The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction

Contents

FOREWORD

PREFACE

MAP: THE WORLD OF BUDDHISM

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Buddhism in India

1 THE BUDDHA'S AWAKENING

1.1 The Social and Religious Context of Early Buddhism

1.2 The Worldview ofEarly North Indian Thought

1.3 The Biography of the Buddha

1.3.1 Birth and Youth if the Bodhisattva

1.3.2 The Great Renunciation

1.3.3 The Bodhisattva's Studies and Austerities

1.3.4 Temptation by Mara

1.3.5 The Awakening

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