Contents
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | ix | |
| Note on the probable age of the Dialogue | ix | |
| Note on this Version | xx | |
| ABBREVIATIONS | xxiv | |
| 1. | BRAHMA-GÂLA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | xxv | |
| TEXT | 1 | |
| (The Sîlas, 3-26.) | ||
| 2. | SÂMAÑÑA-PHALA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION. | 56 | |
| (Index to the paragraphs repeated in the other Suttantas, 57-59.) | ||
| TEXT | 65 | |
| 3. | AMBATTHA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION (Caste) | 96 | |
| TEXT | 108 | |
| 4. | SONADANDA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 137 | |
| (The Arhat and the true Brahman.) | ||
| TEXT | 144 | |
| 5. | KÛTADANTA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 160 | |
| (The Irony in this text, 160; Doctrine of sacrifice, 164; Lokâyata, 166.) | ||
| TEXT | 173 | |
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| 6. | MAHÂLI SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 186 | |
| (The Indeterminates; Buddhist Agnosticism, 186; The Sambodhi, 190; Names in the texts, 193.) | ||
| TEXT | 197 | |
| 7. | GÂLIYA SUTTANTA | 205 |
| 8. | KASSAPA-SÎHANÂDA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 206 | |
| (Method of the Dialogues, 206; Tâpasa and Bhikshu, ascetic and wandering mendicant, 208; Indian religieux in the Buddha's time, 220.) | ||
| TEXT | 223 | |
| 9. | POTTHAPÂDA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION (The Soul) | 241 | |
| TEXT | 244 | |
| 10. | SUBHA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 265 | |
| TEXT | 267 | |
| 11. | KEVADDHA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION | 272 | |
| (Iddhi, 272; Buddhist Idealism, 274.) | ||
| TEXT | 276 | |
| 12. | LOHIKKA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION (Ethics of Teaching) | 285 | |
| TEXT | 288 | |
| 13. | TEVIGGA SUTTANTA. | |
| INTRODUCTION (Union with God) | 298 | |
| TEXT | 300 | |
| INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES | 321 | |
| INDEX OF PALl WORDS | 328 | |
| Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the Buddhists | 331 | |