Document Outline

• The Great Chronicles of the Buddhas
  • Preface to the Revised Version
  • The Author
  • The Author’s Introduction
    • Brief History
    • The Great Chronicles of the Buddha’s Story
    • Sudhammavatī Buddha-vaṁsa
    • The State Buddhasāsana Council’s Version
    • Succession of Compilers
    • The Assignment
    • Request by the State Buddhasāsana Council
    • The Prime Minister’s Request
    • Sayagyi U Lin’s Great Learning
    • A New Plan for the Work
    • Exhortation to Readers
• The Bodhisatta
  • I: Salutation and Intention
  • II: The Rare Appearance of a Buddha
    • Living When a Buddha Appears
    • 1. Bodhisatta
      • Three Types of Bodhisattas
      • Differences between the Three Types of Bodhisattas
    • 2. The Duties of a Bodhisatta
      • Moral Qualities of a Bodhisatta
      • The Long Duration Needed
    • 3. Buddha
    • 4. The Duties of a Buddha
    • The Rare Appearance of a Buddha
      • No Similes to Illustrate the Perfections
      • Hard to Become a Bodhisatta
      • Let the Appearance of a Buddha be Fruitful
  • III: Sumedha the Brahmin
    • The Origins of the Chronicle
    • Sumedha the Brahmin
  • IV: The Renunciaton of Sumedha
    • Sumedha’s Reflection
    • The Great Alms Giving
    • The Renunciation
    • The Beginning of His Ascetic Life
    • Approaching the Foot of Trees
  • V: The Prophecy
    • Preparations to Receive Buddha Dīpaṅkara
    • Sumedha Helps with Road-Mending
    • The Arrival of Buddha Dīpaṅkara
    • Sumedha’s Aspiration towards Buddhahood
    • Sumittā, the Future Yasodharā
    • The Utterance of the Prophecy
    • Acclamation by Devas and Humans
    • Buddha Dīpaṅkara Proceeded to Rammavatī
    • The Thirty-two Prophetic Phenomena
  • VI: Sumedha’s Reflection on the Perfections
    • 1. The Perfection of Generosity
    • 2. The Perfection of Morality
    • 3. The Perfection of Renunciation
    • 4. The Perfection of Wisdom
    • 6. The Perfection of Forbearance
    • 7. The Perfection of Truthfulness
    • 8. The Perfection of Resolution
    • 9. The Perfection of Loving-Kindness
    • 10. The Perfection of Equanimity
    • A Great Earthquake
    • Homage to Sumedha
  • IX: The Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Buddhas
    • 1. The Chronicle of Buddha Dīpaṅkara
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Particulars of Buddha Dīpaṅkara
    • 2. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇḍañña
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Vijitāvī
      • Particulars of Buddha Koṇḍañña
    • 3. The Chronicle of Buddha Maṅgala
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Suruci
      • Particulars of Buddha Maṅgala
    • 4. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumana
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Atula
      • Particulars of Buddha Sumana
    • 5. The Chronicle of Buddha Revata
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Atideva
      • Particulars of Buddha Revata
    • 6. The Chronicle of Buddha Sobhita
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Sujāta
      • Particulars of Buddha Sobhita
    • 7. The Chronicle of Buddha Anomadassī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as a Yakkha General
      • Particulars of Buddha Anomadassī
    • 8. The Chronicle of Buddha Paduma
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as King of the Lions
      • Particulars of Buddha Paduma
    • 9. The Chronicle of Buddha Nārada
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as a Recluse
      • Particulars of Nārada Buddha
    • 10. The Chronicle of Buddha Padumuttara
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as a Governor
      • Unusual Features of Buddha Padumuttara’s Dispensation
      • Particulars of Buddha Padumuttara
    • 11. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumedha
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Bodhisatta Uttara
      • Particulars of Buddha Sumedha
    • 12. The Chronicle of Buddha Sujāta
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of The Disciple’s Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as a Universal Monarch
      • Particulars of Buddha Sujāta
    • 13. The Chronicle of Buddha Piyadassī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Brahmin Kassapa
      • Particulars of Buddha Piyadassī
    • 14. The Chronicle of Buddha Atthadassī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Recluse Susīma
      • Particulars of Buddha Atthadassī
    • 15. The Chronicle of Buddha Dhammadassī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Sakka
      • Particulars of Buddha Dhammadassī
    • 16. The Chronicle of Buddha Siddhattha
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teachings
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Recluse Maṅgala
      • Particulars of Buddha Siddhattha
    • 17. The Chronicle of Buddha Tissa
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Recluse Sujāta
      • Particulars of Buddha Tissa
    • 18. The Chronicle of Buddha Phussa
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as King Vijitāvī
      • Particulars of Buddha Phussa
    • 19. The Chronicle of Buddha Vipassī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as the Nāga King Atula
      • Particulars of Buddha Vipassī
    • 20. The Chronicle of Buddha Sikhī
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as King Arindama
      • Particulars of Buddha Sikhī
    • 21. The Chronicle of Buddha Vessabhū
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as King Sudassana
      • Particulars of Buddha Vessabhū
    • 22. The Chronicle of Buddha Kakusandha
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • A Single Meeting of the Disciples
      • Bodhisatta as King Khema
      • Particulars of Buddha Kakusandha
    • 23. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇāgamana
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • Single Occasion of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as King Pabbata
      • Particulars of Buddha Koṇāgamana
    • 24. The Chronicle of Buddha Kassapa
      • Early Life
      • Awakening
      • Five Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
      • The Single Occasion of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • The Bodhisatta as Jotipāla the Youth
      • Particulars of Buddha Kassapa
  • 1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta
    • The Story of Setaketu, the Bodhisatta
      • The Buddha Uproar
      • The Request to the Bodhisatta
      • The Five Great Investigations
      • The Consent
      • Nandana Grove
      • The Time for the Bodhisatta Demise
    • The Conception of the Bodhisatta
      • The Festival of the Constellation Uttarāsāḷha
      • Mahā Māyā’s Dream
      • The Conception of the Bodhisatta
      • The Thirty-Two Great Prophetic Phenomena
      • The Interpretation of Mahā Māyā’s Dream
      • The Protection by Deva Kings
      • Mahā Māyā’s Observance of Moral Precepts
      • The Visibility of the Bodhisatta
      • The Birth of the Bodhisatta
      • Mahā Māyā’s Journey to Devadaha
      • The Lumbinī Garden of Sāla Trees
    • The Birth of the Bodhisatta
      • Reception by Brahmas, Devas and Humans
      • The Bodhisatta’s Extraordinary Acts
      • The Three Existences in which the Bodhisatta spoke at Birth
      • The Phenomenal Events at the Bodhisatta’s Birth
      • The Seven Coevals of the Bodhisatta
    • The Story of the Recluse Kāḷadevila
    • Nālaka the Youth
    • The 32 Marks of a Great Man
    • The 80 Minor Characteristics
    • The Story of the Five Monastics
      • Preventing the Prince from seeing the Four Omens
    • The Death of Queen Mahā Māyā Devī
      • Mother Māyā’s Rebirth in Tusita Heaven
      • The Prince’s Attendants
      • The Selection of Attendants
      • Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī
  • 2: The Bodhisatta’s Youth
    • King Suddhodana Salutes for the Second Time
      • The Prince’s Attainment of the First Absorption
    • Vissakamma Creates an Auspicious Royal Lake
    • The Construction of Three Palaces for the Prince
    • The Archery Display
      • The Twelve Minor Types of Archery
      • The Four Major Archery Skills
      • Piercing the Seven Kinds of Massive Bodies
      • The Archery Skill of the Bodhisatta
    • The Beauty of Princess Yasodharā
    • The Inauguration Ceremony
  • 3: The Renunciation of the Prince
    • Visiting the Royal Garden
    • 1. The Omen of an Old Man
    • 2. The Omen of a Sick Man
    • 3. The Omen of a Dead Man
    • 4. The Omen of a Recluse
      • The Date of the Renunciation
      • Vissakamma helps the Prince Dress
    • The Birth of Rāhula
    • The Resolve of the Prince
