Buddhist Legends: Books 1–26

XXVI. 39. AṄGULIMĀLA THE FEARLESS

The noble. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with reference to Elder Aṅgulimāla. [231]

This story is related in the Commentary on the Stanza beginning “The niggardly go not to the World of the Gods.” For it is there said:

The monks asked Aṅgulimāla, “Brother Aṅgulimāla, were you not afraid when you saw the rogue elephant standing before you holding a parasol?” “No, brethren, I was not afraid.” The monks said to the Teacher, “Reverend Sir, Aṅgulimāla utters falsehood.” The Teacher replied, “Monks, my son Aṅgulimāla has no fear. For monks like my son are of all the Noble ones who have rid themselves of the Depravities the noblest, and have no fear.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,

422. The noble, the eminent, the manly, the wise, the conqueror,

The pure, the sinless, the enlightened, him I call a Brahman.

1 Cf. Story xiii. 10 (text: iii. 187). For the story of the conversion of the robber Aṅgulimāla, see Story xiii. 6 {Majjhima, 86). Text: N iv. 231-232.

XXVI. 40. IT IS THE GIVER THAT MAKES THE GIFT!

He that knows his former abodes. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with reference to a question asked by Brahman Devahita. [232]

For once upon a time the Exalted One suffered from disorder of the humors and sent Elder Upavana to Brahman Devahita for hot water. The Elder went to the Brahman, told him the Teacher was suffering from disorder of the humors, and asked him for hot water. When the Brahman heard the Teacher’s request, his heart was filled with joy. “How fortunate for me,” he exclaimed, “that the Supreme Buddha should send to me for hot water!” The Brahman gave the Elder hot water and a jar of molasses, ordering one of his men to carry the hot water on a pingo. The Elder caused the Teacher to bathe himself in hot water, and then, mixing the molasses with hot water, gave it to the Exalted One to drink. The Teacher’s ailment immediately abated.

The Brahman [233] thought to himself, “To whom should one give alms to obtain a great reward? I will ask the Teacher.” So he went to the Teacher and asked him about the matter, pronouncing the following Stanza,

To whom shall one give alms? To whom must alms be given to get a great reward?

How, for the giver, does the reward become a great one?

Said the Teacher to the Brahman, “The alms of such a Brahman as this yield abundant fruit.” And proclaiming his conception of the true Brahman, he pronounced the following Stanza,

423. He that knows his former abodes, he that beholds heaven and hell,

He that has reached the end of birth and rebirth, the sage in whom Higher Knowledge has been perfected,

That man in whom all the Perfections have been perfected, such a man I call a Brahman.

1 This story is an abbreviated version of Samyutta, vii. 2. 3: i. 174-175. Text: N iv. 232-234.

Epilogue

The King of Righteousness attained the Dhammapada, the Incomparable [Nibbāna]. That Mighty Sage uttered the Stanzas of the Dhammapada.

Revealing the Four Truths, he uttered Stanzas four hundred three and twenty in number. There came into existence three hundred Stories less one.

Residing with grateful heart in the monastery erected by the monarch, in the palace of King Sirikūṭa,

I composed, in a series consisting of seventy-two portions for recitation, this faultless Commentary on the Stanzas,

In accordance with the spirit and letter of the Stanzas, based on the Good Law of the Protector of the World, for the weal and welfare of mankind.

By the merit which I earned thereby, may all the good desires of all living beings be fulfilled, producing sweet fruit.

Prosperity! Happiness! Health!

The Colophon is in three parts: (1) Enumeration of Stories; (2) Epilogue; (3) Ascription of Authorship to Buddhaghosa. The Ascription of Authorship is the usual formula found at the end of Buddhaghosa’s genuine works, and the inclusion of it in the Colophon of this Commentary is without doubt the work of an uncritical scribe or redactor of later times. Cf. Introduction, § 5: HOS. 28. 26 f. Text of the Epilogue: N iv. 235.

