The Life of the Buddha
As Seen from China

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Birth of the Buddha
• Chapter 2: The Death of a Queen
• Chapter 3: The Life of a Prince
• Chapter 4: The Festival of Royal Plowing
• Chapter 5: The Gilded Cage
• Chapter 6: The Royal Wedding
• Chapter 7: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip I
• Chapter 8: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip II
• Chapter 9: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip III
• Chapter 10: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip IV
• Chapter 11: Leaving the Family
• Chapter 12: Setting Out Upon the Ascetic Life
• Chapter 13: Sacrificial Sheep
• Chapter 14: The Great Sages
• Chapter 15: Meditation
• Chapter 16: Enlightenment
• Chapter 17: Disciples
• Chapter 18: The First Monastery
• Chapter 19: Disciples & Precepts
• Chapter 20: Reverencing the Law
• Chapter 21: Going Home
• Chapter 22: The Death of a King
• Chapter 23: Female Disciples
• Chapter 24: Enemy of the Buddha
• Chapter 25: Killing the Buddha
• Chapter 26: Splitting the Followers
• Chapter 27: Scripture Walking
• Chapter 28: Returning North To Die
• Chapter 29 The Death of the Buddha
• Appendix: Language Issues
• Sources

This text is here published for the first time. Correction of errors is welcome. Use by teachers for educational purposes is explicitly permitted. —David K. Jordan