The Life of Gotama the Buddha - Compiled exclusively from the Pali Canon

This is Volume XII of sixteen of the Oriental series looking at Buddhism. It was written in 1926, and looks at the Life of Gotama the Buddha, a religious teacher and reformer. This work is complied from the Pali Canon of the three Pitakas.

List of contents

Introduction INTRODUCTORY NOTE; Chapter 1 Part I THE EARLIEST YEARS Honour to the Exalted One The Arahant Buddha Supreme; Chapter 2 Part II DISCIPLINE AND ENLIGHTENMENT The Sublime Story; Chapter 3 FIRST EVENTS AFTER THE ENLIGHTENMENT; Part 4 THE BUDDHA'S RELATIONS WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND OTHERS; Chapter 5 ORDINATION OF R?HULA (VINAYA TEXTS, I. p. 207); Part 5 LAST EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA; Chapter 7 LAST EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA; Chapter 8 AUTHORITIES;

About the author

E. H. BREWSTER

Product details

• Authors: E. H. Brewster, E.H. Brewster
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415244749
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24474-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 650 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Leadership, Buddhism, Religious & spiritual leaders, Religious and spiritual figures, Biography: historical, political and military