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BUDDHIST LEGENDS

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Prologue

BOOK I. PAIRS, YAMAKA VAGGA

BOOK II. HEEDFULNESS, APPAMĀDA VAGGA

BOOK III. THOUGHTS, CITTA VAGGA

BOOK IV. FLOWERS, PUPPHA VAGGA

BOOK V. THE SIMPLETON, BĀLA VAGGA

BOOK VI. THE WISE MAN, PAṆḌITA VAGGA

BOOK VII. THE ARAHAT, ARAHANTA VAGGA

BOOK VIII. THOUSANDS, SAHASSA VAGGA

BOOK IX. EVIL, PĀPA VAGGA

BOOK X. THE ROD OR PUNISHMENT, DAṆḌA VAGGA

BOOK XI. OLD AGE, JARĀ VAGGA

BOOK XII. SELF, ATTA VAGGA

BOOK XIII. THE WORLD, LOKA VAGGA

BOOK XIV. THE ENLIGHTENED, BUDDHA VAGGA

BOOK XV. HAPPINESS, SUKHA VAGGA

BOOK XVI. OBJECTS OF AFFECTION, PIYA VAGGA

BOOK XVII. ANGER, KODHA VAGGA

BOOK XVIII. BLEMISHES, MALA VAGGA

BOOK XIX. THE RIGHTEOUS, DHAMMAṬṬHA VAGGA

BOOK XX. THE PATH, MAGGA VAGGA

BOOK XXI. MISCELLANEOUS, PAKIṆṆAKA VAGGA

BOOK XXII. HELL, NIRAYA VAGGA

BOOK XXIII. THE ELEPHANT, NĀGA VAGGA

BOOK XXIV. THIRST OR CRAVING, TAṆHA VAGGA

BOOK XXV. THE MONK, BHIKKHU VAGGA

BOOK XXVI. THE BRAHMAN, BRĀHMAṆA VAGGA

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Prologue

BOOK I. PAIRS, YAMAKA VAGGA

I. 1. “IF THINE EYE OFFEND THEE, PLUCK IT OUT”

1 a. Story of the Past: The wicked physician and the woman

I. 2. WHY CRY FOR THE MOON?

I. 3. TISSA THE FAT

3 a. Story of the Past: Devala and Nārada

I. 4. “NOT HATRED FOR HATRED”

I. 5. THE QUARRELSOME MONKS OF KOSAMBI

5 a. Quarrel among the monks

5 b. The Buddha, the elephant, and the monkey

I. 6. KĀḶA JUNIOR AND KĀḶA SENIOR

I. 7. DEVADATTA WEARS AN UNBECOMING ROBE

7 a. Story of the Past: The elephant-hunter and the noble elephant

I. 8. THE CHIEF DISCIPLES

8 a. Life of the Buddha

8 b. Life of Upatissa (Sāriputta) and Kolita (Moggallāna)

8 c. Story of the Past: Kāḷa junior and Kāḷa senior

8 d. Story of the Past: Yasa and fifty-four companions

8 e. Story of the Past: Thirty noble youths

8 f. Story of the Past: Three brothers Kassapa

8 g. Story of the Past: Sarada and Sirivaḍḍha

I. 9. NANDA THE ELDERS

9 a. Nanda becomes a monk in spite of himself

9 b. Nanda and the celestial nymphs

9 c. Story of the Past: Kappata and the donkey

I. 10. CUNDA THE PORK-BUTCHER

I. 11. THE RIGHTEOUS LAY BROTHER

I. 12. DEVADATTA’S CAREER

12 a. Retirement from the world of the six princes

12 b. Devadatta’s wicked deeds

I. 13. LADY SUMANĀ

I. 14. TWO BRETHREN

BOOK II. HEEDFULNESS, APPAMĀDA VAGGA

II. 1. STORY-CYCLE OF KING UDENA OR UDAYANA

Part 1. Birth and youthful career of Udena

Part 2. Birth and youthful career of Ghosaka Story of the Past: Kotūhalaka casts away his son

Story of the Present: Ghosaka is cast away seven times

Part 3. Birth and youthful career of Sāmāvatī

Part 4. Winning of Vāsuladattā by Udena

Story of the Past: Canda Pajjota wins the five conveyances

Part 5. Rejection of Māgandiyā by the Buddha

Part 6. Death of Sāmāvatī and of Māgandiyā, and the explanation thereof: Treasurers, monks, and tree-spirit

Story of the Past: Tree-spirit’s former deed

Conversion of Sāmāvatī by Khujjuttarā

Māgandiyā’s plot against Sāmāvatī and the Buddha

Burning of Sāmāvatī and punishment of Māgandiyā

Story of the Past: Sāmāvatī’s attempt to burn a Private Buddha

Story of the Past: Khujjuttarā’s former deeds

II. 2. THE VOICE OF A RICH MAN

II. 3. LITTLE WAYMAN

3 a. Birth of Little Wayman

3 b. Little Wayman as a monk

3 c. Story of the Past: The world-renowned teacher, the young man, and the king of Benāres