    • The Deterrence by Vasavattī Māra
    • The Escort to the Bank of the River Anomā
  • 4: The Early Days of the Renunciation
    • Crossing the River Anomā
      • Cutting His Hair
      • The Requisites
      • The Rebirth of Kanthaka
    • The Bodhisatta’s Visit to Rājagaha
  • 5: Practicing Meditation
    • The Bodhisatta’s Meeting with Āḷāra
      • Āḷāra Offers to Share Leadership
      • The Bodhisatta Departs
    • The Bodhisatta’s Meeting with Udaka
      • Udaka Offers Him Leadership
      • The Bodhisatta Departs
  • 6: The Practice of Austere Striving
    • Austere Striving in Uruvelā
    • The Three Similes
    • The Group-of-Five
    • The Bodhisatta’s Strenuous Exertions
      • The Bodhisatta Faints
      • The Bodhisatta Took Less Food
    • Māra’s Visit to the Bodhisatta
      • Māra’s Ten Armies
      • Questionable Points
  • 7: The Attainment of Buddhahood
    • Changing the Mode of Practice
    • The Group-of-Five Leave the Bodhisatta
    • The Five Great Dreams of the Bodhisatta
      • The Four Causes of Dreams
      • Wrong Visions in Dreams
    • The Offering of Milk-Rice
    • Sotthiya Gives Sacred Grass
    • Vanquishing Vasavatti Māra
      • Māra’s Attack with Nine Kinds of Missiles
      • Māra’s Mechanical Weapons
      • The Bodhisatta’s Compassion
    • Realization of the Three Knowledges
      • Knowledge of Past Existences
      • The Eight Mind Qualities of the Bodhisatta
      • The Development of Insight by the Bodhisatta
    • The Awakening
      • The Seven Purifications of a Buddha
      • Many Miracles
      • The Exalted Utterance
• The Buddha Treasure
  • 8: The Buddha’s Stay at the Seven Places
    • 1. The Week on the Unconquered Throne
    • 2. The Week of the Unblinking Gaze
    • 3. The Week on the Walkway
    • 4. The Week at the Treasure House
      • Verses on the Six Rays
    • 5. The Week at the Ajapāla Banyan Tree
      • Māra’s Concession of Defeat
      • The Daughters of Māra
      • The Buddha Honours the Dhamma
    • 6. The Week at Mucalinda Lake
    • 7. The Week at the Rājāyatana Tree
    • Tapussa and Bhallika
  • 9: The Buddha Reflects on the Dhamma
    • The Great Brahma Sahampati’s Request
    • The Buddha Surveys the World
    • The Buddha Proceeds to the Deer Park
    • The Buddha Meets the Ascetic Upaka
    • The Story of Upaka in Brief
    • The Buddha Arrives at the Deer Park
    • The Turning of the Dhamma Wheel
    • The Characteristics of Non-Self
  • 10: The Story of Sātāgiri and Hemavata
    • Dhamma and Not Dhamma
    • The Mutual Promises
    • The Meeting of Sātāgiri and Hemavata in the Sky
    • Lady Kāḷī Becomes a Stream-Enterer
    • The Discourse about Hemavata
      • Praising the Buddha
      • The Two Yakkhas Go to the Buddha
      • The Yakkhas Became Stream-Enterers
      • The Two Yakkhas Sing Eulogies
  • 11: The Discourse about Nālaka
    • Ven. Nālaka Becomes an Arahat
  • 12: Yasa, His Family and Friends
    • The Gradual Path
    • Yasa Becomes a Stream-Enterer
    • Yasa’s Father Becomes a Stream-Enterer
    • Yasa Becomes an Arahat
    • Yasa Becomes a Monk
    • Yasa’s Mother and Ex-Wife Become Sream-Enterers
    • Yasa’s 54 Friends Enter the Monkhood
    • Yasa’s 50 Friends Become Monks
    • Meditation on Impurity in the Past
  • 13: The Buddha Sends Out the 60 Arahats
    • Māra’s Visit and Deterrence
    • The Buddha’s Permission to Ordain
    • Māra’s Second Visit
    • The Auspicious Group-of-Thirty
  • 14: Conversion of the Kassapa Brothers
    • The Miracles
      • The First Miracle
      • The Second Miracle
      • The Third Miracle
      • The Fourth Miracle
      • The Fifth Miracle
      • The Sixth Miracle
      • The Seventh Miracle
      • The Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Miracles
      • The Twelfth Miracle
      • The Thirteenth Miracle
      • The Fourteenth Miracle
      • The Fifteenth Miracle
      • The Sixteenth Miracle
    • Uruvelā Kassapa and His Disciples Become Monastics
    • Nadī Kassapa and his Disciples Become Monastics
    • Gayā Kassapa and his Disciples Become Monastics
    • The Fire Discourse
  • 15: The Buddha’s Visit to Rājagaha
    • The Brahmins’ Doubt
    • King Bimbisāra’s Five Aspirations
    • The Buddha Enters Rājagaha for the Meal
    • King Bimbisāra’s Dedication of the Veḷuvana
      • The Ten Verses of Appreciation
    • The Beyond the Walls Discourse
      • The Treasurer and His Wife Endowed with Faith
      • At the Time of Buddha Kassapa
      • At the Time of Buddha Gotama
  • 16: The Arrival of Upatissa and Kolita
    • The Two Friends
    • Sañjaya and His Disciples
    • Kolita, Upatissa and Their Followers Ordained
    • Ven. Moggallāna and Ven. Sāriputta Attain Arahantship
    • The Single Occasion of the Disciples’ Meeting
    • Three Occasions of the Buddha’s Teaching
    • The Two Forms of the Rules
  • 17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu
    • King Suddhodana Invites the Buddha
    • Sending Kāḷudāyī to the Buddha
    • Buddha’s Display of the Twin Miracle
    • Third Obeisance by King Suddhodana
    • Teaching the Dhamma on the Jewelled Walk
  • 17b: The Chronicles of the Buddhas
    • The Arrival of Ven. Sāriputta
    • Buddha’s Exposition of His Own Attributes
    • Ven. Sāriputta’s Request
    • The Chronicle of Gotama Buddha in Verse
      • The First Great Assembly of the Dhamma Teaching
      • The Second Great Assembly of the Dhamma Teaching
      • The Third Great Assembly of the Dhamma Teaching
      • The First Occasion of the Disciples’ Meeting
      • Services Rendered by the Buddha
      • Particulars of Buddha Gotama
      • Two Verses of Spiritual Anxiety
  • 18: The Buddha and His Immediate Family
    • The Buddha Goes on Alms-Round
    • Ten Verses in Praise of the Buddha
    • King Suddhodana Attains the First Path
    • Yasodharā’s Loyalty
    • The Ordination of Prince Nanda
    • Rāhula’s Going Forth
    • A Training Rule about Permissions
    • King Suddhodana Becomes a Non-Returner
    • Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī Offers Robes to the Buddha
  • 19: The Ordination of 1,000 Sakyan Princes
    • The Six Princes
    • Prince Anuruddha
    • Six Sakyan Princes and Upāli the Barber
    • The Attainments of the Six Princes
  • 20a: Teaching Ven. Rāhula
  • 20b: Ven. Nanda’s Story
    • The Story of Kappaṭa
  • 20c: The Wealthy Man Anāthapiṇḍika
    • How Anāthapiṇḍika Met the Buddha
    • The Purchase of the Jetavana
    • The Construction of Jetavana
    • Buddha’s Journey to Sāvatthī
      • Unworthy and Worthy Monastics
      • Rules concerning Buildings and Furnishings
      • Princess Sumanā
      • Anāthapiṇḍika’s Own Arrangements
      • Formal Donation of Jetavana
      • Five Verses of Appreciation
    • The Second, Third and Fourth Rains Retreats
  • 21: Sumana, Aggidatta and Jambuka
    • The Story of the Flower-Seller Sumana
    • The Story of the Ascetic Aggidatta
    • The Story of the Naked Ascetic Jambuka
      • Jambuka’s Demeritorious Deeds of the Past
      • Jambuka in the Present Life
      • Emancipation of the Naked Ascetic Jambuka
  • 22a: The Discourse on the Treasures
    • The Founding of Vesālī
    • The Background to the Discourse
      • A Ceremonial Departure
      • The Lotus Rain
    • The Discourse
    • The Buddha Recites the Discourse about the Treasures
    • The Fundamental Principles of Protection Recitation
      • The Four Accomplishments of a Reciter
      • Failure and Success of the Reciter
        • The Four Accomplishments of a Listener
      • Failure and Success of the Listener
    • Protection Discourses That Possess Unique Power
    • Leaving Vesālī
    • The Life of the Bodhisatta Saṅkha
    • Uggasena, the Acrobat
      • Uggasena, the Son of a Richman
      • Uggasena Appears to the Buddha
      • Exhortation by the Buddha
      • Uggasena’s Past Deeds
  • 22b: 500 Monastics Become Arahats
    • The War over the River Rohinī
      • The Buddha’s Teaching
      • The Birth Story about the Flame of the Forest Tree
      • The Birth Story about the Jackal’s Roar
      • The Birth Story about the Quail
      • The Birth Story about the Way of Trees
      • The Birth Story about the Quail
      • The Discourse about Taking Up Arms
      • The Birth Story about Kuṇāla
      • The Monastics become Stream-Enterers
    • The Great Assembly
      • The Discourse about the Great Assembly
      • Ven. Sayādaw U Budh’s Note of Clarification
    • Discourses in Harmony with Inclinations
  • 23a: The 5th Rains Retreat (Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī)
    • Permission for the Ordination of Women
    • Eight Special Rules
  • 23b: The 5th Year (Saccaka)
    • Victory over the Wandering Ascetic Saccaka
