The gospel of Buddha : according to old records

Description: Originally published in 1894, The Gospel of the Buddha is one of the earliest translations of Buddhist literature into English. Carus compiles key passages from original texts, presenting an invaluable overview of the life and teachings of the Buddha. Many Westerners got their first introduction to Buddhism through texts such as these.

Table of Contents: Rejoice --
Samsāra and Nirvāna --
Truth the saviour --
The Bodhisatta's birth --
The ties of life --
The three woes --
The Bodhisatta's renunciation --
King Bimbisāra --
The Bodhisatta's search --
Uruvelā, the place of mortification --
Māra, the evil one --
Enlightenment --
The first converts --
Brahmā's request --
Upaka --
The sermon at Benares --
The Sangha --
Yasa, the youth of Benares --
Kassapa --
The sermon at Rājagaha --
The king's gift --
Sāriputta and Moggallāna --
Anāthapindika --
The sermon on charity --
Jetavana --
The three characteristics and the uncreate --
The Buddha's father --
Yasodharā --
Rāhula --
Jīvaka, the physician --
The Buddha's parents attain Nirvāna --
Women admitted to the Sangha --
The Bhikkhus' conduct toward women --
Visākhā --
The Uposatha and Patimokkha --
The schism --
The re-establishment of Concord --
The Bhikkhus rebuked --
Devadatta --
Name and form --
The goal --
Miracles forbidden --
The vanity of worldliness --
Secrecy and publicity --
The annihilation of suffering --
Avoiding the ten evils --
The preacher's mission --
The Dhammapada --
The two Brahmans --
Guard the six quarters --
Simha's question concerning annihilation --
All existence is spiritual --
Identity and non-identity --
The Buddha omnipresent --
One essence, one law, one aim --
The lesson given to Rāhula --
The sermon on abuse --
The Buddha replies to the deva --
Words of instruction --
Amitābha --
The teacher unknown --
Parables --
The widow's two mites and the parable of the three merchants --
The man born blind --
The lost son --
The giddy fish --
The cruel crane outwitted --
Four kinds of merit --
The light of the world --
Luxurious living --
The communication of bliss --
The listless fool --
Rescue in the desert --
The sower --
The outcast --
The woman at the well --
The peacemaker --
The hungry dog --
The despot --
Vāsavadattā --
The marriage-feast in Jambūnada --
A party in search of a thief --
In the realm of Yamarāja --
The mustard seed --
Following the master over the stream --
The sick bhikkhu --
The patient elephant --
The conditions of welfare --
Sāriputta's faith --
Pātaliputta --
The mirror of truth --
Ambapālī --
The Buddha's farewell address --
The Buddha announces his death --
Chunda, the smith --
Metteyya --
The Buddha's final entering into Nirvāna --
The three personalities of the Buddha --
The purpose of being --
The praise of all the Buddhas.

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