TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

 

I.                Rejoice

II.                Samsara and Nirvana

III.               Truth the Saviour

 
PRINCE SIDDHATTHA BECOMES BUDDHA

IV.              The Bodhisatta’s Birth

V.               The Ties of Life

VI.              The Three Woes

VII.             The Bodhisatta’s Renunciation

VIII.             King Bimbisara

IX.               The Bodhisatta’s Search

X.               Uruvela, the Place of Mortification

XI.               Mara, the Evil One

XII.              Enlightenment

XIII.             The First Converts

XIV.            Brahma’s Request

 
THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS

XV.             Upaka

XVI.            The Sermon at Benares

XVII.            The Sangha

XVIII.           Yasa, the Youth of Benares

XIX.             Kassapa

XX.              The Sermon at Rajagaha

XXI.             The King’s Gift

XXII.            Sariputta and Moggallana

XXIII.           Anathapindika

XXIV.           The Sermon on Charity

XXV.           Jetavana

XXVI.           The Three Characteristics and the Uncreate

XXVII.          The Buddha’s Father

XXVIII.         Yasodhara

XXIX.           Rahula

 
CONSOLIDATION OF THE BUDDHA’S RELIGION

XXX.            Jivaka, the Physician

XXXI.           The Buddha’s Parents Attain Nirvana

XXXII.          Women Admitted to the Sangha

XXXIII.          The Bhikkhus’ Conduct Toward Women

XXXIV.         Visakha

XXXV.          The Uposatha and Patimokkha

XXXVI.         The Schism

XXXVII.        The Re-establishment of Concord

XXXVIII.       The Bhikkhus Rebuked

XXXIX.         Devadatta

XL.              Name and Form

XLI.             The Goal

XLII.            Miracles Forbidden

XLIII.           The Vanity of Worldliness

XLIV.           Secrecy and Publicity

XLV.           The Annihilation of Suffering

XLVI.           Avoiding the Ten Evils

XLVII.          The Preacher’s Mission

 
THE TEACHER

XLVIII.         The Dhammapada

XLIX.           The Two Brahmans

L.               Guard the Six Quarters

LI.               Simha’s Question Concerning Annihilation

LII.              All Existence is Spiritual

LIII.             Identity and Non-Identity

LIV.            The Buddha Omnipresent

LV.             One Essence, One Law, One Aim

LVI.            The Lesson Given to Rahula

LVII.            The Sermon on Abuse

LVIII.           The Buddha Replies to the Deva

LIX.             Words of Instruction

LX.              Amitabha

LXI.             The Teacher Unknown

 
PARABLES AND STORIES

LXII.            Parables

LXIII.           The Widow’s Two Mites and the Parable of the Three Merchants

LXIV.           The Man Born Blind

LXV.           The Lost Son

LXVI.           The Giddy Fish

LXVII.          The Cruel Crane Outwitted

LXVIII.         Four Kinds of Merit

LXIX.           The Light of the World

LXX.            Luxurious Living

LXXI.           The Communication of Bliss

LXXII.          The Listless Fool

LXXIII.          Rescue in the Desert

LXXIV.         The Sower

LXXV.          The Outcast

LXXVI.         The Woman at the Well

LXXVII.        The Peacemaker

LXXVIII.       The Hungry Dog

LXXIX.         The Despot

LXXX.          Vasavadatta

LXXXI.         The Marriage-Feast in Jambunada

LXXXII.         A Party in Search of a Thief

LXXXIII.        In the Realm of Yamaraja

LXXXIV.       The Mustard Seed

LXXXV.        Following the Master Over the Stream

LXXXVI.       The Sick Bhikkhu

LXXXVII.      The Patient Elephant

 
THE LAST DAYS

LXXXVIII.      The Conditions of Welfare

LXXXIX.        Sariputta’s Faith

XC. Pataliputta

XCI.            The Mirror of Truth

XCII.            Ambapali

XCIII.           The Buddha’s Farewell Address

XCIV.          The Buddha Announces His Death

XCV.           Chunda, the Smith

XCVI.          Metteyya

XCVII.         The Buddha’s Final Entering into Nirvana

 
CONCLUSION

XCVIII.         The Three Personalities of the Buddha

XCIX.           The Purpose of Being

C.               The Praise of All the Buddhas

 

Bibliography

Glossary of Names and Terms

Index