Non-Christian Religious Systems.

BUDDHISM:

BEING

A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS
OF GAUTAMA, THE BUDDHA.

BY

T. W. RHYS DAVIDS, M.A. PH.D.

BUDDHIST

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, AUTHOR OF
BIRTH STORIES," "BUDDHIST SUTTAS," 66 'HIBBERT LECTURES, 1881," ETC.

WITH MAP.

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CHAPTER I.-INTRODUCTION.

Statistics of Buddhism, 3; of other religions, 6; extent of the
subject and limits of this work, 8; sources of information,
9; authorities relating to the life of Gautama, II; estimate of
their value, 15.

APPENDIX: List of the Pitakas, 18; size of the Pitakas, 19.

CHAPTER II.-The Life of GAUTAMA (PART I.).
The Aryans in the sixth century B.C., 22; the Sakyas, 25;
Gautama's birth, 26; his names, 27; his marriage, 28; the
four visions, 29; birth of his son Rāhula, 30; he abandons
his home, 31; studies under the Brahmans, 33; his self-
mortification, 34; he gives up penance, and his disciples
desert him, 35; the temptation, 36; the victory, the attain-
ment of Buddha-hood, 39; the after-doubt, 41; his meeting
with Upaka, 42; reception by his former disciples, 43; the
foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness, 45; the first
sermon, 47; the first converts, 49.

APPENDIX: Gautama's wife and relations, 50.

CHAPTER III.-THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA (PART II.).
The first lay disciples, 53; sending out the sixty, 55; the
season of was, 57; conversion of Kāṣyapa, 58, sermon on
fire, 59; return to Rajagriha, 61; Bimbisāra's gift of Velu-
vana, 62; the Sāvaka Šannipāta, 63; discontent of the people,
63; return home, 64; interview with his father, 65; inter-
view with his wife, 66; Rāhula admitted to the Order, 67;
other accessions to the Order, 68; the gift of Jetavana, 69;
chronicle of the ministry, 70; Dewadatta, 75; Gautama's
last days, 77; Buddhism and Brahmanism, 83.

CHAPTER IV.-THE ESSENTIAL DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM.
The Pitakas, our oldest authority, 86; ultimate facts, 87; the
Skandhas, 90; Buddhism denies the existence of the soul,
93; transmigration, 99; Karma, 101; the Four Truths, 106;
the Four Paths, 108; the Ten Fetters, 109; Nirvāna, 110.
APPENDIX: Passages in which Nirvana is mentioned, 120.