II. 4. SIMPLETONS’ HOLIDAY

II. 5. KASSAPA THE GREAT

II. 6. TWO BRETHREN

II. 7. HOW MAGHA BECAME SAKKA

7 a. Story of the Present: Mahāli’s question

7 b. Story of the Past: How Magha became Sakka

II. 8. A MONK ATTAINS ARAHATSHIP

II. 9. TISSA OF THE MARKET-TOWN

9 a. Story of the Past: Sakka and the parrot

BOOK III. THOUGHTS, CITTA VAGGA

III. 1. ELDER MEGHIYA

III. 2. THE MIND-READER

III. 3. A DISCONTENTED MONK

III. 4. NEPHEW SANGHARAKKHITA

III. 5. ELDER THOUGHT-CONTROLLED

5 a. Story of the Past: Kuddala and his spade

III. 6. MONKS AND TREE-SPIRITS

III. 7. CRUELTY A CAUSE OF BOILS

7 a. Story of the Past: The cruel fowler

III. 8. NANDA THE HERDSMAN

III. 9. MOTHER OF TWO AND FATHER OF TWO

BOOK IV. FLOWERS, PUPPHA VAGGA

IV. 1. THE SOIL OF THE HEART

IV. 2. A MONK ATTAINS ARAHATSHIP

IV. 3. VIḌUḌABHA WREAKS VENGEANCE ON THE SAKIYAS

3 a. Story of the Past: Kesava, Kappa, Narada, and the King of Benāres

IV. 4. HUSBAND-HONORER

IV. 5. NIGGARDLY KOSIYA

IV. 6. PATHIKA THE NAKED ASCETIC

IV. 7. THE KING AND THE KING OF KINGS

IV. 8. MARRIAGE OF VISĀKHĀ

8 a. Story of the Past: Visākhā’s Earnest Wish

IV. 9. ELDER ĀNANDA’S QUESTION

IV. 10. SAKKA GIVES ALMS TO KASSAPA THE GREAT

IV. 11. GODHIKA ATTAINS NIBBĀNA

IV. 12. SIRIGUTTA AND GARAHADINNA

BOOK V. THE SIMPLETON, BĀLA VAGGA

V. 1. THE KING AND THE POOR MAN WITH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE

1 a. Story of the Past: The Hell Pot

1 b. Story of the Past: The King of Benāres and Queen Dinnā

1 c. Story of the Past: The woman who killed a ewe

V. 2. THE REBELLIOUS PUPIL

2 a. Story of the Past: The monkey and the singila bird

V. 3. A JONAH IN THE HOUSE

3 a. The niggardly treasurer

3 b. Sequel: A Jonah in the house

V. 4. THE PICKPOCKET

V. 5. THE WISE FOOL

V. 6. FROM VICE TO VIRTUE

V. 7. A LEPER IS TEMPTED TO DENY HIS FAITH

7 a. Story of the Past: The four youths and the courtezan

7 b. Story of the Past: The insolent youth

V. 8. A FARMER IS UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF THEFT

V. 9. SUMANA THE GARDENER

V. 10. RAPE OF UPPALAVAṆṆĀ

V. 11. JAMBUKA THE NAKED ASCETIC

11 a. Story of the Past: The jealous monk

11b. Story of the Present: Jambuka the Naked Ascetic

V. 12. THE SNAKE-GHOST AND THE CROW-GHOST

12 a. Story of the Past: The crow-ghost

12 b. Story of the Past: The snake-ghost

V. 13. THE SLEDGE-HAMMER GHOST

13 a. Story of the Past: The stone-thrower and his pupil

V. 14. CITTA AND SUDHAMMA

14 a. Story of the Past: Citta’s deed in a former birth

V. 15. A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD NOVICE WINS ALL HEARTS

15 a. Story of the Past: The poor Brahman

15 b. Story of the Present: The novice Tissa

BOOK VI. THE WISE MAN, PAṆḌITA VAGGA

VI. 1. A POOR MAN WINS SPIRITUAL TREASURE

VI. 2. THE INSOLENT MONKS

VI. 3. CHANNA, ELDER

VI. 4. KAPPINA THE GREAT, ELDER

4 a. Story of the Past: Weavers and householders

4 b. Story of the Present: King Kappina and Queen Anojā

VI. 5. PANDITA THE NOVICE

5 a. Story of the Past: Sakka and the poor man

5 b. Story of the Present: Pandita, the seven-year-old novice

VI. 6. UNSHAKEN AS A ROCK

VI. 7. AFTER THE STORM, CALM

VI. 8. A PACK OF VAGABONDS

