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Buddha & His Dhamma Buddha & His Dhamma Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR BAIAE,Japan. Digital Publicatio INTRODUCTION ...................................................................18 PROLOGUE .............................................................................20 BOOK I: SIDDHARTH GAUTAMA—HOW A BODHISATTA BECAME THE BUDDHA? ...........................21 Part I: From Birth to Parivraja. ...........................................................................22 § 1. His Kula .............................................................................................................................22 § 2. His Ancestry ........................................................................................................................22 § 3. His Birth ............................................................................................................................23 § 4. Visit by Asita .......................................................................................................................24 § 5. Death of Mahamaya ............................................................................................................26 § 6. Childhood and Education ......................................................................................................27 § 7. Early Traits .........................................................................................................................27 § 8. Marriage .............................................................................................................................29 § 9. Father's Plans to Save His Son ..............................................................................................30 § 10. The Failure of the Women to Win the Prince ........................................................................31 § 11. The Prime Minister's Admonition to the Prince ......................................................................32 § 12. The Prince's Reply to the Prime Minister ..............................................................................33 § 13. Initiation into the Sakya Sangh ............................................................................................34 § 14. Conflict with the Sangh .......................................................................................................35 § 15. Offer of Exile ....................................................................................................................36 § 16. Parivraja--the Way Out ......................................................................................................38 § 17. Parting Words ....................................................................................................................38 § 18. Leaving His Home .............................................................................................................40 § 19. The Prince and the Servant ..................................................................................................42 §20. The Return of Channa ........................................................................................................44 §21 The Family in Mourning ......................................................................................................44 Part II: Renunciation for Ever ............................................................................46 § 1. From Kapilavatsu to Rajagraha .............................................................................................46 § 2. King Bimbisara and his Advice ..............................................................................................46 § 3. Gautama Answers Bimbisara ................................................................................................48 § 4. Reply by Gautama (concluded) ...............................................................................................51 § 5. News of Peace .....................................................................................................................52 § 6. The Problem in a New Perspective ..........................................................................................53 Part III: In Search of New Light ........................................................................54 § 1. Halt at Brighu's Ashram .......................................................................................................54 § 2. Study of Sankhya .................................................................................................................55 § 3. Training in Samadhi Marga ..................................................................................................55 § 4. Trial of Asceticism ...............................................................................................................56 § 5. Abandonment of Asceticism ...................................................................................................58 Part IV: Enlightenment and the Vision of a New Way .......................................59 § 1. Meditation for New Light ......................................................................................................59 §2. Enlightenment .......................................................................................................................60 § 3. The Discovery of a New Dhamma .........................................................................................60 § 4. Gautama who was a Bodhisatta, After Sammabodhi Becomes a Buddha ....................................61 Part V: The Buddha and His Predecessors .........................................................63 §1. The Buddha and the Vedic Rishis ............................................................................................63 §2. Kapila— The Philosopher .....................................................................................................64 § 3. The Bramhanas ...................................................................................................................66 §4. The Upanishads and Their Teachings .....................................................................................69 Part VI: The Buddha and His Contemporaries .................................................71 § 1. His Contemporaries ..............................................................................................................71 § 2. His Attitude to His Contemporaries ........................................................................................72 Part VII: Comparison and Contrast ...................................................................73 § 1. What HE Rejected ...............................................................................................................73 § 2. What HE Modified ..............................................................................................................73 §3. What HE Accepted ...............................................................................................................74 BOOK II: CAMPAIGN OF CONVERSION ...........................1 Part I: Buddha and His Vishad Yoga.................................................................... 2 §1. To Preach or Not to Preach .......................................................................................................2 § 2. Proclamation of Good News by Brahma Sahampati ...................................................................3 § 3. Two Types of Conversion ........................................................................................................3 Part II: The Conversion of the Parivrajakas ........................................................5 § 1. Arrival at Sarnath ..................................................................................................................5 § 2. The Buddha's First Sermon .....................................................................................................5 § 3. The Buddha's First Sermon—(contd.) The Path of Purity .........................................................7 § 4. The Buddha's First Sermon (cont'd)—Ashtanga Marga or the Path of Righteousness ....................7 § 5. The Buddha's First Sermon (cont'd)—The Path of Virtue .......................................................10 § 6. The Buddha's First Sermon (concluded) ..................................................................................10 § 7. The Response of the Parivrajakas ...........................................................................................12 Part III: Conversion of the High and the Holy ..................................................13 §1. Conversion of Yashas .............................................................................................................13 § 2. Conversion of the Kassyapas ..................................................................................................14 § 3. Conversion of Sariputta and Moggallana ................................................................................16 § 4. Conversion of King Bimbisara ...............................................................................................18 § 5. Conversion of Anathapindika .................................................................................................19 § 6. Conversion of King Pasenjit ...................................................................................................21 § 7. Conversion of Jeevaka ...........................................................................................................22
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