      • Ven. Sāriputta’s Intellectual Power
      • The Story of the Wanderer Saccaka
      • An Alms-Meal Offered by Saccaka
      • Expounding of Mahā Saccaka-sutta
      • Ven. Kāḷa Buddharakkhita
      • Infinite Attributes of the Buddha
  • 24: The 6th Year (Miracles)
    • The Buddha’s Journeys
    • Ven. Piṇḍola Bharadvāja and the Sandalwood Bowl
      • The Six Sectarian Teachers
      • Ven. Mahā Moggallāna and Ven. Piṇḍola
    • The Buddha’s Miracles
      • The Twin Miracle
      • The Buddha Leaves Rājagaha for Sāvatthī
      • The Kaṇḍamba Mango Tree
      • Purāṇa Kassapa Drowned Himself
      • Sakka Has a Pavilion Built
      • The Addresses of the Buddha’s Disciples
      • Creation of a Jewelled Walk
      • The Miracle of Unveiling the Universe
      • The Miraculous Display of Six Colours
      • The Creation of the Buddha’s Double
  • 25a: The 7th Rains Retreat (Abhidhamma)
    • The Buddha’s Ascension to Tāvatiṁsa
    • Aṅkura Deva and Indaka Deva
    • Teaching the Abhidhamma
    • Ven. Sāriputta Teaches the Abhidhamma
    • Buddha’s Descent from Tāvatiṁsa
    • The Four Unabandoned Places
    • The Attributes of Ven. Sāriputta
    • The Birth Story about More Than a Thousand Fools
    • The Discourse Where Sāriputta Asked Questions
      • Four Causes of Lamentation
  • 25b: The 7th Year (Slander)
    • The Female Wanderer Ciñcā Māṇavikā
    • The Birth Story about Prince Mahā Paduma
      • The King Orders the Execution of Mahā Paduma
      • The Bodhisatta’s Loving-Kindness
      • The King Punished the Queen
    • The Female Wanderer Sundarī
      • The Murder of Sundarī Exposed
      • Buddha’s Utterance of Joy
  • 26a: The 8th Rains Retreat (Prince Bodhi)
    • The Story of Prince Bodhi
    • Prince Bodhi Builds the Kokanada Palace
      • The Inauguration of the Turreted Palace
      • Prince Bodhi Takes Refuge in the Three Treasures
      • The Five Elements of Effort
      • Prince Bodhi Attains Stream-Entry
  • 26b: The 8th Rains Retreat (Mahā Moggallāna)
    • Māra Enters the Belly of Ven. Moggallāna
      • Unwholesome Deeds in the Past
  • 26c: The 8th Year (Pañcaggadāyaka)
  • 26d: The Buddha’s Visits to Śrī Laṅkā
    • The Buddha’s First Visit to Śrī Laṅkā
      • The Buddha’s Relics
    • The Buddha’s Second Visit to Śrī Laṅkā
    • The Buddha’s Third Visit to Śrī Laṅkā
  • 27a: The 9th Rains Retreat (Ghosaka and Māgaṇḍiya)
    • The Rich Man Ghosaka
      • The Brutal Acts of the Rich Man of Kosambī
      • Title of Rich Man of Kosambī
      • The Recluses of Kosambī
      • The Three Rich Men Attain Stream-Entry
    • Brahmin Māgaṇḍiya and His Wife
      • Māgaṇḍiya and His Wife Become Arahats
      • Buddha Accepts Three Monasteries
      • Māgaṇḍiyā’s Evil Acts
      • Extraordinary Volitional Efforts of the Three Rich Men
  • 27b: The 9th Rains Retreat (Schism)
    • A Great Dispute within the Saṅgha
      • The Buddha Exhorts the Rival Factions
      • Exposition on Being in Communion
      • Conduct of the Monastics in the Dispute
    • The Story of Dīghāvu
      • The Queen Conceives a Child
      • Dīghāvu is Born
      • King Kosala’s Doctrine of Peace
      • Prince Dīghāvu Serves as Elephant Keeper
      • Prince Dīghāvu Honours His Father’s Words
      • Prince Dīghāvu’s Doctrine of Peace
      • Buddha’s Exhortation
  • 28: The 10th Rains Retreat (Pāḷileyyaka)
    • Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimila
    • Pāḷileyyaka Forest
      • Pāḷileyyaka Elephant
      • Criticism of the Kosambī Monks
      • The Monkey Inspired by Pāḷileyyaka Elephant
      • Pāḷileyyaka Elephant’s Thought
      • Ven. Ānanda’s Entreaty to the Buddha
    • Kosambī Monks’ Apology to the Buddha
      • Eighteen Characteristics of Unrighteousness
      • Eighteen Characteristics of Righteousness
  • 29: The 11th Rains Retreat (Kasibhāradvāja)
    • The Buddha’s Daily Activities
    • Kasibhāradvāja’s Ploughing Ceremony
    • The Buddha Visits the Ploughing Ceremony
  • 30: The 12th Rains Retreat (Famine)
    • The Brahmin Verañja’s Visit to the Buddha
    • Famine in Verañjā City
    • Ven. Moggallāna’s Bold Words
    • Ven. Sāriputta’s Request
    • Taking Leave at the End of the Rains Retreat
    • Verañja’s Great Alms Giving
    • The Birth Story about the Sorry Drink
  • 31: The 12th Year (Rāhula)
    • The Advice to Rāhula (MN 62)
      • Ven. Sāriputta’s Daily Duties
    • Discourses to Ven. Rāhula
  • 32a: The 13th Rains Retreat (Meghiya)
    • Discourse to Ven. Meghiya (Ud 4.1)
  • 32b: The 14th Rains Retreat (Rāhula)
    • Ven. Sāriputta and Ven. Mahā Moggallāna
    • Rāhula Attains Awakening
    • Yasorata and the Andhavana Grove
    • The Short Discourse Giving Advice to Rāhula
    • Māra’s Threat to Ven. Rāhula
    • The Discourse about the Yakkha Suciloma
  • 33a: The 15th Rains Retreat (Sakyans)
    • The Discourse to Mahānāma
    • Prince Suppabuddha
  • 33b: The 15th Year (Sakka)
    • Explanation of the Meaning
  • 33c: The 16th Rains Retreat (Āḷavaka)
    • The Buddha’s Visit to Āḷavī
    • The Fury of Āḷavaka
    • The Taming of Āḷavaka
      • Āḷavaka’s Questions and the Buddha’s Answers
      • Āḷavaka Attains Stream-Entry
      • The Presentation of Prince Āḷavaka
  • 34a: The 17th Rains Retreat (Beauty)
    • Sirimā the Courtesan
    • The Buddha’s Instruction to Sirimā
    • The Discourse about Victory
    • Ven. Janapadakalyāṇī Nandā
  • 34b: The 18th Year (Delaying)
    • The Weaver’s Daughter
    • A Male Lay Devotee
  • 34c: The 19th Year (Conversions)
    • The Hunter Kukkuṭamitta
      • The Liberation of the Hunter’s Family
      • The Past Merit of Kukkuṭamitta’s Family
    • Ānanda the Wealthy Merchant
  • 34d: The 20th Rains Retreat (Sudinna)
    • The Buddha’s Rains Retreat
    • Ven. Ānanda Appointed Permanent Attendant
    • Ven. Sudinna and the First Rules
      • Sudinna Returns to his Home
      • Lured by his Wife
      • Tumultuous Denunciation of Devas and Brahmas
      • Ven. Sudinna’s Remorse
      • Ten Objectives of the Disciplinary Rules
  • 35a: List of Rains Retreats
    • Various Works in Myanmar Dealing with the Rains Retreats
  • 35b: Stories about Wrong View
    • 500 Women
    • King Kosala’s Matchless Alms Giving
    • Ministers Juṇha and Kāla
    • Ven. Angulimāla’s Courage
    • Destinies of the Two Ministers
      • The Birth Story about King Sivi
      • The Birth Story about Burning
    • Sirigutta and Garahadinna
    • Sirigutta Invites the Heretics
      • Garahadinna’s Revenge
      • The Buddha’s Unimaginable Capacity
    • The Birth Story about the Embers
    • The Taming of Nandopananda
  • 35c: More Stories about Wrong View
    • Baka Brahma
      • The Past Story of Brahma Baka
      • Miracle Contest
      • Molestation by Māra
    • Cūḷa Subhaddā and Ugga
    • A Brahmin with Wrong Views
    • Ven. Candābha
      • Deed in the Past
      • Candābha Taken to the Monastery
    • Māra’s Temptation
  • 35d: Ambaṭṭha and His Pupil Pokkharasāti
    • Ambaṭṭha’s Behaviour
    • Monks Denounced as Low Caste
    • Origin of the Sakyans
    • Origin of Kaṇha Clan
    • The Nobles
    • Knowledge and Good Conduct Explained
    • The Four Paths of Failure
    • Two Hidden Marks
    • Pokkharasāti’s Visit to the Buddha
  • 36: King Pukkusāti and Others
    • Exchanges between the Kings
    • King Pukkusāti Ordains
    • Meeting with the Buddha
      • Pukkusāti Attains Non-Returning
      • Pukkusāti’s Request for Ordination
    • Pukkusāti’s Death and Rebirth in the Brahma World
    • The Buddha’s Height
  • 37a: Devadatta
    • Devadatta Rejected by the Buddha
      • Devadatta and Ajātasattu
      • Kakudha Brahma
      • The Buddha’s Sermon about Devadatta’s Gains
      • Devadatta’s First Grudge against the Buddha
    • Prince Ajātasattu
      • Ajātasattu’s Act of Parricide
      • The Remorse of Ajātasattu
    • Assassins Sent by Devadatta
      • Nāḷāgiri the Elephant
    • Decline of Devadatta
      • Schism
      • Sending the Two Chief Disciples
    • Birth Stories concerning Devadatta
    • The Last Days of Devadatta
      • Devadatta Swallowed by the Earth
      • Narration of Birth Stories after Devadatta’s Death
  • 37b: Ajātasattu
    • Birth of the Prince
    • Ajātasattu Decision to Visit the Buddha
    • Ajātasattu’s Visit to the Buddha
    • Ajātasattu’s Questions on the Monastic Life
    • Ajātasattu Goes for Refuge
      • Note on Going for Refuge
      • Note on the Lay Devotee
      • King Ajātasattu’s Loss and Gain
      • Note on Ajātasattu’s Awakening
  • 38a: The Buddha’s Parents in a Previous Existence
    • The Brahmin Couple
  • 38b: The Destruction of the Sakyans
    • The Story of Viṭaṭūbha
    • King Pasenadi of Kosala
    • The Discourse about Families