VI. 9. HUSBAND AND WIFE

VI. 10. “FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT”

VI. 11. ABANDON THE DARK STATE

BOOK VII. THE ARAHAT, ARAHANTA VAGGA

VII. I. THE TATHĀGATA SUFFERS NOT

VII. 2. FREE FROM ATTACHMENT

VII. 3. A MONK STORES FOOD

VII. 4. THE MONK AND THE GODDESS

VII. 5. SAKKA HONORS A MONK

VII. 6. A FANCIED SLIGHT

VII. 7. THE LOSS OF AN EYE

VII. 8. NOT BY THE FAITH OF ANOTHER

VII. 9. ELDER REVATA OF THE ACACIA FOREST

9 a. Revata becomes a monk

9 b. The Buddha visits Revata

9 c. Story of the Past: The offering of honey and the siege of a city

VII. 10. A COURTEZAN TEMPTS A MONK

BOOK VIII. THOUSANDS, SAHASSA VAGGA

VIII. 1. A PUBLIC EXECUTIONER

VIII. 2. CONVERSION OF BĀHIYA DĀRUCĪRIYA

2 a. Digression: Story of the Past

2. Conversion of Bāhiya Dārucīriya, concluded

VIII. 3. THE MAIDEN WHO MARRIED A THIEF

VIII. 4. GAIN AND LOSS

VIII. 5. SĀRIPUTTA’S UNCLE

VIII. 6. SĀRIPUTTA’S NEPHEW

VIII. 7. SĀRIPUTTA’S FRIEND

VIII. 8. THE LAD WHOSE YEARS INCREASED

VIII. 9. SAṀKICCA THE NOVICE

VIII. 10. THE MONK AND THE THIEVES

VIII. 11. ON THE RAZOR’S EDGE

11a. Story of the Past: Discontented and covetous

VIII. 12. PAṬĀCĀRĀ IS BEREFT OF ALL HER FAMILY

VIII. 13. KISā GOTAMī SEEKS MUSTARD SEED TO CURE HER DEAD CHILD

13 a. Kisā Gotamī marries the son of a rich merchant

13 b. Kisā Gotamī seeks mustard seed to cure her dead child

VIII. 14. THE WIDOW BAHUPUTTIKA AND HER UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN

BOOK IX. EVIL, PĀPA VAGGA

IX. 1. THE BRAHMAN WITH A SINGLE ROBE

IX. 2. A DISCONTENTED MONK

IX. 3. GODDESS AND MONK

IX. 4. ANĀTHAPIṆḌIKA AND THE GODDESS

IX. 5. THE MONK WHO FAILED TO KEEP HIS REQUISITES IN ORDERS

IX. 6. TREASURER CATFOOT

IX. 7. MERCHANT GREAT-WEALTH

IX. 8. THE ENCHANTED HUNTERS

8 a. Story of the Past: The city treasurer and the country treasurer

IX. 9. THE HUNTER WHO WAS DEVOURED BY HIS OWN DOGS

9 a. Story of the Past: Wicked physician, boys, and poisonous snake

IX. 10. THE JEWELER, THE MONK, AND THE HERON

IX. 11. THREE PARTIES OF MONKS

11 a. Story of the Present: A crow burned to death

11 b. Story of the Present: A woman cast overboard

11 c. Story of the Present: Monks imprisoned in a cavern

11 d. Story of the Past: Burning of an ox

11 e. Story of the Past: Drowning of a dog

11 f. Story of the Past: Imprisonment of a lizard

IX. 12. SUPPABUDDHA INSULTS THE TEACHER

BOOK X. THE ROD OR PUNISHMENT, DAṆḌA VAGGA

X. 1. THE BAND OF SIX

X. 2. THE BAND OF SIX

X. 3. A COMPANY OF BOYS

X. 4. THE MONK AND THE PHANTOM

4 a. Story of the Past: The goddess who took the form of a woman

X. 5. VISĀKHĀ AND HER COMPANIONS KEEP FAST-DAY

X. 6. THE BOA-CONSTRICTOR GHOST

6 a. Story of the Past: The treasurer Sumangala and the thief

X. 7. DEATH OF MOGGALLĀNA THE GREAT

7 a. Story of the Past: The son who killed his parents

X. 8. THE MONK OF MANY POSSESSIONS

8 a. Story of the Past: Mahimsasa and the princes Moon and Sun

X. 9. SANTATI THE KING’S MINISTERS

9 a. Story of the Past: The preacher of the Law and the King

X. 10. THE MONK AND THE RAGGED GARMENT

X. 11. SUKHA THE NOVICE

11 a. Story of the Past: The treasurer Gandha, the laborer Bhattabhatika, and the Private Buddha

