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INTRODUCTION.

THE AUTHENTICITY OF BUDDHISM.

Purpose of this work: the knowledge of Buddhism enables us

to judge some of our contemporary systems. General view of the

Buddhist doctrine; the absence of God and belief in annihilation.

Authenticity of Buddhism. The works of Hodgson, Csoma of

Körös, Turnour, Burnouf, and Rémusat. Original Sanskrit and

Pāli writings. Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, Burmese, and Siamese

translations. Piyadasi's inscriptions. Evidence of the Greek his-

torians of Alexander's expedition, &c. Division of the work

PART I.

THE ORIGIN OF BUDDHISM.

CHAPTER I.

Birth of the Buddha; his education; his marriage; he chooses his

wife Gopā. The Buddha's meditations; his vocation encouraged

by the gods; the four visions; the young prince's determination;

resistance of his father and family; he flies from Kapilavastu. His

studies at Vaiṣāli and Rājagriha; his five companions; he renounces

the world. His retreat of six years at Uruvela; his austerities and

ecstasies; the attainment of Buddhahood; Bodhimanda and Bodhi-

druma; Vajrasanam. The Buddha leaves his retreat; he goes to

Benares to 'turn the Wheel of the Law'; his teachings; his sojourn

in Magadha and in Kosala; Bimbisāra, Ajātaṣatru, Prasenajit,

Anatha Pindika. The Buddha's interview with his father; his dis-

sensions with the Brahmans; his triumph; popular enthusiasm.

Death of the Buddha at eighty years of age, at Kusi-nagara.

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