Part I
1 Cosmology and the Great Declaration .......................... 5
2 The Perfection of Giving .................................... 11
3 The Birth and Early Life of Gotama .......................... 21
4 Flight from the Palace ...................................... 27
5 Enlightenment and Liberation ................................ 33
6 The Buddha Begins to Teach .................................. 39
7 The Buddha Becomes a Wonder-Worker .......................... 49
8 The Buddha Meets a King and Two Brilliant Ascetics .......... 55
9 Rules, Rules, and More Rules ................................ 59
10 The Buddha Goes Home ........................................ 65
11 The Buddha Receives a Gift and Befriends a King ............. 69
12 Meeting a Murderer, a Visit Home, and a Quick Trip to
Heaven ...................................................... 77
13 Devadatta Attempts to Kill the Buddha ....................... 85
14 The Buddha's Last Days ...................................... 91
15 Once the Buddha Was a Universal Monarch .................... 101
16 The Last Watch and the Funeral ............................. 107
Part II
17 The Quest for the Historical Buddha ........................ 123
18 The Cosmological Structure ................................. 143
19 The Legends as Rites of Passage ............................ 161
20 The Great Agent: Universal Monarchs and Buddhas ............ 177
21 The Gift, the Renouncer, and the Householder ............... 201
Notes ......................................................... 221
Bibliography .................................................. 235
Index ......................................................... 239
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