11 b. Story of the Present: Sukha the novice

BOOK XI. OLD AGE, JARĀ VAGGA

XI. 1. VISĀKHĀ’S COMPANIONS INTOXICATE THEMSELVES

XI. 2. THE TEACHER CURES A MONK OF LOVE

XL 3. THE AGED NUN

XI. 4. A COMPANY OF OVER-CONFIDENT MONKS

XI. 5, THE NUN AND THE PHANTOM

XI. 6. QUEEN MALLIKĀ AND HER DOG

XI. 7. THE MONK WHO ALWAYS SAID THE WRONG THING

7 a. Story of the Past: Aggidatta, Somadatta, and the king

XI. 8. ELDER ĀNANDA’S STANZAS

XI. 9. GREAT-WEALTH, THE TREASURER’S SON

BOOK XII. SELF, ATTA VAGGA

XII. 1. PRINCE BODHI AND THE MAGIC BIRD

1 a. The prince, the builder, and the magic bird

1 b. The prince entertains the Buddha

1 c. Story of the Past: The man who ate bird’s eggs

XII. 2. THE GREEDY MONK

2 a. Story of the Past: The otters and the jackal

XII. 3. “BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD”

XII. 4. “AND HATE NOT HIS FATHER AND MOTHER”

4 a. Birth of Kumāra Kassapa

4 b. “And hate not his father and mother”

