Guide to the teachings of the Buddha. Lady Sayad

The book “Guide to the teachings of the Buddha” contains the quintessence of the most essential and important instructions according to the Dhamma of the famous Burmese teacher Mahather Lady Sayado. The venerable Lady Sayado, known as one of the most outstanding Buddhist teachers of his era, left a great spiritual heritage, which serves as a support for both the Asian and Western followers of the Buddha.

“Guide to the teachings of the Buddha” is a compilation from a number of works and instructions of Lady Sayado, given to him at different times and for different audiences. The main goal of the book, according to Sayado himself, is to give detailed instructions to reach the path and the fetus of entering the stream, which means the formation of a person with a noble person who can directly contemplate the Nibban. Having reached this stage, the practices will no longer be able to find himself on the wrong way and will be completely insured against sad rebirths.

among the main topics affected in the “Guide to the teachings of the Buddha”: Kamma and the principle of its work, the twelve -mental chain of interdependent occurrence , Four noble truths, three characteristics of being, analysis of elements and elements, the development of factors and links of awakening. Particular attention in the book is paid to the doctrine of impersonality (Anatta), or the voidness of the "I" and "mine", which is the central idea in the Dhamma.