    • Bandhula and His Wife Mallikā
    • Bandhula is Murdered
    • Mallikā’s Story
    • The Passing of King Pasenadi
    • King Viṭaṭūbha Remembers his Grudge
    • Viṭaṭūbha Meets His Fate
    • The Past Evil Actions of the Sakyans
    • The Two Mallikās Differentiated
  • 39a: The Discourse about Āṭānāṭiya
    • The Four Great Kings
    • Ritual for the Recitation
  • 39b: Sakka’s Questions
    • Introduction
      • Signs of Imminent Death Appear to Sakka
      • Pañcasikha’s Songs
      • Sakka Enters the Buddha’s Presence
      • Gopaka
        • Four Types of Trained Horses
        • The Four Types of Trained Men
      • Magha and His 33 Friends
        • The Village Chief Plans Magha’s Ruin
        • The King Rewards Magha and Company
        • Magha’s Four Wives
        • Sakka’s Grand State
        • Sūjā’s Story
    • The First Question on Envy and Stinginess
      • Envy and Stinginess
      • Stinginess, Miserliness or Meanness
      • Five Kinds of Stinginess or Meanness
      • Evil Consequences of Stinginess
      • Envy
    • The Second Question on Envy and Stinginess
    • The Third Question on Like and Dislike
      • Five Kinds of Craving
    • The Fourth Question on Greedy Craving
    • The Fifth Question on Deliberation
    • The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Questions on Meditation
      • Contemplation of Sensations
      • Comprehending Contact
      • The Story of the Elder Mahāsīva
      • Mahāsīva Retires into the Forest
      • A Devakaññā Comes to the Rescue
      • Sakka Washes Mahāsīva’s Feet
      • Sakka Established in Stream-Entry
      • Sakka Is Reborn as Sakka a Second Time
    • The Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Questions on Restraint
    • The Twelfth Question on Restraint of the Faculties
      • The Three Monastic Elders
    • The Thirteenth Question on the Various Elements
    • The Fourteenth Question on the Final Crossing Over
    • The Satisfaction of Sakka
      • Sakka’s Joyous Utterance
  • 40a: The Last Days 1, In Magadha
    • King Ajātasattu and the Vajjians
    • Seven Factors of Growth and Non-Decline for Kings
      • The First Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Second Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Third Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Fourth Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Fifth Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Sixth Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Seventh Factor of Growth and Non-Decline
      • The Fall of Vesālī
    • Seven Factors of Non-Decline for the Monastics
      • The First Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline
      • The Second Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline
      • The Third Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline
      • The Fourth Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline
      • The Fifth Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline
      • The Six Factors of Non-Decline
      • Overt Action and Action in Private
    • Fraternal Living
      • The Noble Practice of Fraternal Living
      • Stories Related to the Fraternal Practice
    • Morality, Concentration and Wisdom
    • Ven. Sāriputta’s Brave Utterance
    • The Buddha’s Discourse on Morality
      • Five Disadvantages for an Immoral Man
      • Five Advantages for a Virtuous Person
    • The Founding of Pāṭaliputta
  • 40b: The Last Days 2, In Vajji
    • The Four Noble Truths
    • The Mirror of Wisdom
    • The Courtesan Ambapālī
      • The Licchavī Princes
      • Ambapālī Donates Her Mango Grove
    • The Buddha’s Last Rains Retreat
      • A Severe Illness
    • The Demise of the Two Chief Disciples
    • The Buddha Hints about His Passing
      • Māra’s Request
      • The Buddha Renounces the Life-Process
    • Eight Causes of Earthquakes
      • Novice Saṅgharakkhita
    • Eight Categories of Assemblies
    • Eight Ways of Mastery of the Mind
    • The Eight Stages of Release
    • The Relinquishing of the Life-Process
      • Ven. Ānanda Entreats the Buddha
      • Similar Instances of Omission
    • 37 Factors on the Side of Awakening
    • Farewell to Vesālī
    • The Four Principles
    • The Four Great Authorities
      • Miscellaneous Points on the Four Great Authorities
  • 40c: The Last Days 3, In Malla
    • Cunda, the Goldsmith’s Son
    • Drinking Water
    • The Twelve Debts of the Buddha
    • Pukkusa, the Malla Prince
      • A Special Gift to the Buddha
      • The Merits of the Two Meals
      • The 2.4 Million Billion Sustained Absorptions
    • Kusinārā as the Buddha’s Last Repose
    • Ven. Upavāṇa
    • Four Places That Inspire Emotion
      • Ven. Ānanda’s Questions
      • Four Types of Person Worthy of a Relic Shrine
      • The Noble Qualities of Ven. Ānanda
      • Four Marvellous Qualities of Ānanda
      • Four Marvellous Qualities of a Universal Monarch
    • King Mahā Sudassana
    • The Mallas Pay Their Last Respects
    • Subhadda, the Wandering Ascetic
      • Subhadda’s Previous Existence
      • Subhadda Ordains and Becomes an Arahat
      • Subhadda, according to the Dhamma Verses Commentary
    • The Buddha’s Last Words
    • The Buddha’s Parinibbāna
  • 41a: After the Passing of the Buddha
    • Utterings That Arouse Religious Urgency
      • Last Rites for the Remains of the Buddha
      • Mallikā, Widow of General Bandhula
      • The Funeral Rites
    • Ven. Mahā Kassapa
      • Subhadda, the Elderly Monastic
      • Ven. Mahā Kassapa’s Plan
    • The Mallas Cremate the Body of the Buddha
      • Notes on the Relics of the Buddha
      • Last Rites for the Remains of the Buddha
    • Distribution of the Relics
      • Doṇa the Brahmin Distributes the Relics
      • Building Relic Shrines in Reverence
      • King Ajātasattu’s Shrine
    • A Secret Relic Depository
      • The Enshrining of the Relics in Caskets
    • The First Council
      • Advice Given by a Forest-Deity
      • A Grand Pavilion Donated by King Ajātasattu
      • Becoming an Arahat Outside of the Four Postures
      • Ven. Ānanda Becomes an Arahat
      • Proceedings of the Council
    • King Asoka’s Shrines
      • King Asoka Discovered the Sacred Relic Chamber
      • Conclusion of the Chapters on the Buddha
    • Ledi Sayādaw’s Verses on the Seven Memorable Days
  • 41b. Buddha Metteyya
    • The Bodhisatta Metteyya
    • Ven. Ajita
    • The Birth of the Next Buddha
    • The Universal Monarch Saṅkha
    • The Career of Bodhisatta Metteyya
    • How to Meet Buddha Metteyya
• The Dhamma Treasure
  • 42: The Attributes of the Three Treasures
    • The Nine Supreme Attributes of the Buddha
      • An Explanation of the Above Attributes
      • The Fifteen Forms of Perfect Practice of Morality
      • The Discourse about Prince Abhaya
        • The Story of a Rustic Old Man
        • Maṇḍūka Devaputta
      • Eight Mundane Features of the Buddha’s Willpower
        • The Buddha’s Attributes in a Nutshell
        • Contemplation of the Buddha
        • Benefits of Contemplation of the Buddha
    • The Six Supreme Attributes of the Dhamma
      • Explanation of the Above Attributes
      • The Four Kinds of Perfect Self-Confidence
      • Contemplation of the Dhamma
    • The Nine Supreme Attributes of the Saṅgha
      • Miscellaneous Notes
      • Further Explanation
      • The Eight Categories of Ariyas in Four Pairs
      • Contemplation of the Saṅgha
      • The Benefits of Contemplating the Saṅgha
• The Saṅgha Treasure
  • 43: The Life Stories of the Monks
    • 1. Ven. Koṇḍañña
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Mahākāla and Cūḷakāla
        • Faithful Sumanā
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • After His Attainment
        • Ven. Koṇḍañña’s Passing
    • 2-3. Ven. Sāriputta and Ven. Moggallāna
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Sarada’s Aspiration for Chief Discipleship
      • Ascetic Life in Their Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Ven. Sāriputta’s Attainment of Parinibbāna
        • Ven. Sāriputta’s Last Homage to the Buddha
        • Ven. Sāriputta Goes Home
        • Rūpasārī Attains Stream-Entry
        • The Story of Revatī the Female Devotee
        • Ven. Cunda Conveys the Relics to Sāvatthī
        • Ven. Moggallāna’s Attainment of Parinibbāna
        • The Murderers Are Punished
    • 4. Ven. Mahā Kassapa
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as Ekasāṭaka Brahmin
        • Life as a Householder
        • Life as a Bārāṇasī Merchant
        • Life as King Nanda
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Couple’s Going Forth
        • Parting Company with Each Other
        • Meeting with the Buddha