XII. 5. KILLING OF MAHĀ KĀLA

5 a. Story of the Past: The soldier and the man with a beautiful wife

XII. 6. DEVADATTA SEEKS TO SLAY THE TATHĀGATA

XII. 7. DEVADATTA SEEKS TO CAUSE A SCHISM IN THE ORDER

XII. 8. THE JEALOUS MONK

XII. 9. COURTEZANS SAVE A LAYMAN’S LIFE

XII. 10. BY RIGHTEOUSNESS MEN HONOR THE BUDDHA

BOOK XIII. THE WORLD, LOKA VAGGA

XIII. 1. A YOUNG GIRL JESTS WITH A YOUNG MONK

XIII. 2. THE BUDDHA VISITS KAPILA

XIII. 3. FIVE HUNDRED MONKS ATTAIN INSIGHT

XIII. 4. PRINCE ABHAYA LOSES HIS NAUTCH-GIRL

XIII. 5. THE MONK WITH A BROOM

XIII. 6. CONVERSION OF THE ROBBER FINGER-GARLAND

XIII. 7. THE WEAVER’S DAUGHTERS

XIII. 8. THIRTY MONKS

XIII. 9. CIÑCĀ FALSELY ACCUSES THE BUDDHA

9 a. Story of the Past: The lewd woman and the virtuous youth

XIII. 10. GIFTS BEYOND COMPARE

XIII. 11. VIRTUE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

BOOK XIV. THE ENLIGHTENED, BUDDHA VAGGA

XIV. 1. THE BUDDHA HAS NAUGHT TO DO WITH WOMEN

1 a. The Buddha spurns the maiden Māgandiyā

1 b. The Buddha spurns the daughters of Māra

XIV. 2. THE TWIN MIRACLE

2 a. Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja performs a miracle

2 b. The Buddha promises to perform a miracle

2 c. Preliminary miracles

2 d. The Buddha performs the Twin Miracle

2 e. The Ascent of the Buddha to the World of the Thirty-three

2 f. The Descent of the Buddha and attendant deities, Devorohana

XIV. 3. THE KING OF THE DRAGONS AND HIS DAUGHTERS

XIV. 4. HOW DID THE SEVEN BUDDHAS KEEP FAST-DAY?

XIV. 5. THE BUDDHA CURES A MONK OF DISCONTENT

XIV. 6. THE MONK AND THE DRAGON

XIV. 7. WHENCE COME MEN OF NOBLE BIRTH?

XIV. 8. WHAT IS THE PLEASANTEST THING IN THE WORLD?

XIV. 9. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE

BOOK XV. HAPPINESS, SUKHA VAGGA

XV. 1. A QUARREL AMONG BRETHREN

XV. 2. MĀRA POSSESSES VILLAGERS

XV. 3. DEFEAT OF THE KING OF KOSALA

XV. 4. “LOOK NOT ON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER”

XV. 5. THE BUDDHA FEEDS THE HUNGRY

XV. 6. ON MODERATION IN EATING

XV. 7. BY RIGHTEOUSNESS MEN HONOR THE BUDDHA

XV. 8. SAKKA MINISTERS TO THE BUDDHA

BOOK XVI. OBJECTS OF AFFECTION, PIYA VAGGA

XVI. 1. MOTHER AND FATHER AND SON

XVI. 2. THE BUDDHA COMFORTS THE AFFLICTED

XVI. 3. THE BUDDHA COMFORTS THE AFFLICTED

XVI. 4. THE LICCHAVI PRINCES AND THE COURTEZAN

XVI. 5. THE GOLDEN MAIDEN

XVI. 6. SET NOT YOUR HEART ON WORLDLY POSSESSIONS

XVI. 7. KASSAPA WINS A BASKET OF CAKES

XVI. 8. THE ELDER WHO HAD ATTAINED THE FRUIT OF THE THIRD PATH

XVI. 9. NANDIYA ATTAINS HEAVENLY GLORY

BOOK XVII. ANGER, KODHA VAGGA

XVII. 1. HOW ANGER MARRED A MAIDEN’S LOOKS

1 a. The maiden with blotches on her face

1 b. Story of the Past: The jealous queen and the nautch-girl

1 c. Sequel: The celestial nymph

XVII. 2. THE TREE-SPIRIT AND THE MONK

XVII. 3. THE POOR MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS

3 a. Puṇṇa acquires merit

3 b. Uttarā and Sirimā

XVII. 4. DO TRIFLING ACTS OF MERIT LEAD TO HEAVEN?

XVII. 5. A BRAHMAN GREETS THE BUDDHA AS HIS SON

XVII. 6. IT IS THE GIVER THAT MAKES THE GIFT

XVII. 7. NOTHING, TOO MUCH, AND TOO LITTLE

XVII. 8. THE BAND OF SIX

BOOK XVIII. BLEMISHES, MALA VAGGA

XVIII. 1. THE COW-KILLER AND HIS SON

XVIII. 2. LITTLE BY LITTLE

XVIII. 3. THE LOUSE THAT WOULD HAVE HIS OWN

XVIII. 4. PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL

XVIII. 5. THE WICKEDNESS OF WOMEN

XVIII. 6. COURTESY AND RUDENESS

XVIII. 7. ALL OF THE PRECEPTS ARE HARD TO KEEP

XVIII. 8. THE FAULT-FINDING NOVICE

XVIII. 9. THE INATTENTIVE LAYMEN

XVIII. 10. TREASURER RAM

10 a. Frame-Story begun: The Buddha visits Treasurer Ram

10 b. Digression: Treasurer Ram and his golden rams

10 c. Story of the Past: How Treasurer Ram came to possess golden rams

10 d. Story of the Past: How Treasurer Ram and his family came to possess magical power

