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Preface to the English edition | p. ix |
Translator's Note | p. xiii |
The Young Shakyamuni | p. 1 |
Shakyamuni | p. 1 |
Shakyamuni's Names | p. 4 |
The Shakya Tribe | p. 5 |
The Historical Setting | p. 7 |
Shakyamuni's Family | p. 9 |
Shakyamuni's Early Years | p. 11 |
The Great Departure | p. 15 |
The Ascetic and Indian Society | p. 20 |
The Departure and Wanderings | p. 23 |
The Rise of a New Culture | p. 28 |
The Six Non-Buddhist Teachers | p. 31 |
The Years of Austrerity | p. 37 |
The Encounter with King Bimbisara | p. 37 |
The Two Brahman Hermits | p. 40 |
The Practice of Austerities | p. 45 |
The Rejection of Austerities | p. 49 |
The Enlightenment | p. 53 |
Buddhagaya | p. 53 |
The Temptation of Mara | p. 55 |
What Is Englishtenment? | p. 58 |
The Content of Shakyamuni's Englightenment | p. 61 |
The Law of Causation | p. 65 |
Shakyamuni the Teacher | p. 69 |
The Decision To Propagate the Law | p. 69 |
Turning the Wheel of the Law | p. 71 |
Shakyamuni's Disciples | p. 76 |
Preaching at Uruvilva | p. 81 |
The Company of Disciples | p. 87 |
Shariputra and Maudgalyayana | p. 87 |
Mahakashyapa | p. 93 |
Sudatta | p. 96 |
Shakyamuni's Visit to Kapilavastu | p. 98 |
Ananda | p. 101 |
Upali and Aniruddha | p. 103 |
The Growth of the Order | p. 105 |
The Other Major Disciples | p. 105 |
The City of Shravasti | p. 108 |
Management of the Order | p. 115 |
Devadatta's Revolt | p. 119 |
The Entry into Nirvana | p. 125 |
The Sad Events of Shakyamuni's Closing Years | p. 125 |
The Last Journey | p. 129 |
Chunda the Blacksmith | p. 133 |
Parinirvana | p. 134 |
Glossary | p. 137 |
Index | p. 147 |
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