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INTRODUCTION
1. SIDDHARTHA
2. THE SWAN
3. THE TIES OF LIFE
4. FIRST MEDITATION
5. THE THREE WOES
6. RENUNCIATION
7. KING BIMBISARA
8. URUVELA
9. MARA, THE EVIL ONE
10. ENLIGHTENMENT
11. FIRST CONVERTS
12. THE KING’S GIFT
13. THE RETURN
14. YASODHARA
15. RAHULA, THE SON
16. ANANDA
17. KASSAPA
18. SARIPUTTA AND MOGGALLANA
19. ANATHAPINDIKA
20. ANGULIMALA
21. SPIRITUAL POWERS
22. NUN KHEMA
23. THE JEALOUSY OF DEVADATTA
24. AJATASATTU AND DEVADATTA
25. ASSASSINATION PLAN
26. MAD ELEPHANT
27. ONE REASON
28. CRISIS IN KOSAMBI
29. MIRACLES FORBIDDEN
30. THE PEACEMAKER
31. THE MUSTARD SEED
32. VISAKHA
33. ANNOUNCEMENT
34. THE BUDDHA’S FAREWELL
35. BUTTER AND STONE
36. THE PEAKED ROOF
37. EVERY STEP
38. SEARCH
39. SIGALA
40. OLD AGE
41. VASAVADATTA
42. THE PATIENT ELEPHANT
43. THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
44. PROTECTING THE BUDDHA
45. ABUSIVE CROWD
46. PURITY OF WATER
47. THE GIFT
48. ON MERIT
49. THE POISONOUS SNAKE
50. THREE TYPES OF LISTENERS
51. THE BOAT
52. THE LISTLESS FOOL
53. ON ILLUMINATION
54. LUTE STRINGS
55. LUXURIOUS LIVING
56. THE SOWER
57. ON HAPPINESS
58. UNTYING THE KNOTS
59. IS THERE GOD?
60. ON REACTION
61. FOUR TYPES OF HORSES
62. THE BURNING HOUSE
63. THE HUNGRY DOG
64. RESCUE IN THE DESSERT
65. THIRSTY
66. THE DESPOT CURED
67. KING PACETANA
68. BLIND MEN AND ELEPHANT
69. THE MAN BORN BLIND
70. THE PRODIGAL SON
71. THE CRUEL CRANE
72. THE RAFT
73. THE GOLDSMITH
74. WEALTHY MAN’S SPIT
75. GOLDEN SWAN
76. ON PARENTS
77. ON ESSENCE
78. ON MIND
79. ON MIND ACTIVITY
80. ON VIEW
81. ON POSSESSIONS
82. ON IGNORANCE
83. THE POISONED ARROW
84. ON COMPETENCE
85. ON TEACHINGS
86. ON FRIENDSHIP
87. ON DIRECTION
88. ON VIOLENCE
89. ON CLOUDS
90. ON DEPENDENCIES
91. ON KARMA
92. ON CHARACTERISTICS
93. THE BUDDHA’S FOOTSTEPS
94. THE BUDDHA REPLIES TO THE DEVA
95. THE WIDOW’S MITE
96. ON MEDITATION
97. LOVING-KINDNESS
98. ON ENLIGHTENMENT
99. ON EMPTINESS
100. THE BUDDHA’S EXISTENCE
101. TWO MONKS AND A WOMAN
102. PRINCE WICKED
103. KASSAPA AND THE WARRIOR
104. THE HAWK
105. HOUSEMISTRESS VEHEDIKA
106. HITTING A MOSQUITO
107. BOAR AND LION
108. MONKEY-GARDENERS
SOURCES
You hold in your hands a collection of the most beloved stories, teachings and parables attributed to Gautama Buddha, enlightened teacher and sage who lived and taught in the northeastern part of ancient India. His teachings mostly in the form of Jatakas, stories of previous lifetimes, and Sutras, discourses given to monks, composed the foundation of Buddhism. The fact that these teachings have been preserved for approximately twenty five centuries, is due mostly to one monk, Ananda, the Buddha’s closest disciple and primary attendant. Known for his impeccable memory, Ananda was the first person to recollect all of the Buddha’s teachings at the First Buddhist Council which was gathered shortly after the Buddha’s passing, and, as the legend says, lasted for over seven months. After that the teachings were passed on orally for many generations of monks and nuns through repetition and communal recitation.
The first Buddhist scriptures written in Pali, Burmese and Sanskrit are dated to the 1st century BCE, while most of Jatakas are dated to the 3rd-4th century BCE. Only during the second half of the 19th century the first Buddhist texts were translated and introduced into the Western world. The most traditional translation of Jatakas from Pali into English is attributed to E.B. Cowell in his book The Jataka; or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births, published in 1895; and the translation of Sutras and Jatakas from Burmese to English is attributed to Captain F. Rogers in his work Buddhaghosha’s Parables, published in 1870. Both of these works were used extensively in putting together this book.
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The king desired for his son to inherit the throne and rule in his stead. For Suddhodana, nothing would be better than to see his son become the greatest monarch on earth and to bring the Sakya kingdom to new heights of glory. The king named the boy Siddhartha (the one who achieves his goals).
Seven days after giving birth Queen Maya died. The infant prince was nursed and raised by the queen’s sister Pajapati, also married to King Suddhodana.
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