10 e. Treasurer Ram and his family exhibit their magical power

10 f. Frame-Story concluded: Treasurer Ram goes forth to meet the Buddha

XVIII. 11. THE FAULT-FINDING MONK

XVIII. 12. IS THERE A PATH THROUGH THE AIR?

BOOK XIX. THE RIGHTEOUS, DHAMMAṬṬHA VAGGA

XIX. 1. THE UNJUST JUDGES

XIX. 2. THE BAND OF SIX

XIX. 3. NOT THEREFORE IS A MAN PRAISED FOR HIS MUCH SPEAKING

XIX. 4. CAN A YOUNG MONK BE AN “ELDER”?

XIX. 5. WHAT IS AN ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMAN?

XIX. 6. IT IS NOT TONSURE THAT MAKES THE MONK

XIX. 7. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THE MONK?

XIX. 8. IT IS NOT SILENCE THAT MAKES THE SAGE

XIX. 9. NOBLE IS AS NOBLE DOES

XIX. 10. BE NOT PUFFED UP

BOOK XX. THE PATH, MAGGA VAGGA

XX. 1. THE EIGHTFOLD PATH IS THE BEST OF PATHS

XX. 2. IMPERMANENCE

XX. 3. SUFFERING

XX. 4. UNREALITY

XX. 5. DO NOT POSTPONE UNTIL TO-MORROW

XX. 6. THE PIG-GHOST

6 a. Story of the Past: The destroyer of friendships

XX. 7. POṬHILA THE EMPTY-HEAD

XX. 8. THE OLD MONKS AND THE OLD WOMAN

8 a. Story of the Past: Kāka Jātaka

XX. 9. “THE GRASS WITHERETH, THE FLOWER FADETH”

XX. 10. THOU SHALT SURELY DIE

XX. 11. THE BEREAVED MOTHER AND THE PINCH OF MUSTARD-SEED

XX. 12. THE WOMAN WHO WAS BEREFT OF ALL HER FAMILY

BOOK XXI. MISCELLANEOUS, PAKIṆṆAKA VAGGA

XXI. 1. THE ASCENT OF THE GANGES

1 a. Story of the Past: The Brahman Saṁkha

XXI. 2. “NOT HATRED FOR HATRED”

XXI. 3. THE MONKS WHO WERE GIVEN TO VANITIES

XXI. 4. THE MONK WHO HAD KILLED HIS MOTHER AND FATHER

XXL 5. THE YOUTH AND THE DEMONS

XXI. 6. THE VAJJIAN PRINCE WHO BECAME A MONK

XXI. 7. CITTA THE FAITHFUL LAYMAN

XXI. 8. CULLĀ SUBHADDĀ THE VIRTUOUS

XXI 9. THE SOLITARY MONK

BOOK XXII. HELL, NIRAYA VAGGA

XXII. 1. MURDER OF SUNDARĪ

XXII. 2. THE SKELETON-GHOST

XXII. 3. MAGIC FOR MEAT

XXII. 4. THE MAN WHOM WOMEN LOVED

4 a. story of the Past: Khema’s Earnest Wish

XXII. 5. THE PRESUMPTUOUS MONK

XXII. 6. THE JEALOUS WOMAN

XXII. 7. FORTIFY YOURSELF LIKE A CITY

XXII. 8. DEGREES OF NAKEDNESS

XXII. 9. CHILDREN VISIT THE BUDDHA

BOOK XXIII. THE ELEPHANT, NĀGA VAGGA

XXIII. 1. THE SECTARIES INSULT THE BUDDHA

XXIII. 2. THE MONK WHO HAD BEEN AN ELEPHANT-TRAINER

XXIII. 3. THE OLD BRAHMAN AND HIS SONS

XXIII. 4. ON MODERATION IN EATING

XXIII. 5. THE NOVICE AND THE OGRESS

XXIII. 6. AN ELEPHANT STICKS FAST IN THE MUD

XXIII. 7. AN ELEPHANT WAITS UPON THE BUDDHA

XXIII. 8. MĀRA TEMPTS THE BUDDHA

BOOK XXIV. THIRST OR CRAVING, TAṆHA VAGGA

XXIV. 1. REDFISH

1 a. Story of the Past: The insolent monk. The bandits

1 b. Story of the Present: The fishermen, and the fish with a stinking breath

XXIV. 2. THE YOUNG SOW

XXIV. 3. THE RENEGADE MONK

XXIV. 4. THE PRISON-HOUSE

4 a. Story of the Past: Husband and wife

XXIV. 5. BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN-DEEP

XXIV. 6. THE YOUTH WHO MARRIED A FEMALE ACROBAT

6 a. Story of the Past: A joke in earnest

XXIV. 7. YOUNG ARCHER THE WISE

7 a. Story of the Past: Young Archer the Wise

XXIV. 8. MĀRA SEEKS IN VAIN TO FRIGHTEN RĀHULA

XXIV. 9. THE SKEPTICAL ASCETIC

XXIV. 10. THE SUMMUM BONUM

XXIV. 11. TREASURER CHILDLESS