        • Ordination as a Monastic
        • The Exchange of Robes
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 5. Ven. Anuruddha
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Offering of Lights to Buddha Kassapa’s Shrine
        • Life as Annabhāra
        • Applause of a Goddess
        • Annabhāra, a Man of Great Wealth
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Attainment of Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Picking Up a Rag Robe Offered by a Deva
    • 6. Ven. Bhaddiya
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 7. Ven. Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as Cittapatta Cuckoo
        • Life as a Master Carpenter
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Teachings around Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya
        • Ven. Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya’s Virtues
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 8. Ven. Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as Son of a Wealthy Merchant
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 9. Ven. Mantāṇiputta Puṇṇa
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 10. Ven. Kaccāyana
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Donation of Gold Bricks
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Two Daughters of Different Merchants
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 11-12. Ven. Mahā Panthaka and Ven. Cūḷa Panthaka
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Their Ordinations
        • A Meditation Subject Given by the Buddha
        • Attainment of Awakening
        • The Story about the Little Merchant
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 13. Ven. Subhūti
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Two Foremost Titles Achieved
    • 14. Ven. Khadiravaniya Revata
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Mentally Stirred
        • The Buddha’s Visit
        • Supernatural Power of Ven. Sīvali
        • The Misunderstanding of Restless Monks
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 15. Ven. Kaṅkhā Revata
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Account of the Name Kaṅkhā Revata
    • 16. Ven. Soṇa Koḷivisa
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as a Clansman of Bārāṇasī
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Food Prepared for Soṇa
        • Strenuous Engagement
        • The Parable of a Harp
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 17. Ven. Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Soṇa’s Spiritual Urgency
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 18. Ven. Sīvali
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as a Countryman
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Self-Investigation of his Good Deeds
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 19. Ven. Vakkali
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 20-21. Ven. Rāhula and Ven. Raṭṭhapāla
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Past Aspiration of the Future Rāhula
        • Past Aspiration of the Future Raṭṭhapāla
        • Raṭṭhapāla as Manager of Offerings
        • Rāhula’s Life as Prince Pathavindhara
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Raṭṭhapāla’s Monastic Life
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 22. Ven. Kuṇḍadhāna
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Evil Action Committed in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Investigation by King Pasenadi Kosala
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 23. Ven. Vaṅgīsa
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Vaṅgīsa’s Time for Liberation
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 24. Ven. Upasena Vaṅgantaputta
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Upasena’s Tragic Demise
    • 25. Ven. Dabba
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Meditating on Top of a Mountain
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Dabba as a Victim of Slander
        • Ven. Dabba’s Parinibbāna
    • 26. Ven. Pilinda Vaccha
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Homage Paid to a Shrine and the Saṅgha
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Ven. Pilinda Vaccha’s use of Harsh Words
        • Pepper to Rat’s Droppings
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 27. Ven. Bāhiya Dārucīriya
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Meditating on Top of a Mountain
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Brahma’s Admonition
        • Attainment of Awakening
        • Bāhiya’s Tragic Demise
        • The Buddha’s Verse on the Occasion
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 28. Ven. Kumāra Kassapa
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Meditating on Top of a Mountain
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Name Kumāra Kassapa
        • The Discourse about the Anthill
        • Attainment of Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 29. Ven. Mahā Koṭṭhita
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 30. Ven. Ānanda
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Deeds of Merit in the Interim Period
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Ven. Ānanda Established in Stream-Entry
        • Ven. Ānanda Appointed Personal Attendant
        • Ven. Ānanda’s Eightfold Boon
      • Foremost Titles Achieved
        • Ven. Ānanda’s Parinibbāna
        • Verses of Urgency
    • 31. Ven. Uruvelā Kassapa
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as Royal Brother to Buddha Phussa
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 32. Ven. Kāḷudāyī
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Name Kāḷudāyī
        • Kāḷudāyī’s Mission to Kapilavatthu
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 33. Ven. Bākula
      • Healing a Buddha
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Healing as a Recluse
        • Repairing an Old Monastery
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Name Bākula
        • Bākula’s Monastic Life and Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Wonders of Bākula
    • 34. Ven. Sobhita
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 35. Ven. Upāli
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Story of a Venerable from Bhārukaccha
        • The Story of Ven. Ajjuka
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 36. Ven. Nandaka
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 37. Ven. Nanda
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • The Buddha’s Freedom from Obligation
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 38. Ven. Mahā Kappina
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as a Chief Weaver
        • Life as a Chief Householder
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Looking for Wonderful News
        • Renunciation of King Mahā Kappina
        • Mahā Kappina Welcomed by the Buddha
        • Adoption of the Ascetic Life
        • Queen Anojā
        • Verse Spoken about Mahā Kappina
        • Ven. Mahā-Kappina’s Instruction to his Pupils
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 39. Ven. Sāgata
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Taming of a Nāga
        • The Buddha’s Visit to Kosambī
        • A Note on the Group-of-Six Monks
        • Attainment of Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 40. Ven. Rādha
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as a Clansman during Buddha Vipassī’s Time
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Ven. Sāriputta’s Sense of Gratitude
        • Ven. Rādha’s Ascetic Life and Awakening
        • The Story about Prince Alīnacitta
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 41. Ven. Mogharāja
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Life as Minister to King Kaṭṭhavāhana
        • Construction of a Flying Machine
        • Ascension to the Throne as Kaṭṭhavāhana
        • Friendship with the King of Bārāṇasī
        • An Exchange of Gifts
        • A Gift from Bārāṇasī
        • The Ministers’ Mission
        • King Kaṭṭhavāhana’s Demise
      • Ascetic Life in His Final Existence
        • Renunciation by Bāvarī and his Followers
        • Yearly Charity Worth a Hundred Thousand
        • A Bogus Brahmin’s Threat
        • The Journey to the Buddha
        • Questioning the Buddha
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Bāvarī the Brahmin Teacher
        • Piṅgiya’s Discourses to Bāvarī
        • Buddha’s Delivery of a Discourse
  • 44: The Life Stories of the Nuns
    • 1. Ven. Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • The Head of Water-Carriers
        • Past Existence as a Chief Weaver
