Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c3: Contents
Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c3
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INTRODUCTION.
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CHAPTER I.
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INDIA AND BUDDHISM . . . . . . 1–15 India and the West, p. 1. The Triad of Buddha, the Doctrine, the Order, p. 6. Western and Eastern India—The Brahman-castes, p. 7. The Aryans in India and their extension, p. 9. Aryan and Vedic culture, p. 10. The Indian peoples, p. 11. The Brahman-castes, p. 13.
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CHAPTER II.
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INDIAN PANTHEISM AND PESSIMISM BEFORE BUDDHA . . 16–60 Symbolism of the offering—The Absolute, p. 16. Rudiments of Indian speculation, p. 17. Sacrifice and the symbolism of sacrifice, p. 20. The Âtman, p. 25. The Brahma, p. 27. The Absolute as Âtman-Brahma, p. 29. The Absolute and the External world, p. 32. Earlier and later forms of the Âtman idea, p. 34. Conversation of Yâjnavalkya with Maitreyi, p. 35. The non-ego, p. 38. Pessimism, Metempsychosis, Deliverance, p. 42. The Tempter—Brahman, p. 54. The Kâthaka-Upanishad, Naciketas and the God of Death, p. 54. The God of Death and Mâra the Tempter, p. 58. Brahman, p. 59.
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CHAPTER III.
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ASCETICISM. MONASTIC ORDERS . . . . . 61–71 Beginning of Monasticism, p. 61. Advance of asceticism from Western India to the East: formation of monastic orders, p. 63. Sects and heads of sects, p. 66. Sophistic, p. 68.
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PART I.
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BUDDHA'S LIFE.
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THE CHARACTER OF TRADITION. LEGEND AND MYTH . . 72—94 Doubt of the historical reality of Buddha's personality; Buddha and the Sun-hero, p. 73. Basis of the traditions regarding Buddha: the sacred Pâli literature, p. 75. Character of the memoranda regarding Buddha's person, p. 76. Want of an ancient biography of Buddha, p. 78. Biographical fragments handed down from ancient times, p. 81. Legendary elements, p. 82. Examination of the history of the attainment of delivering knowledge, p. 86. Character of the statements regarding the external surroundings of Buddha's life, p. 91.
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CHAPTER II.
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BUDDHA'S YOUTH . . . . . . . . . 95—112 The Sakyas, p. 95. Buddha not a king's son, p. 99. Childhood, marriage, p. 100. Departure from home, p. 103. Period of fruitless search, p. 105. Decisive turning-point of his life, p. 107.
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CHAPTER III.
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BEGINNING OF THE TEACHER'S CAREER . . . . 113—137 The four-times seven days, p. 114. History of the Temptation, p. 116. The sermon at Benares, p. 123. The first disciples, p. 130. Further Conversions, p. 131.