11 a. Story of the Past: The niggardly treasurer

XXIV. 12. THE GREATER AND THE LESSER GIFT

BOOK XXV. THE MONK, BHIKKHU VAGGA

XXV. 1. GUARD THE DOORS OF THE SENSES

1 a. Story of the Past: Takkasila Jātaka

XXV. 2. THE GOOSE-KILLING MONK

2 a. Story of the Past: Kurudhamma Jātaka

XXV. 3. THE MONK WHO FAILED TO HOLD HIS TONGUE

3 a. Story of the Past: The talkative tortoise

XXV. 4. BY RIGHTEOUSNESS MEN HONOR THE BUDDHA

XXV. 5. THE TRAITOR MONK

5 a. Story of the Past: Elephant Damsel-face, Mahilāmukha Jātaka

XXV. 6. THE BRAHMAN WHO GAVE THE GIFTS OF FIRST-FRUITS

XXV. 7. THE CONVERSION OF A PACK OF THIEVES

XXV. 8. “THE GRASS WITHERETH, THE FLOWER FADETH”

XXV. 9. THE MONK WHOSE MOTHER WAS A LIONESS

XXV. 10. THE MONK AND THE RAGGED GARMENT

XXV. 11. “WHOSOEVER BEHOLDS THE LAW, HE BEHOLDS ME”

XXV. 12. THE NOVICE AND THE DRAGON

12 a. Story of the Past: The poor man Annabhāra and the rich man Sumana

12 b. Story of the Present: Anuruddha retires from the world

12 c. Story of the Present: The novice Sumana and the dragon

BOOK XXVI. THE BRAHMAN, BRĀHMAṆA VAGGA

XXVI. 1. BRAHMAN GREAT-JOY

XXVI. 2. WHAT ARE THE “TWO STATES”?

XXVI. 3. WHAT IS THE “FAR SHORE”?

XXVI. 4. WHAT IS A BRAHMAN?

XXVI. 5. THE BUDDHAS SHINE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT

XXVI. 6. WHAT IS A MONK?

XXVI. 7. THE PATIENT SUBDUES THE VIOLENT

XXVI. 8. MAHĀ PAJĀPATĪ GOTAMĪ RECEIVES THE PRECEPTS

XXVI. 9. REVERENCE TO WHOM REVERENCE IS DUE

XXVI. 10. WHAT IS A BRAHMAN?

XXVI. 11. THE TRICKSTER BRAHMAN

11 a. Story of the Past: The false ascetic and the king of the lizards

XXVI. 12. Kisā Gotamī, WEARER OF REFUSE-RAGS

XXVI. 13. WHAT IS A BRAHMAN?

XXVI. 14. UGGASENA THE ACROBAT

XXVI. 15. A TUG OF WAR

XXVI. 16. THE PATIENT SUBDUES THE INSOLENT

XXVI. 17. SĀRIPUTTA IS REVILED BY HIS MOTHER

XXVI. 18. ARE NOT THE ARAHATS CREATURES OF FLESH AND BLOOD?

XXVI. 19. A SLAVE LAYS DOWN HIS BURDEN

XXVI. 20. KHEMĀ THE WISE

XXVI. 21. THE MONK AND THE GODDESS

XXVI. 22. THE MONK AND THE WOMAN

XXVI. 23. THE FOUR NOVICES

XXVI. 24. DID BIG WAYMAN YIELD TO ANGER?

XXVI. 25. THE FORCE OF HABIT

XXVI. 26. THE MONK WHO WAS ACCUSED OF THEFT

XXVI. 27. SĀRIPUTTA IS MISUNDERSTOOD

XXVI. 28. MOGGALLĀNA IS MISUNDERSTOOD

XXVI. 29. RENOUNCE BOTH GOOD AND EVIL

XXVI. 30. ELDER MOONLIGHT

30 a. Story of the Past: A forester presents a moon-disk

30 b. Story of the Present: Brahman Moonlight

XXVI. 31. SEVEN YEARS IN THE WOMB

XXVI. 32. A COURTEZAN TEMPTS THE MONK OCEAN-OF-BEAUTY

Story of the Past: The antelope and the bait of honey Vātamiga Jātaka.

XXVI. 33. JOTIKA AND JATILA

33 a. Story of the Past: Jotika in his previous existence as Aparājita

33 b. Story of the Present: Treasurer Jotika

33 c. Story of the Present: Elder Jatila

33 d. Story of the Past: The goldsmith and his three sons

33 e. Story of the Present concluded

XXVI. 34. AJATASATTU ATTACKS JOTIKA’S PALACE

XXVI. 35. THE MONK WHO WAS ONCE A MIME

XXVI. 36. THE MONK WHO WAS ONCE A MIME

XXVI. 37. THE SKULL-TAPPER

XXVI. 38. HUSBAND AND WIFE

XXVI. 39. AṄGULIMĀLA THE FEARLESS

XXVI. 40. IT IS THE GIVER THAT MAKES THE GIFT!

Epilogue