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • The Passing of Ven. Gotamī
    • 2. Ven. Khemā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Various Existences
        • The Eldest of the Seven Daughters of King Kikī
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Eulogy about the Veḷuvana Monastery
        • Ven. Khemā Gains Awakening
        • Ven. Khemā Gives a Discourse to the King
        • Explanation of the Discourse
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 3. Ven. Uppalavaṇṇā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Various Existences
        • Various Existences
        • Queen Padumā Devī
        • Existence as a Farm Hand
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 4. Ven. Paṭācārā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • One of the Seven Daughters of King Kikī
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Meeting with the Buddha
        • How Paṭācārā Became an Arahat
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 5. Ven. Dhammadinnā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Her Existence as Royal Treasurer
        • One of the Seven Daughters of King Kikī
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Dhammadinnā Becomes a Nun
        • Visākhā’s Questions on the Doctrine
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 6. Ven. Nandā
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 7. Ven. Soṇā Bahuputtika
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Attainment of Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 8. Ven. Sakulā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Past Existence as a Female Wandering Ascetic
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 9. Ven. Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • A Daughter of the King of Bārāṇasī
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Sattuka the Bane of Rājagaha
        • The Affection of Bhaddā
        • Sattuka’s Wicked Plan
        • Bhaddā’s Wisdom
        • Kuṇḍalakesā as a Doctrinaire Ascetic
        • Ven. Sāriputta Tames Kuṇḍalakesā
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 10. Ven. Bhaddā Kāpilānī
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • The Wife of a Householder
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Foremost Title Acheived
    • 11. Ven. Bhaddā Kaccānā
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 12. Ven. Kisā Gotamī
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • A Daughter of King Kikī
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
        • Kisā Gotamī, the One with Great Past Merit
        • Kisā Gotamī’s Loss
        • Quelling Kisā Gotamī’s Sorrow
        • Attainment of Awakening
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 13. Ven. Siṅgālakamātu
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Ascetic Life in Her Final Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
  • 45a: The Life Stories of the Male Lay Disciples
    • 1. Tapussa and Bhallika
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Other Past Existences
      • Discipleship in Their Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • The Attainment of Path-Knowledge
    • 2. Anāthapiṇḍika the Rich Man
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • The Discourse Giving Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika
        • Anāthapiṇḍika Reborn in the Tusita Realm
        • Four Verses Addressed to the Buddha
    • 3. Citta the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • The Son of a Hunter
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
        • Citta’s Delight in Charity and in the Dhamma
        • The Diversity of Elements
        • Personality View
        • Ven. Mahaka
        • A Brief Story of Ven. Sudhamma
        • Citta’s Pilgrimage to the Buddha
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • Seeing the Sick
    • 4. Hatthaka Āḷavaka, the Kind Prince
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 5. Mahānāma, the Sakyan Prince
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 6. Ugga the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • The Eight Marvellous Qualities of Ugga of Vesālī
        • The Destination of Ugga the Householder
    • 7. Uggata the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
        • The Eight Marvellous Qualities of Uggata of Hatthigāma
    • 8. Sūrambaṭṭha the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 9. Jīvaka the Physician
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 10. Nakulapitu the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in His Last Existence
        • Foremost Titles Achieved
  • 45b: The Life Stories of the Female Lay Disciples
    • 1. Sujātā, Wife of the Householder of Bārāṇasī
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 2. Visākhā, Builder of Pubbārāma Monastery
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • The Youngest Daughter of King Kikī
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
        • Five Personages with Great Past Merit
        • Visākhā Established in Stream-Entry at Age Seven
        • Visākhā and Family Moved to Sāketa
        • The Kosalan King Honours the Betrothal
        • Visākhā Enters Sāvatthī
        • Wedding Reception at Migāra’s House
        • Migāra the Householder Attains Stream-Entry
        • Migāra’s Wife Also Attained Stream-Entry
        • Visākhā Honoured by Her Father-in-Law
        • Some Distinctive Qualities of Visākhā
        • The Construction of the Pubbārāma Monastery
        • Ven. Moggallāna Supervises the Construction
        • The Donation Ceremony Lasting Four Months
        • Offering Four Requisites to the Saṅgha
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 3-4. Khujjuttarā and Sāmāvatī
      • Aspirations in the Past
      • Discipleship in Their Last Existences
        • Sāmāvatī Became Queen of King Udena
        • Khujjuttarā Attains Stream-Entry
        • Sāmāvatī and 500 Ladies-in-Waiting Attain Stream-Entry
        • Khujjuttarā’s Past Merit and Demerit
        • Queen Māgaṇḍiyā’s Intrigue against Queen Sāmāvatī
        • Sāmāvatī and Her Ladies-in-Waiting Burnt to Death
        • The Past Evil Deeds of Sāmāvatī and Her Ladies-in-Waiting
      • Foremost Titles Achieved
    • 5. Uttarā Nandamātā
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
        • The Family of Puṇṇasīha Attain Stream-Entry
        • Puṇṇasīha’s Family and the Sumana Family
        • Uttarā’s Great Faith in Religious Practice
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 6. Princess Suppavāsā the Koliyan
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 7. Suppiyā, who Attended the Sick
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
        • Suppiyā’s Astounding Zeal in Giving
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 8. Kātiyānī of Unshakable Conviction
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
        • The Unshakable Conviction of Kātiyānī
      • Foremost Title Achieved
    • 9. Nakulamātu
    • 10. Kāḷī, the Disciple of Kuraraghara
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • Discipleship in Her Last Existence
      • Foremost Title Achieved
  • 45c: Rich Men with Inexhaustible Resources
    • 1. Jotika, the Rich Householder
      • His Past Existence as a Sugar Cane Planter
      • Another Round of Existence as Householder Brothers
      • Donation of a Perfumed Chamber for Buddha Vipassī
      • Portico to the Buddha’s Perfumed Chamber
      • The Grandeur of the Buddha’s Perfumed Chamber
      • Donating the Monastery to the Buddha
      • The Ruby is Stolen by a Brahmin
      • Aparājita’s Aspiration
      • His Last Existence as Jotika the Householder
        • Sakka’s Creation of Jotika’s House
        • King Bimbisāra Makes Jotika Royal Treasurer
        • King Bimbisāra Visits Jotika’s Mansion
        • Jotika’s Spiritual Urgency and Awakening
    • 2. Meṇḍaka, the Householder
      • Aspiration in the Past
        • Rich Man of Bārāṇasī
        • The Conviction of Others in the Householder
        • The Result Experienced the Same Day
      • His Last Existence as Meṇḍaka the Rich Man
    • 3. Jaṭila, the Treasurer
      • Aspiration in the Past
      • His Last Existence as Jaṭila, the Treasurer
        • Jaṭila, Lord of the Golden Hill
        • Jaṭila Tests the Past Merits of His Three Sons
    • 4. Kāḷavaḷiya, a Rich Man
      • Here Ends the Great Chronicles of the Buddhas
        • Epilogue
• Further Explanations
  • Foreword
  • Miscellaneous Topics
    • The Commentarial Classification of Teachers
      • Certain Teachers
      • Some Teachers
      • Other Teachers
      • Secondary Teachers
    • Supplement to IX
