The Buddha: A Short Biography,9781851682560

The Buddha: A Short Biography

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ISBN13: 9781851682560
ISBN10: 1851682562
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Pgw
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Summary

This incisive new biography charts not only the life of the Buddha inistorical terms, but also considers what the life of Siddharta Gautama meanso Buddhism as a whole. The art, rituals, beliefs, mythologies and practicesf all the Buddhist schools are placed into a new light in this exceptionallyuthoritative and relevant account of the founder of Buddhism. Using charts,ables and a straightforward approach, this reconstruction of the trueeaning and original life of the Buddha, as Buddhists see it, will prove aseful and interesting introduction for all those interested in this area.

Table of Contents

List of tables
x
List of illustrations
xi
Preface xii
Pronunciation and transliteration of terms xiv
Introduction: The Lifestory of the Buddha 1(3)
Textual sources for the study of the lifestory of the Buddha
4(1)
Lifestory and pilgrimage
5(3)
Lifestory and art
8(2)
Lifestory and ritual
10(1)
Lifestories and buddhology: the development of a Buddha-life blueprint
10(5)
Previous Lives of the Buddha
15(20)
Adding karmic depth to the Buddha's lifestory
16(3)
Gautama's path to buddhahood: when does it start?
19(8)
The practice of perfections
27(5)
Gautama's imperfections
32(3)
Ancestry, Birth, and Youth
35(14)
The Sakya lineage
35(3)
The Buddha's birth
38(3)
Prognostications: the signs of the ``great man''
41(2)
Upbringing in the palace
43(3)
Turning away from kingship: the beginnings of discontent
46(3)
Quest and Enlightenment
49(28)
Incitements to leave home
51(2)
The great departure
53(7)
The making of a monk
60(2)
The practice of austerities
62(4)
The abandonment of austerities
66(1)
The offering of milk-rice
67(3)
The defeat of Mara
70(3)
Enlightenment
73(4)
Teachings and Community
77(23)
The weeks following enlightenment
77(4)
The First Sermon: the Middle Way and the Four Noble Truths
81(3)
The Second Sermon at Benares: Non-self and impermanence
84(1)
Other teachings to the group of five
85(1)
Further conversions in Benares: Yasa and his family
86(2)
The return to Magadha: the thirty friends, Uruvila Kasyapa, King Bimbisara, and Sariputra and Maudgalyayana
88(3)
The return to Kapilavastu: the conversion of the Sakyas
91(9)
Daily Routines, Miracles, and Distant Journeys
100(25)
Settling down: rules and contentions
101(3)
The Jetavana Monastery
104(1)
Daily routine
105(2)
The Great Miracle at Sravasti
107(5)
The rains-retreat in Trayastrimsa Heaven
112(3)
The descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven
115(2)
Distant journeys: the visit to the Northwest
117(3)
Another distant journey and more demons: the Buddha in Sri Lanka
120(2)
The journey to Sronaparanta: leaving footprints on the way
122(3)
Final Days, the Parinirvana, and the Nirvana of the Relics
125(24)
The Buddha's last journey
126(11)
Death-bed deeds
137(4)
The funeral and cremation
141(3)
The collection and distribution of the relics
144(2)
The life and final extinction of the Dharma and the relics
146(3)
Sources and Further Reading 149(26)
Glossary of Sanskrit names and terms 175(6)
Bibliography 181(12)
Index 193

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