Order

Title page  _ 2

The Buddha  _ 4 

Introduction  _ 4 

The Birth  _ 5 

The Four Significant Visions  _ 8 

The Great Renunciation  _ 10 

Self - mortification  _ 12

The Final Triumph  _ 14

Misconceptions  _ 19

Dependent Arising  _ 23 

The First Sermon   _ 25 

The Middle Path   _ 29

The Siṃsapa  Grove  _ 31 

The Peerless Physician  _ 33 

The Spreadofthe Dhamma  _ 34

The Buddha’s Ministry   _ 36

Buddhahood and Arahatship   _ 43

Salient Feature softhe Dhamma  _ 44 

True Purification   _ 48 

Caste Problem   _ 50 

Chief Disciples   _ 52 

The Order of Nuns  _ 5 5 

At Kapilavatthu   _ 57 

Women in Buddhism   _ 59 

Ministering t o the Sick   _ 60

Equanimity and Self-composure  _ 62 

Equanimity and Self-composure   _ 62 

Devadatta   _ 64 

The Last Days   _ 66 

The Last Convert 69 

The Last Scene 71 

Notes 74 

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