Introduction
Sutra on knowing the better way to catch a snake
Commentaries: the purpose of the sutra
Circumstances under which the sutra was delivered
The title
Arittha's misunderstanding
Sense pleasures as disasters
The danger of misunderstanding the teachings
Catching a snake
The raft is not the shore
The finger pointing at the moon
The pheasant
Breaking the bonds
Thundering silence
No-self
Ditthi-nissaya (view-refuge)
The way to practice the teachings of no-self
The non-achieved and the non-expressed
Impermanence
Nirvana
Tathagata
Treating wrong understanding.