Preface to the Revised Edition Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
The Author
The Author’s Introduction
The Bodhisatta
I: Salutation and Intention
II: The Rare Appearance of a Buddha
III: Sumedha the Brahmin
IV: The Renunciaton of Sumedha
V: The Prophecy
VI: Sumedha’s Reflection on the Perfections
The Twenty-Four Buddhas
1. The Chronicle of Buddha Dīpaṅkara
2. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇḍañña
3. The Chronicle of Buddha Maṅgala
4. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumana
5. The Chronicle of Buddha Revata
6. The Chronicle of Buddha Sobhita
7. The Chronicle of Buddha Anomadassī
8. The Chronicle of Buddha Paduma
9. The Chronicle of Buddha Nārada
10. The Chronicle of Buddha Padumuttara
11. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumedha
12. The Chronicle of Buddha Sujāta
13. The Chronicle of Buddha Piyadassī
14. The Chronicle of Buddha Atthadassī
15. The Chronicle of Buddha Dhammadassī
16. The Chronicle of Buddha Siddhattha
17. The Chronicle of Buddha Tissa
18. The Chronicle of Buddha Phussa
19. The Chronicle of Buddha Vipassī
20. The Chronicle of Buddha Sikhī
21. The Chronicle of Buddha Vessabhū
22. The Chronicle of Buddha Kakusandha
23. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇāgamana
24. The Chronicle of Buddha Kassapa
1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta
2: The Bodhisatta’s Youth
3: The Renunciation of the Prince
4: The Early Days of the Renunciation
5: Praticing Meditation
6: The Practice of Austere Striving
7: The Attainment of Buddhahood
The Buddha Treasure
8: The Buddha’s Stay at the Seven Places
9: The Buddha Reflects on the Dhamma
10: The Story of Sātāgiri and Hemavata
11: The Discourse about Nālaka
12: Yasa, His Family and Friends
13: The Buddha sends out the Sixty Arahats
14: Conversion of the Kassapa Brothers
15: The Buddha’s Visit to Rājagaha
16: The Arrival of Upatissa and Kolita
17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu
17b: The Chronicles of the Buddhas
18: The Buddha and His Immediate Family
19: Ordination of 1,000 Sakyan Princes
20a: Teaching Ven. Rāhula
20b: Ven. Nanda’s Story
20c: The Wealthy Man Anāthapiṇḍika
21: Sumana, Aggidatta and Jambuka
22a: The Discourse on the Treasures
22b: 500 Monastics Become Arahats
23a: The 5th Rains Retreat (Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī)
23b: The 5th Year (Saccaka)
24: The 6th Rains Retreat (Miracles)
25a: The 7th Rains Retreat (Abhidhamma)
25b: The 7th Year (Slander)
26a: The 8th Rains Retreat (Prince Bodhi)
26b: The 8th Rains Retreat (Mahā Moggallāna)
26c: Pañcaggadāyaka
26d: The Buddha’s Visits to Śrī Laṅkā
27a: The 9th Rains Retreat (Ghosaka and Māgaṇḍiya)
27b: The 9th Rains Retreat (Schism)
28: The 10th Rains Retreat (Pāḷileyyaka)
29: The 11th Rains Retreat (Kasibhāradvāja)
30: The 12th Rains Retreat (Famine)
31: The 12th Year (Rāhula)
32a: The 13th Rains Retreat (Meghiya)
32b: The 14th Rains Retreat (Rāhula)
33a: The 15th Rains Retreat (Sakyans)
33b: The 15th Year (Sakka)
33c: The 16th Rains Retreat (Āḷavaka)
34a: The 17th Rains Retreat (Beauty)
34b: The 18th Rains Retreat (Delaying)
34c: The 19th Year (Conversions)
34d: The 20th Rains Retreat (Sudinna)
35a: List of Rains Retreats
35b: Stories about Wrong View
35c: More Stories about Wrong View
35d: Ambaṭṭha and His Pupil Pokkharasāti
36: King Pukkusāti and Others
37a: Devadatta
37b: Ajātasattu
38a: The Buddha’s Parents in a Previous Existence
38b: The Destruction of the Sakyans
39a: The Discourse about Āṭānāṭiya
39b: Sakka’s Questions
40a: The Last Days 1, In Magadha
40b: The Last Days 2, In Vajji
40c: The Last Days 3, In Malla
41a: After the Passing of the Buddha
41b. Buddha Metteyya
The Dhamma Treasure
42: The Attributes of the Three Treasures
The Saṅgha Treasure
