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CONTENTS

{Chapter I - The Buddha   Chapter II - Sentient Existence
Chapter III - Karma and Rebirth   Chapter IV - Meditation and Nirvana
Chapter V - The Order   Appendix}

Abbreviations
{The Three Characteristics}
General Introductionxi

CHAPTER I.

THE BUDDHA.
Page
Introductory Discourse1
§ 1.The Story of Sumedha5
2.A List of former Buddhas32
3.The Characteristics of a Future Buddha33
4.The Birth of The Buddha38
5.The young Gotamid Prince48
6.The Great Retirement56
7.The Great Struggle67
8.The Attainment of Buddhaship71
9.First Events after the Attainment of Buddhaship83
10.The Conversion of Sâriputta and Moggallâna87
11.The Buddha's daily Habits91
12.The Death of The Buddha95

CHAPTER II.

SENTIENT EXISTENCE.
Page
Introductory Discourse111
§ 13.Questions which tend not to Edification117
14.King Milinda and Nâgasena come to an Understanding128
15.There is no Ego129
16.All Signs of an Ego are Absent146
17.No continuous Personal Identity148
18.The Mind less permanent than the Body150
19.What is Unity or One?153
20.Analyis of the Human Being155
21.The Composition of the Body157
22.On getting Angry159
23.The Origin and Cessation of the Human Being159
24.Inanimate Nature164
25.The Middle Doctrine165
26.Ignorance170
27.Karma179
28.Consciousness182
29.Name and Form184
30.The Six Organs of Sense186
31.Contact186
32.Sensation187
33.Desire187
34.Attachment189
35.Existence194
36.Birth etc.201
37.Discussion of Dependent Origination202

CHAPTER III.

KARMA AND REBIRTH.
Page
Introductory Discourse209
§ 38.Be a Friend to Yourself213
39.The cause of Inequality in the World214
40.Fruitful and barren Karma215
41.The Death of Moggallâna221
42.Good and bad Karma226
43.How to obtain Wealth, Beauty, and Social Position228
44.The Round of Existence232
45.Cause of Rebirth232
46.Is this to be my Last Existence?233
47.Rebirth is not Transmigration234
48.Reflections on Existence242
49.Different kinds of Death252
50.How Existence in Hell is Possible253
51.Death's Messengers255
{51b.}"The Three Warnings"259
52.The Ass in the Lion's Skin262
53.The devoted Wife264
54.Friendship267
55.Virtue is its own Reward269
56.The Hare-mark in the Moon274

CHAPTER IV.

MEDITATION AND NIRVANA.
Page
Introductory Discourse280
§ 57.The Way of Purity285
58.Concentration288
59.The Thirty-one Grades of Being289
60.The Forty Subjects of Meditation291
61.The Earth-kasina293
62.Beauty is but Skin-deep297
63.The Conversion of Animals301
64.Love for Animals302
65.The Six High Powers303
66.Spiritual Law in the Natural World306
67.Going Further and Faring Worse308
68.Sâriputta and the Two Demons313
69.World-cycles315
70.Wisdom330
71.The Summum Bonum331
72.Mâra as Plowman349
73.The Fire-Sermon351
74.The Four Intent Contemplations353
75.The Attainment of the Paths376
76.Nirvana to be attained at Death380
77.The Attainment of Nirvana by Godhika380
78.The Trance of Cessation383
79.The Attainment of Nirvana389

CHAPTER V.

THE ORDER.
Page
Introductory Discourse392
§ 80.Conduct393
81.The Admission and Ordination Ceremonies393
82.The Serpent who wanted to be a Priest401
83.The Buddhist Confession of Priests402
84.The Order receive leave to dwell in Houses411
85.Residence during the Rainy Season414
86.The Mendicant Ideal417
87.The Value of Training in Religion420
88.The colorless Life421
89.Can the Saint suffer?422
90.The Body is an open Sore423
91.Heaven not the Highest Good424
92.The Saints Superior to the Gods424
93.The Anger-eating Demon426
94.Contentment is Riches428
95.The Story of a Priest430
96.The young Stone-Thrower432
97."And hate not his father and mother"434
98.No Buddhist should commit Suicide436
99.The Admission of Women to the Order441
100.A Family of Magicians448
101.The Story of Visâkhâ451
102.The Buddhist Apocalypse481

APPENDIX.

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§ 103.The Five Groups487

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