Contents

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	Introduction	9
	The Buddhist Scriptures	16
	Christian Parallels	19
CHAPTER
I.	The Dream of Queen Māyā	23
II.	The Birth of Gotama	26
III.	The Four Signs	29
IV.	The Great Renunciation	32
V.	The Chain of Causation	37
VI.	The Beginning of Buddha's Preaching	40
	The Discourse of setting in motion the Wheel of the Doctrine (The Middle Path. The Four Truths. The Noble Eightfold Path)	43
VII.	The Ordination of Yasa	45
	The Formula of the Three Refuges	45
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VIII.	The Ten Commandments	52
IX.	The Fire Discourse	54
X.	The Weaver's Daughter	57
	Dhammapada 174 and Commentary	62
XI.	The Questions of Mālunkyāputta	64
XII.	The Questions of Uttiya	68
XIII.	The Questions of Vacchagotta	71
XIV.	Birth-Story of the Blessings of the Commandments	75
XV.	Birth-Story of King Mahāsīlava	80
XVI.	Birth-Story of the City with Four Gates	90
XVII.	The Pig-Faced Ghost	97
XVIII.	The Jewel Discourse	99
XIX.	Dhaniya The Herdsman
	Dhammapada 153, 154	104
	Note on parallels to the New Testament	107
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XX.	Buddha's Visit to Chunda	109
XXI.	The Death of Buddha	112
XXII.	The Non-Existence of Individuality	118
	Formula of the thirty-two parts of the body	120
XXIII.	Non-Individuality and Moral Responsibility	123

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