| Preface to the Second Japanese Edition |
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| Preface to the First Japanese Edition |
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11 | (4) |
| Introduction |
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15 | (1) |
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15 | (9) |
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Critical examination of traditional biographies of the Buddha |
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15 | (6) |
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The life of Gotama Buddha in art |
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21 | (3) |
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India at the Time of the Rise of Buddhism |
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24 | (5) |
| PART ONE: Birth, Enlightenment, and Preaching |
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29 | (58) |
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29 | (25) |
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29 | (11) |
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40 | (8) |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (30) |
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Legends surrounding conception |
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54 | (4) |
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58 | (10) |
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Dates of the Buddha's life |
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68 | (4) |
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72 | (5) |
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Birth legends in later times |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (30) |
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87 | (12) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (8) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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Training in the Martial Arts |
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102 | (1) |
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The Pleasures of the Palace |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (12) |
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The decision to renounce home life |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (2) |
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Going forth from the palace |
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110 | (5) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (68) |
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The Meeting with Bhaggava |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (23) |
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117 | (3) |
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The meeting with King Bimbisara |
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120 | (5) |
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Renouncing a worldly throne |
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125 | (1) |
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The visit to Alara Kalama |
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126 | (3) |
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The visit to Uddaka Ramaputta |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (2) |
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The abode of neither perception nor nonperception and the four formless concentrations |
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133 | (7) |
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140 | (45) |
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Popular legends concerning Gotama's ascetic practices and enlightenment |
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140 | (1) |
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Undertaking ascetic practices |
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140 | (2) |
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Renouncing ascetic practices |
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142 | (8) |
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Taking up the seat of enlightenment |
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150 | (5) |
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The factual basis of legends |
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155 | (1) |
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Mara's temptations of Gotama before the enlightenment |
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155 | (13) |
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Mara's temptations of Gotama after the enlightenment |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (15) |
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185 | (32) |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (8) |
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Bodhgaya in the travel records of Chinese monks |
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189 | (5) |
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194 | (3) |
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The Nature of the Buddha's Enlightenment |
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197 | (15) |
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The tradition concerning the twelve-linked chain of dependent origination |
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197 | (7) |
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204 | (8) |
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The Significance of the Enlightenment in Intellectual History |
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212 | (5) |
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217 | (92) |
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220 | (15) |
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220 | (1) |
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Beneath the mucalinda tree |
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221 | (2) |
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Beneath the rajayatana tree |
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223 | (4) |
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Hesitation to teach and Brahma's encouragement |
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227 | (8) |
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The Meeting with Upaka of the Ajivika Sect |
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235 | (5) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (29) |
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241 | (10) |
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The Sutra of the Turning of the Wheel of the Dhamma |
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251 | (6) |
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257 | (4) |
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Rejecting the temptations of Mara |
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261 | (2) |
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Sarnath in the records of Chinese monks |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (4) |
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Later Teaching Activities |
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270 | (6) |
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276 | (14) |
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277 | (5) |
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The conversion of Yasa's family |
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282 | (1) |
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The ordination of four of Yasa's friends |
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283 | (1) |
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The ordination of fifty of Yasa's friends |
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284 | (1) |
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Encouragement to spread the teaching and Mara's temptation |
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285 | (3) |
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Origins of the upasampada ordination by taking refuge in the Three Treasures |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (19) |
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290 | (2) |
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The conversion of the three Kassapa brothers |
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292 | (15) |
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307 | (2) |
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The Conversion of Influential Followers and Events in the Later Years |
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309 | (76) |
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309 | (18) |
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The conversion of King Bimbisara |
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309 | (8) |
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The significance of the stay in Rajagaha |
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317 | (2) |
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Transcending skepticism: Sariputta and Moggallana |
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319 | (8) |
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327 | (16) |
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327 | (5) |
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332 | (11) |
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343 | (24) |
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343 | (1) |
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The conversion of business leaders |
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344 | (15) |
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359 | (4) |
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Confrontation with other religions |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (2) |
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Various Teaching Activities |
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367 | (6) |
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Brahmin Students in the South |
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373 | (5) |
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The Mythical Tradition of Teaching |
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378 | (1) |
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Events in the Later Years |
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378 | (7) |
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The meeting with King Pasenadi |
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378 | (1) |
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The annihilation of the Sakyas |
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379 | (6) |
| List of Abbreviations |
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385 | (4) |
| Notes |
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389 | (108) |
| Appendix: Chinese Buddhist Sources |
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497 | (6) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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503 | (4) |
| Index |
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