Title: Buddhism in translations; passages selected from the Buddhist sacred books and translated from the original Pāli into English.
Authors: Warren, Henry Clarke, 1854-1899
Publisher: Atheneum,
Year: 1963
Subjects: Buddhism Sacred books
Contents: Chapter I. Introductory discourse -- 1. The story of Sumedha -- 2. A list of former Buddhas -- 3. The characteristics of a future Buddha -- 4. The birth of the Buddha -- 5. The young Gotamid Prince -- 6. The great retirement -- 7. The great struggle -- 8. The attainment of Buddhaship -- 9. First events after the attainment of Buddhaship -- 10. The conversion of Sariputta and Moggallana -- 11. The Buddha's daily habits -- 12. The death of the Buddha -- Chapter II. Sentient existence -- Introductory discourse -- 13. Questions which tend not to edification -- 14. King Milinda and Nagasena come to an understanding -- 15. There is no ego -- 16. All signs of an ego are absent -- 17. No continuous personal identity -- 18. The mind less permanent than the body -- 19. What is unity or one? -- 20. Analysis of the human bing -- 21. The composition of the body -- 22. On getting angry -- 23. The origin and cessation of the human being -- 24. Inanimate nature -- 25. The middle doctrine --^