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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 | |