The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records
by Paul Carus
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Contents
- Preface
- Pronunciation
- 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
- Brahmās 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 Pātimokkha
- 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
- Table of Reference
- Abbreviations in the Table of Reference
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Remarks on the Illustrations of the Gospel of Buddha