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THE MEMORY OF

F. MAX MÜLLER

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WHO FOUNDED THIS SERIES OF THE SACRED
BOOKS OF THE BUDDHISTS AND WHO DID IN
SO MANY OTHER WAYS SO MUCH FOR THE

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CAUSE OF ORIENTAL LEARNING

THIS VOLUME

IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED

BY THE TRANSLATORS

DIALOGUES OF THE BUDDHA

TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI
OF THE DIGHA NIKAYA

BY

T. W. AND C. A. F. RHYS DAVIDS

PART II

London

HENRY FROWDE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

AMEN CORNER, E.C.

14. MAHÂPADANA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (Buddhas, Bodhisats, and Arahants)

TEXT.

CONTENTS.

15. MAHA NIDÂNA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (The doctrine of natural causation)

TEXT.

16. MAHA PARINIBBÂNA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (Passages in this Suttanta compared with

others)

TEXT.

17. MAHA SUDASSANA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (Comparison with other versions)

TEXT.

18. JANA-VASABHA SUTTANTA

TEXT.

19. MAHA-GOVINDA SUTTANTA

20. MAHA-SAMAYA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (Buddhist irony. Two expressions dis-

cussed)

INTRODUCTION (A glimpse of the evolution of gods)

TEXT.

21. SAKKA-PANHA SUTTANTA

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INTRODUCTION (More irony. Other versions compared) 253

TEXT.

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INTRODUCTION (The conversion of a god. The Sakka

myth)

TEXT.

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22. MAHA SATIPATTHÂNA SUTTANTA

INTRODUCTION (Discussion of the title).

TEXT.

23. PÂYASI SUTTANTA

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INTRODUCTION (Teaching of the Community after the

Buddha's death. Doctrine of Dâna)

TEXT.

INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES.

INDEX OF PALI WORDS.

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