      • Bodhisatta Gotama’s Lives
        • Five Lives as a Recluse
        • Nine Lives as a Monk
        • Five Lives as a Layman
        • Two Lives as a Nāga
        • Three Different Lives
        • Reflections on the Rarities
        • Government Servants and Monastic Life
        • Fulfilling the Perfections in Different Lives
        • When the Birth Stories Occurred
      • The Eight Differences
        • 1. Difference in Lifespan
          • Length of Lifespan When a Buddha Appears
        • 2. Difference in Height
        • 3. Difference in Family
        • 4. Difference in Striving
        • 5. Difference in Radiance
          • Three Kinds of Physical Radiances
          • Two Kinds of Rays
        • 6. Difference in Vehicles
        • 7. Difference in the Bodhi Tree
        • 8. Difference in Seats
          • Two Kinds of Seat
      • The 18 Impossible Births
      • The 18 Attributes of the Buddha
        • The Four Kinds of Analytical Knowledge
        • The Six Knowledges Unshared by Others
        • The Ten Powers
        • Ledi Sayādaw’s Verses on the 18 Attributes
    • On 1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta
      • Five Uproars
      • The Five Auguries
      • The Conception of the Bodhisatta
        • Mahā Māyā’s Journey from Kapilavatthu to Devadaha
        • The Sāla Grove of Lumbinī
      • The Birth of the Bodhisatta
        • The Story of Kāḷadevila, the Recluse
      • The Royal Lineage of the Bodhisatta
        • The Acquisition of Three Epithets
        • The Story of King Okkāka
        • The Founding of Kapilavatthu
        • The Beginning of the Sakyas
        • The Founding of Koliya
        • The Founding of Devadaha
        • The Descendants of Ukkāmukha the Sakyan King
      • The Abolishing of the Era by King Añjana
        • Orthography of Sakkarāj, Sakarāj and Koza, Goza
        • The Terms Kāḷīyuga and Sakkarāj
      • The Voice Having Eight Qualities like a Brahma
    • On 1: The Thirty-Two Major Marks
      • Explanations of the Marks
      • The Deeds That Caused the Thirty-Two Marks
        • The Level Soles
        • The 108 Circles with Figures on the Soles
        • The Projecting Heels, Long Fingers and Toes and the Upright Body
        • The Fullness of the Flesh at Seven Places of the Body
        • The Soft Hands and Feet and their Likeness to a Net
        • The High Ankles and the Curling Body Hair
        • The Antelope-Like Round Legs
        • The Smooth Skin
        • The Bright Yellow Complexion Like Gold
        • The Male Organ Concealed in a Sheath
        • The Symmetrically Proportioned Body and the Long Arms
        • The Well-Developed Body, the Back without the Spinal Furrow
        • The 7,000 Capillaries at the Throat
        • The Clear Blue Eyes and the Soft Eyelashes
        • The Thin Layer of Flesh on the Forehead
        • The Body-Hair and the Hair between the Eyebrows
        • The 40 Teeth Touching One Another
        • The Long Tongue and the Brahma-Like Voice
        • The Lion-Like Chin
        • The Proportionately Set and Four White Pointed Teeth
    • On I-III: Further Explanation of Words and Phrases
      • Three Types of Bodhisattas
      • Aeons
        • The Cosmic Aeon
        • The Life Aeon
        • Empty and Non-Empty Aeons
      • Amaravatī
      • Voluntary Passing Away
    • On IV: The Renunciation of Sumedha
      • The Five Defects of a Walkway
      • The Eight Comforts of a Recluse
        • The Story about Soṇaka
      • The Nine Disadvantages of a Layman’s Clothes
      • The Twelve Advantages of the Fibre-Robe
      • The Wooden Tripod
      • The Water Jug and the Yoke
      • The Hide of a Black Antelope
      • Matted Hair and Round Head-Dress Made of Hair
      • The Eight Kinds of Recluses
      • The Three Kinds of Going Forth
      • The Eight Disadvantages of a Leaf-Hut
      • The Ten Advantages of the Foot of a Tree
    • On V: The Prophecy
      • Nerañjarā
      • Honouring Others
      • Prophetic Phenomena
    • The Two Kinds of Meditation
      • The Method of Contemplating Sensations
    • Dependent Origination
      • The 108 Classes of Noble Ones
    • The Frightful Nature of Sensual Desires
    • More Reflections
      • Ten Important Rules of Enunciation
      • The Cosmos
      • The Eight Causes of Pregnancy
  • The First Treatise on the Perfections
    • 1. What are the Perfections?
    • 2. Why Are They Called Perfections?
    • 3. How Many Perfections Are There?
    • 4. In What Sequence Are the Perfections Arranged?
    • 5. What Are the Characteristics, Functions etc.?
      • Eight Factors Which Promote Exertion
        • Two Factors concerning Repairs and Maintenance
        • Two Factors concerning Travelling
        • Two Factors concerning Ill-Health
        • Two Factors concerning the Partaking of Meals
    • 6. What Are the Basic Conditions of the Perfections?
      • 1. Great Aspiration
        • 1. The Four Conditions, or Remote Factors
        • 2. The Four Causes, or Immediate Factors
        • 3. The Four Strengths
      • 2. Great Compassion and Skilful Means
      • 3. Four Grounds for Becoming a Buddha
      • 4. Sixteen Mental Dispositions
      • 5. Reflecting on the Perfections
        • 1. Reflecting on the Perfection of Generosity
        • 2. Reflection on the Perfection of Morality
        • 3. Reflecting on the Perfection of Renunciation
        • 4. Reflecting on the Perfection of Wisdom
        • 5. Reflecting on the Perfection of Energy
        • 6. Reflecting on the Perfection of Forbearance
        • 7. Reflecting on the Perfection of Truthfulness
        • 8. Reflecting on the Perfection of Resolution
        • 9. Reflecting on the Perfection of Loving-Kindness
        • 10. Reflecting on the Perfection of Equanimity
      • Good Conduct and the Super Knowledges
        • 1. The Components of Faith
        • 2. The Components of Mindfulness
        • 3. The Components of Conscience and Concern
        • 4. The Components of Learning
        • 5. The Components of Energy
        • 6. The Components of Wisdom
        • 7. The Components of the Four Absorptions
    • 7. What Are the Factors That Defile the Perfections?
    • 8. What are the Factors that Purify the Perfections?
    • 9. What are the Factors that Oppose the Perfections?
    • 10. What is the Method for Practising the Perfections?
      • 1. How the Perfection of Generosity is Fulfilled
        • The Gift of Material Objects
        • How a Gift of External Objects is Made
        • How a Gift of Internal Objects is Made
        • Two Objectives of Giving
        • The Gift of Fearlessness
        • The Gift of Dhamma
        • The Discourse Classification of Giving
        • Various Kinds of Giving with Their Respective Objects
        • The Abhidhamma Classification of Giving
          • A Gift of Colour
          • A Gift of Sound
          • A Gift of Scent
          • A Gift of Taste
          • A Gift of Tangibles
          • A Gift of Mental Objects
      • 2. How the Perfection of Morality is Fulfilled
        • Abstention and Conduct
        • How Bodhisattas Observe Abstention
        • How Bodhisattas Observe Conduct
      • 3. How the Perfection of Renunciation is Fulfilled
      • 4. How the Perfection of Wisdom is Fulfilled
        • The Wisdom Arising from Hearing
        • The Wisdom Arising from Reflecting
        • The Wisdom Arising from Meditation
      • 5. How the Other Perfections are Fulfiled
    • 11. What Is the Classification of the Perfections?
    • 12. What Is the Synopsis of the Perfections?
      • Advantages of Pairing the Six Perfections
      • Advantages Accruing from the Triads
      • Including the Six Perfections in the Four Foundations
      • How Fulfilment of the Four Foundations Occurs
      • The Four Foundations as One Foundation
      • How the Foundations Bring Benefits
      • How All the Perfections Are Counted As Two
    • 13. What Factors Accomplish the Perfections?
    • 14. How Long Does It Take to Accomplish the Perfections?
    • 15. What Advantages Accrue from the Perfections?
    • 16. What is the Fruit of the Perfections?
  • The Second Treatise on the Perfections
    • Miscellany
      • The Order of the Perfections
      • The Recipient of Generosity
      • The Word Perfection
      • Characteristics, Functions, etc.
    • 1. The Perfection of Generosity
      • Two Kinds of Giving
      • Where Giving and Charity are Similar
      • Where Giving Is Termed Charity
      • Miscellaneous Notes on Giving or Generosity
      • 1. What Things Are Called Generosity?
      • 2. Why Are They Called Generosity?
      • 3. Characteristics, Functions, etc., of Generosity
      • 4. How Many Types of Generosity are There?
