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ISBN-13:	9781585090761
Publisher:	Book Tree, The
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.32(d)

Table of Contents

Chap I.	Introductory
	The Sakiya Clan	1
	Kosala and its Language	2
	The Wanderers	4
	The Hermits	6
	Economic conditions	9
	Caste not yet established	10
Chap II.	Older Beliefs
	Vedic faith	13
	Death of the gods	14
	Details as to gods	16
	Animism	17
	The soul-theory	18
	Summary	22
Chap III.	Life of the Buddha
	No Buddhist Gospel	26
	The Buddha not a king's son	27
	Prophecy at his birth	29
	His 'going forth'	30
	His teachers	34
	His attainment of Nirvana	35
	The first discourse	40
	Daily life	44
	His death	46
Chap IV.	The Aryan Path
	The word Aryan	49
	The first discourse	51
	The origin and end of pain	53
	Impermanence	56
	Right desires and right effort	59
	Love	60
	Joy	62
Chap V.	Lions in the Path
	The ten Bonds	66
	The Intoxications	67
	The Indeterminates	69
	The Victory (Nirvana)	72
Chap VI.	Adopted Doctrines
	Transmigration	75
	Karma, the bridge between one life and the next	76
	East and West	78
Chap VII.	Other Adopted Doctrines
	Cosmogony	82
	Wheel of Life	84
	Ecstasy	86

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