Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their LegacyGreat Disciples of the Buddha is a unique book - a collection of biographical profiles of some twenty-four extraordinary men and women whom the Buddha himself named his most outstanding disciples. The stories of their lives presented here, based on the Pali Canon and its commentaries, offer a comprehensive record of the most ancient traditions concerning the Buddha's own direct Dharma heirs. In these engaging tales, told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns, you will meet a fascinating and diverse array of people - thinkers and seekers, princes and queens, merchants and housewives, even a serial killer - whose lives were transformed by their encounter with the Buddha. This is not a book merely to be read once and then laid aside, but a work to return to again and again for a vivid picture of the life of discipleship under the Awakened One. |
Contents
The Original Aspiration | 11 |
The Turner of the Wheel | 39 |
The Further Shore | 47 |
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Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy Nyanaponika,Hellmuth Hecker No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
aeons Ahimsaka alms round Ananda Anathapindika Angulimāla Anuruddha arahant arahantship ascetic asked attained arahantship beautiful became become Bhaddā bhikkhu Bhikkhuni birth Blessed bliss Bodhisatta body brahmin Buddha Buddhist chief disciples Citta commentary Comy death deeds deities devas Dhamma discourse divine eye dwelling elder Enlightened explained father final five aggregates four gave give Gotama happiness heard heart holy householder husband impermanence Jāt Jātaka Jetavana jhānas kamma Kassapa King Pasenadi lay disciple liberation lives Mahākaccāna Mahāmoggallāna Māra Master meal meditation mind Moggallāna monastery monks named Nibbāna Nikaya noble nuns occasion once one's ordination Pāli Pāli Canon Parinibbana Pasenadi path praise Rājagaha rebirth reborn replied request robes Sakka Sakyan Sāmāvati Sangha Sariputta Savatthi sense sensual Sirima spiritual stream-entry Sutta Tathāgata teacher Teaching Thag Thig thought tion told Upatissa Venerable Mahākassapa Venerable Sariputta verses Vesāli virtue Visākhā wanted wife wisdom woman words
References to this book
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism: New Approaches Through Psychology and Textual ... Tse-fu Kuan No preview available - 2008 |