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| Preface | |
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| Credits | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Editor's Introduction | |
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| Sariputta: The Marshal of the Dhamma | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The Quest for the Dhamma | |
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| Early Life | |
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| The Original Aspiration | |
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| Sariputta in the Jatakas | |
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| Sariputta the Man | |
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| The Chief Disciple | |
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| The Helper | |
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| The Unresentful | |
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| Friendships and Relatives | |
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| The Mediator | |
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| The Turner of the Wheel | |
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| The Suttas | |
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| Expository Works | |
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| The Abhidhamma | |
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| The Further Shore | |
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| The Last Debt Paid | |
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| Cunda Sutta | |
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| Ukkacela Sutta | |
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| Discourses of Sariputta | |
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| Majjhima Nikaya | |
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| Digha Nikaya | |
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| Anguttara Nikaya | |
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| Samyutta Nikaya | |
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| Mahamoggallana: Master of Psychic Powers | |
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| Youth | |
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| Wandering and Spiritual Search | |
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| Finding the Dhamma | |
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| The Struggle for Realization of the Teaching | |
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| The Most Excellent Pair of Disciples | |
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| Moggallana's Psychic Powers | |
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| Penetration of Others' Minds (Thought Reading) | |
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| The Divine Ear (Clairaudience) | |
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| The Divine Eye (Clairvoyance) | |
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| Travel by Mind-Made Body (Astral Travel) | |
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| Telekinesis (Supernormal Locomotion) | |
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| The Power of Transformation | |
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| Moggallana's Previous Lives | |
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| Moggallana's Verses | |
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| The Last Days of Moggallana | |
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| Moggallana's Death | |
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| Mahakassapa: Father of the Sangha | |
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| Kassapa's Early Years | |
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| Bhadda Kapilani | |
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| The Samsaric Background | |
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| How Kassapa Came to the Buddha | |
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| Kassapa's Relationship to the Buddha | |
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| Encounters with Deities | |
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| Relations with Fellow Monks | |
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| After the Buddha's Parinibbana | |
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| The Verses of Mahakassapa | |
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| Ananda: Guardian of the Dhamma | |
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| Ananda's Personal Path | |
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| Ananda's Renown | |
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| The Buddha's Attendant | |
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| The Guardian of the Dhamma | |
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| Ananda's Attitude Toward Women | |
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| Ananda and His Fellow Monks | |
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| Conversations with the Buddha | |
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| Ananda's Former Lives | |
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| Jataka 498 | |
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| Jataka 421 | |
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| Jataka 282 | |
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| The Last Days of the Buddha | |
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| After the Buddha's Parinibbana | |
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| Anuruddha: Master of the Divine Eye | |
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| Early Life and Ordination | |
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| The Struggle for Arahantship | |
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| Anuruddha's Spiritual Path | |
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| Life in the Sangha | |
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| Anuruddha and Women | |
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| Anuruddha's Earlier Lives | |
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| The Buddha's Parinibbana and Afterward | |
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| Mahakaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Samsaric Background | |
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| Kaccana's Conversion to the Dhamma | |
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| Various Incidents | |
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| The Elaborator of Brief Statements | |
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| Majjhima Nikaya | |
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| Samyutta Nikaya | |
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| Anguttara Nikaya | |
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| Other Teachings of Mahakaccana | |
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| The Theragatha Verses | |
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| The Exegetical Treatises | |
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| Great Women Disciples of the Buddha | |
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| Visakha: The Buddha's Chief Patroness | |
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| Mallika: The Flower-girl Queen | |
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| Khema of Great Wisdom | |
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| Bhadda Kundalakesa: The Debating Ascetic | |
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| Kisagotami: The Mother with the Dead Child | |
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| Sona with Many Children | |
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| Nanda: The Buddha's Half-sister | |
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| Queen Samavati: Embodiment of Loving-kindness | |
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| Patacara: Preserver of the Vinaya | |
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| Ambapali: The Generous Courtesan | |
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| Sirima and Uttara | |
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| Isidasi: A Journey through Samsara | |
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| Angulimala: A Murderer's Road to Sainthood | |
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| The Making of a Serial Killer | |
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| Angulimala Becomes a Monk | |
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| "Born with the Noble Birth" | |
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| Angulimala's Verses | |
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| Anathapindika: The Buddha's Chief Patron | |
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| Anathapindika Becomes a Disciple | |
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| The Wealthy Patron | |
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| Anathapindika's Family | |
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| Anathapindika and His Friends | |
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| Discourses by the Blessed One | |
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| The Death of Anathapindika | |
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| Shorter Lives of the Disciples | |
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| The Householder Citta | |
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| The Bhikkhu Citta | |
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| Father and Mother Nakula | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Index | |