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The Life of Buddha, by A. Ferdinand Herold, tr. by Paul C Blum [1922], at sacred-texts.com


p. ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART ONE

 

SECTION
NUMBER

 

PAGE

1.

KING SUDDHODANA AND QUEEN MAYA

3

2.

MAYA'S DREAM

8

3.

THE BIRTH OF SIDDHARTHA

12

4.

ASITA'S PREDICTION

16

5.

SIDDHARTHA AT THE TEMPLE

20

6.

SIDDHARTHA'S FIRST MEDITATION

24

7.

THE MARRIAGE OF SIDDHARTHA

28

8.

SIDDHARTHA LEADS A LIFE OF PLEASURE

38

9.

THE THREE ENCOUNTERS

41

10.

GOPA'S DREAM

49

11.

SIDDHARTHA IS EAGER TO KNOW THE GREAT TRUTHS

55

12.

SIDDHARTHA LEAVES HIS FATHER'S PALACE

60

13.

SIDDHARTHA THE HERMIT

62

14.

GOPA AND SUDDHODANA GRIEVE

68

15.

THE DOCTRINE OF ARATA KALAMA

72

16.

SIDDHARTHA AND KING VIMBASARA

75

17.

SIDDHARTHA DESERTED BY HIS FIRST DISCIPLES

79

18.

SIDDHARTHA UNDER THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

83

19.

MARA'S DEFEAT

89

20.

SIDDHARTHA BECOMES THE BUDDHA

96

 

p. x

 

 


PART TWO

 

SECTION
NUMBER

 

PAGE

1.

TRAPUSHA AND BHALLIKA

103

2.

THE BUDDHA IS PREPARED TO PREACH THE DOCTRINE

110

3.

THE BUDDHA LEAVES FOR BENARES

114

4.

THE BUDDHA FINDS HIS FORMER DISCIPLES

117

5.

THE STORY OF THE HERMIT AND THE HARE

123

6.

THE STORY OF PADMAKA

129

7.

THE BUDDHA AT THE BAMBOO GROVE

135

8.

SARIPUTRA AND MAUDGALYAYANA

141

9.

THE BUDDHA PACIFIES THE MALCONTENTS OF RAJAGRIHA

144

10.

SUDDHODANA SENDS MESSENGERS TO HIS SON

147

11.

THE STORY OF THE CRANE AND THE FISH

151

12.

THE STORY OF VISVANTARA

157

13.

THE STORY OF DHARMAPALA

175

14.

GOPA'S GREAT VIRTUE

179

15.

NANDA RENOUNCES ROYALTY

182

16.

THE BUDDHA LEAVES KAPILAVASTU

186

17.

ANATHAPINDIKA'S OFFERING

190

18.

THE NEW DISCIPLES

196

19.

NANDA'S PRIDE

200

20.

THE DEATH OF SUDDHODANA

206

 


PART THREE

 

1.

MAHAPRAJAPATI IS ADMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY

211

2.

THE BUDDHA EXPOSES THE IMPOSTERS

217

 

p. xi

 

SECTION
NUMBER

 

PAGE

3.

SUPRABHA

222

4.

VIRUPA

227

5.

SINCA'S DECEIT

232

6.

THE BUDDHA TAMES A WILD BUFFALO

236

7.

DISSENSION AMONG THE MONKS

239

8.

KUVALAYA THE DANCER

243

9.

THE GOD ALAVAKA DEFEATED BY THE BUDDHA

247

10.

DEVADATTA EXPELLED FROM THE COMMUNITY

253

11.

AJATASATRU'S TREACHERY

256

12.

THE DEATH OF DEVADATTA

261

13.

PRASENAJIT AND AJATASATRU

267

14.

THE BUDDHA TEACHES THE DOCTRINE

271

15.

THE BUDDHA AND THE SHEPHERD

273

16.

THE BUDDHA INSTRUCTS THE MONKS OF VAISALI

278

17.

THE MEAL AT CUNDA'S

282

18.

THE BUDDHA ENTERS NIRVANA

284

 


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