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CONTENTS.


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Abbreviations xiii
General Introduction xv
CHAPTER I.
THE BUDDHA.
  Introductory Discourse 1
§ 1. The Story of Sumedha 5
2. A List of former Buddhas 32
3. The Characteristics of a Future Buddha 33
4. The Birth of The Buddha 38
5. The young Gotamid Prince 48
6. The Great Retirement 56
7. The Great Struggle 67
8. The Attainment of Buddhaship 71
9. First Events after the Attainment of Buddhaskip 83
10. The Conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna 87
11. The Buddha’s daily Habits 91
12. The Death of The Buddha 95
CHAPTER II.
SENTIENT EXISTENCE.
  Introductory Discourse 111
§ 13. Questions which tend not to Edification 117
14. King Milinda and Nāgasena come to an Understanding 128
15. There is no Ego 129
16. All Signs of an Ego are Absent 146
17. No continuous Personal Identity 148
18. The Mind less permanent than the Body 150
19. What is Unity or One? 153
20. Analysis of the Human Being 155