The Life Stories of the Monks
1. Ven. Koṇḍañña
2-3. Ven. Sāriputta and Ven. Moggallāna
4. Ven. Mahā Kassapa
5. Ven. Anuruddha
6. Ven. Bhaddiya
7. Ven. Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya
8. Ven. Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja
9. Ven. Mantāṇiputta Puṇṇa
10. Ven. Kaccāyana
11-12. Ven. Mahā Panthaka and Ven. Cūḷa Panthaka
13. Ven. Subhūti
14. Ven. Khadiravaniya Revata
15. Ven. Kaṅkhā Revata
16. Ven. Soṇa Koḷivisa
17. Ven. Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa
18. Ven. Sīvali
19. Ven. Vakkali
20-21. Ven. Rāhula and Ven. Raṭṭhapāla
22. Ven. Kuṇḍadhāna
23. Ven. Vaṅgīsa
24. Ven. Upasena Vaṅgantaputta
25. Ven. Dabba
26. Ven. Pilinda Vaccha
27. Ven. Bāhiya Dārucīriya
28. Ven. Kumāra Kassapa
29. Ven. Mahā Koṭṭhita
30. Ven. Ānanda
31. Ven. Uruvelā Kassapa
32. Ven. Kāḷudāyī
33. Ven. Bākula
34. Ven. Sobhita
35. Ven. Upāli
36. Ven. Nandaka
37. Ven. Nanda
38. Ven. Mahā Kappina
39. Ven. Sāgata
40. Ven. Rādha
41. Ven. Mogharāja
The Life Stories of the Nuns
1. Ven. Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī
2. Ven. Khemā
3. Ven. Uppalavaṇṇā
4. Ven. Paṭācārā
5. Ven. Dhammadinnā
6. Ven. Nandā
7. Ven. Soṇā Bahuputtika
8. Ven. Sakulā
9. Ven. Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā
10. Ven. Bhaddā Kāpilānī
11. Ven. Bhaddā Kaccānā
12. Ven. Kisā Gotamī
13. Ven. Siṅgālakamātu
The Life Stories of the Male Lay Disciples
1. Tapussa and Bhallika
2. Anāthapiṇḍika the Rich Man
3. Citta the Householder
4. Hatthaka Āḷavaka, the Kind Prince
5. Mahānāma, the Sakyan Prince
6. Ugga the Householder
7. Uggata the Householder
8. Sūrambaṭṭha the Householder
9. Jīvaka the Physician
10. Nakulapitu the Householder
The Life Stories of the Female Lay Disciples
1. Sujātā, Wife of the Householder of Bārāṇasī
2. Visākhā, Builder of Pubbārāma Monastery
3-4. Khujjuttarā and Sāmāvatī
5. Uttarā Nandamātā
6. Princess Suppavāsā the Koliyan
7. Suppiyā, who attended the Sick
8. Kātiyānī of Unshakable Conviction
9. Nakulamātu
10. Kāḷī, the Disciple of Kuraraghara
Rich Men with Inexhaustible Resources
1. Jotika, the Rich Householder
2. Meṇḍaka, the Householder
3. Jaṭila, the Treasurer
4. Kāḷavaḷiya, a Rich Man
Further Explanations
Foreword
Miscellaneous Topics
The Commentarial Classification of Teachers
Supplement to IX
On 1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta
On 1: The Thirty-Two Major Marks
On I-III: Further Explanation of Words and Phrases
On IV: The Renunciation of Sumedha
On V: The Prophecy
Two Kinds of Meditation
The Frightful Nature of Sensual Desires
Dependent Origination
More Reflections
The First Treatise on the Perfections
1. What Are the Perfections? and 2. Why Are they called Perfections?
3. How Many Perfections Are There? and 4. In What Sequence Are the Perfections Arranged?
5. What Are the Characteristics, Functions etc.?
6. What Are the Basic Conditions of the Perfections?
7. What Are The Factors That Defile the Perfections? 8. What are the Factors that Purify the Perfections? 9. What Are the Factors That Oppose the Perfections?
10. What is the Method for Practising the Perfections?
11. What is the Classification of the Perfections?
12. What is the Synopsis of the Perfections?
13. What Factors Accomplish the Perfections?
14. How Long to Accomplish the Perfections? 15. What Advantages Accrue from the Perfections? 16. What is the Fruit of the Perfections?
The Second Treatise on the Perfections
The Second Treatise on the Perfections
Miscellany
1. The Perfection of Generosity
2. The Perfection of Morality
3. The Perfection of Renunciation
4. The Perfection of Wisdom
5. The Perfection of Energy
6. The Perfection of Forbearance
7. The Perfection of Truthfulness
8. The Perfection of Resolution
9. The Perfection of Loving-Kindness
10. The Perfection of Equanimity