      • Gifts in Groups of Two
        • 1. Material Gifts and Gifts of the Teaching
          • Whether a Libation Ceremony Is Necessary
        • 2. Offering One’s Self and External Property
        • 3. Offerings of Property and Granting of Safety
        • 4. Offerings Aimed at Wealth and at Nibbāna
        • 5. Faulty and Unfaulty Offerings
        • 6. Offerings Made by Hand and by Order
        • 7. Offerings Prepared Carefully and Carelessly
        • 8. Offerings Made Wisely and Unwisely
        • 9. Offerings Prompted and Unprompted
        • 10. Pleasurable and Equanimous Offerings
        • 11. Righteous and Unrighteous Offerings
        • 12. Enslaving and Freeing Offerings
        • 13. Immovable and Moveable Offerings
        • 14. Offerings with and without Supplements
        • 15. Regular and Occasional Offerings
        • 16. Tarnished and Untarnished Offerings
        • 17. Inferior and Superior Offerings
        • 18. Offerings Made While Alive and after Passing
        • 19. Offerings Made to Individuals and to the Saṅgha
          • Fourteen Kinds of Gift to Individuals
          • Seven Kinds of Offerings to the Saṅgha
          • Offerings to Individuals and the Saṅgha
          • Four Kinds of Offerings to the Saṅgha
        • 20. Offerings Made at a Specific Time and at Any Time
        • 21. Offerings Witnessed and not Witnessed
        • 22. Matched and Matchless Offerings
          • The Unrivalled Alms Giving
      • Gifts in Groups of Threes
        • The Birth Story about the Succession of the Almsfood
        • King Asoka
        • A Gift Difficult to Give
          • The Story of the Gifts Given by Dārubhaṇḍaka
          • Sukha the Novice
          • A Poor Girl
        • Great Offerings
        • Common Offerings
      • Gifts in Groups of Fours
      • Gifts in Groups of Fives
        • Five Kinds of Gifts to Men of No Virtue
        • Five Kinds of Gifts to Men of Virtue
        • Another Five Kinds of Gifts
        • Five Kinds of Immoral Gifts
        • Five Kinds of Great Offerings
      • Gifts in Groups of Sixes
      • Gifts in Groups of Sevens
      • Gifts in Groups of Eights
      • Gifts by Groups of Nines
      • Gifts in Groups of Tens and Fourteens
      • 5-6. What Strengthens and Weakens the Beneficial Results
        • Some Remarks on Faith
    • 2. The Perfection of Morality
      • Miscellaneous Notes on Different Aspects of Morality
      • 1. What is Morality?
      • 2. Why is it called Morality?
      • 3. What are its Characteristic, Function, etc.?
      • 4. What are the Benefits of Morality?
      • 5. How Many Types of Morality are There?
      • Morality in Groups of Twos:
        • Morality to be Done and not Done
        • Eight Precepts Including the Practice of Right Livelihood
        • Monastic Morality
        • Morality Based on the Abstinences or Other Factors
        • Morality That Is Dependent or Independent
        • Time-Bound Morality and Life-Bound Morality:
        • Broken Observance and Unbroken Observance
        • Worldly Morality and Supermundane Morality
      • Morality in Groups of Threes
        • Low, Middle and Finest Morality
        • Self-regarding, World-regarding, and Respecting Dhamma
        • Morality That Is Grasping, Non-grasping, and Calming
        • Morality That Is Pure, Not Pure and Doubtful
        • Morality of One Under Training, Beyond Training or Neither
      • Morality in Groups of Fours
        • Declining, Stagnating, Gaining Distinction and Penetrating
        • Precepts of Monks, Nuns, Novices and Householders
        • The Five Precepts with Celibacy as Fifth
        • The Five Precepts with Celibacy as Fifth and One Time Eating
        • The Eightfold Observance Day Precepts
        • The Ninefold Observance
        • Three Kinds of Observance Day Morality
        • Three Kinds of Observance Day
        • Natural, Traditional, Lawful and Because of the Past Precepts
        • The Four Realms of Morality
        • Ven. Mahā Tissa
        • A Monastic Who Visits Lay People
        • How to Fulfil These Four Kinds of Morality?
        • Elders Who Were Restrained According to the Rules
        • The Story of Ven. Cittagutta
        • The Story of Ven. Mahā Mitta
        • The Story of Ven. Sāriputta
        • Ven. Ambakhādaka Mahā Tissa
        • Two Kinds of Reflection
        • Four Kinds of Use
        • Four Kinds of Purification of Morality
      • Morality in Groups of Fives
        • The Story of Ven. Mahā Saṅgharakkhita
        • The Story of Ven. Tissa, the Son of a Householder
        • The Story of a Senior Monk
        • What is the Defilement and Purification of Morality?
    • 3. The Perfection of Renunciation
      • How to Be Mindful to Achieve Emancipation
      • Relation between Renunciation and Monastics
      • Five Kinds of Forest Dwelling
      • Two Kinds of Renunciation
    • 4. The Perfection of Wisdom
      • Three Kinds of Wisdom
        • Four Kinds of Wise Person
        • The Birth Story about the Courtesan Sulasā
      • The Kinds of Wisdom
        • Seven Ways of Developing Wisdom
        • Associating with the Wise
      • The Qualities of Wisdom
    • 5. The Perfection of Energy
      • Deep Impression of Past Exertions of the Buddha
      • Right Exertion
      • Eleven Factors of Developing Energy
      • The Main Foundation of Energy
      • The Life of Mahosadha
      • The Qualities of Energy
    • 6. The Perfection of Forbearance
      • The Nature of Forbearance
      • Ven. Puṇṇa’s Forbearance
      • Sakka’s Forbearance
      • Explanation with Quotations from the Texts
      • Anger and Forbearance
      • Nine Causes of Anger
      • Eight Kinds of Strength
      • Ascetics and Brahmins
    • 7. The Perfection of Truthfulness
      • Two Kinds of Truth
      • The Noble Truths
        • The Noble Truth of Suffering
        • The Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering
        • The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
      • Nibbāna
        • Two Kinds of Nibbāna
        • Three Kinds of Nibbāna
        • The Noble Truth of the Path
        • The Middle Path
        • Truth of Learning and Truth of Practice
      • 1. The Truth Told so That One Will Be Believed by Others
        • The Birth Story about the Lotus Stalks
        • Taking of a Corporal Oath
        • The Story of Devila and Nārada
        • Birth Stories Illustrating Aspects of Truth
        • The Birth Story about Mahā Sutasoma
      • 2. The Truth Told so That One’s Wish May Be Fulfilled
        • The Birth Story about the Wise Suvaṇṇasāma
        • The Birth Story about the Wise Mariner Suppāraka
        • The Birth Story about King Sivi
        • The Birth Story about the Fish
        • The Birth Story about the Young Quail
        • The Birth Story about the Ascetic Kaṇha Dīpāyana
        • More Birth Stories
        • Truthfulness during the Buddha’s Time
        • Truthfulness in Śrī Laṅkā
      • 3. The Truth Told so That Telling Lies May Be Avoided
        • The Birth Story about the Wise Vidhura
        • The Birth Story about the Wise Suvaṇṇasāma
        • The Birth Story about Prince Bhūridatta
        • Two More Kinds of Truth
        • The Birth Story about Prince Jayaddisa
        • The Birth Story about Rāma’s Father, King Dasaratha
        • Truth concerning Time
        • The Supreme Perfection of Truthfulness
        • Reflections on the Two Kinds of Truth
    • 8. The Perfection of Resolution
      • Resolution concerning the Observance Day
      • Resolution concerning the Robe
      • Resolution concerning the Bowl
      • Resolution concerning Absorption
      • Ten Kinds of Supernormal Power
        • Ven. Bākula
        • Novice Saṅkicca
        • Ven. Sāriputta
        • Resolution Preceding the Attainment of Cessation
      • Three Kinds of Resolution
        • The Birth Story about the Nāga King Campeyya
        • The Difference between Resolution and Truth
        • The Bodhisattas and the Three Kinds of Resolution
        • Prince Temiya’s Resolution
    • 9. The Perfection of Loving-Kindness
      • Three Kinds of Love
      • Loving-Kindness and Hatelessness
      • Kinds of Loving-Kindness
      • Development of Loving-Kindness
      • The Bodhisatta’s Loving-Kindness
        • The Story of Ven. Visākha
        • Loving-Kindness of a Hunter
        • Passion in the Guise of Loving-Kindness
        • The Birth Story about the Best
        • The Birth Story about the King Ekarājā
      • The Buddha’s Loving-Kindness
    • 10. The Perfection of Equanimity
      • The Meaning of Equanimity
      • Development of Equanimity
        • A Point to Consider
        • The Story about Bristling Hair
      • Fulfilment of Equanimity
        • Essence of Equanimity
      • Ten Kinds of Equanimity
        • Equanimity as a Perfection and the Ten Equanimities