means Of Universal Statements -- - Reasons Given To Assert That Something Is Anattā -- 12. AsmimĀna, SakkĀyadiṭṬHi, SassatavĀda And UcchedavĀda -- 13. Self And Non-Self After Liberation -- - Buddha Was Not A Nihilist -- - Transcendence Of The Self. -- - Moral Transcendence Of The Self -- - Metaphysical Transcendence Of The Self -- - The Abyākatā Pañhā And The SakkāyadiṭṬHi -- - Reasons For Keeping The Abyākatā Pañhā Unanswered -- 14. Recapitulation -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Glossary Of Terms -- Table Of Scriptural Passages Commented Or Quoted -- Index Of Names And Subjects.