xx, 310 pages 19 cm

"Tables of reference" (p. 260-268) gives "sources" and parallelisms."

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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