The Life of Buddha as Legend and HistoryGAUTAMA BUDDHA - BIOGRAPHY, CHRISTIANTY & OTHER RELIGIONS, BUDDHISM |
Contents
The ancestry of Buddha | 1 |
Note on the geography of early Buddhism | 13 |
The home and family of Buddha | 16 |
The birth of Buddha | 27 |
Infancy and youth | 38 |
The Great Renunciation | 51 |
Austerities and Enlightenment | 61 |
Spread of the Doctrine | 97 |
Buddhism as a religion | 173 |
Buddhism as a philosophy | 192 |
Buddha and myth | 211 |
Buddha and history | 227 |
Buddhism and Christianity | 237 |
Appendix The Buddhist Scriptures | 249 |
The Theravāda Pāli Canon | 257 |
Canonical works of other schools | 278 |
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Abhidhamma according Ajātasattu Ananda appears arahat āsavas ascetic Gotama Asita asked Asoka attain Nirvāņa become Benares Bimbisāra birth Bodhisatta body born Brahmā brahmin Buddha Buddha's death Buddhaghosa Buddhist Canon century Ceylon commentary consciousness craving Devadatta Dhamma Digha disciples discourse divine doctrine elder enlightenment evidence existence father five monks four Gandhāra given gods Gotama historical Indian Jain Jāt Jataka Kapilavatthu karma Kassapa king knowledge Kosalas kshatriya Lalita-vistara later leaving the world legend Lord Magadhas Mahāvastu Mahāyāna Majjh Mallas Māra Māyā meditation mentioned mind Moggallāna mother Mvastu Nāgas Nikāyas Nirvana noble Oldenberg Order origin pain Pāli Pasenadi passages practise preaching question Rahula Rājagaha relics Rhys Davids robes Rockhill rules Sakyas Sanskrit Sāriputta Savatthi says schools Scriptures stage story Suddhodana sutta Tathagata teacher teaching tells texts thought Tibetan told tradition trance translated truth udāna uttered verses Vesālī Vinaya word