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BUDDHIST LEGENDS - 3 Vols. (Translated from the original Pali text of the Dhammapada Commentary)

IDC856

by Eugene Watson Burlingame
Hardcover (Edition: 1999)

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 81-215-0879-7

Size: 8.8" X 5.8"
Pages: 1121 (B & W Illus: 1)

From the Jacket

Dhammapada or way of Righteousness, is the name of one of the canonical books of the Buddhist sacred scripture. It is written in the Pali language. It consists of 423 stanzas. These are reputed to be the very words of Buddha.

The Dhammapada commentary (in Pali Dhammapad-Attha-katha) is ascribed to Buddhaghosa. The greatest of all the Buddhist scholastics. This aspiration is without due warrant, as appears from translator's Introduction. The commentary purports to tell us "where, when, why, for what purpose, with reference to what situation, with reference to what person or persons," Buddha uttered each one of these stanzas. In so doing, the author of the commentary narrates 299 legends or stories. These stories are the preponderating element of the commentary, and it are these which are here translated.

From the Book

He whose heart is unwetted by the rain of lust,
He whose heart is unsigned by the fire of ill-will,
He who has renounced both good and evil,
He who is vigilant, such a man has nothing to fear.

Some are reborn on earth, evil-doers go to hell,
The righteous go to heaven, Arahats pass to Nibbana.

By self alone is evil done, by self alone does one suffer,
By self alone is evil left undone, by self alone does one obtain Salvation.
Salvation and Perdition depend upon self; no man can save another.

The shunning of all evil, the doing of good,
the cleansing of the heart: this is the Religion of the Buddhas.

One should overcome anger with kindness;
One should overcome evil with good;
One should overcome the niggard with gifts,
And the speaker of falsehood with truth.

Contents

	Five stanzas translated from the Dhamma-pada	ix
	Photogravure of a Cingalese palm-leaf manuscript Mounted on a guard between pages x and xi
	Facsimile of a page of Pali text in Burmese letters	xii
	Facsimile of a page of Pali text in Cingalese letters	xiii
	Prefatory note	xv
	Note for Librarians and Cataloguers	xvii
	INTRODUCTION
1.	Legendary life of the Buddha
	a. Birth amid rejoicing of angels	1
	b. The Buddhist Simeon	2
	c. Youth and marriage	2
	d. Resolve to seek after Nibbana	2
	e. The Great Retirement	3
	f. The Great Struggle	3
	g. The Enlightenment	4
	h. Ministry and death	6
	i. Buddhist-Christian parallels	9
2.	Teachings of the Buddha
	a. The Beginningless Round of Existences	14
	b. The motive of the Religious Life	15
	c. Impermanence, Suffering, Unreality	15
	d. The four Noble Truths regarding Suffering	16
	e. The Noble Eightfold Path to Nibbana	17
3.	Practice of Meditation	19
4.	Dhammapada: its place in the Buddhist Canon	25
5.	Dhammapada Commentary: general character and structure of parts	26
6.	Subject-matter and motifs of the stories
	a. Karma and Rebirth	29
	b. Other motifs	34
	c. Humorous stories	36
	d. Animal stories	42
	e. Legends of the Saints	43
	f. Stories of seven-year-old novices	44
	g. Stories of good and evil spirits	44
7.	Literary relation of the Dhammapada Commentary: its relation to
	a. The Four Agamas	45
	b. The Vinaya	46
	c. The Udana	47
	d. Buddhaghosa's Works	48
	e. The Jataka Book	52
	f. Dhammapala's Commentaries	56
8.	Date of the Dhammapada Commentary	57
9.	Authorship of this Commentary unknown; not by Buddhaghosa	59
10.	References to stories of this Commentary in Milindapanha	60
11.	Parallels to Story-cycle of Udena	62
12.	Parallels to Dhammapada Commentary stories in Sanskrit and Tibetan	63
13.	Hardy's Legends of Gotama Buddha (Cingalese)	64
14.	Rogers's Buddhaghosha's Parables (Burmese)	65
15.	Previous translations o Dhammapada and of parts of Commentary	66
16.	Editions of the text of the Dhammapada Commentary	67
17.	Brief list of books on the life and teachings of the Buddha	68
	SYNOPSES OF THE LEGENDS OR STORIES
	The synopses occupy pages 71 to 141 of Volume 28
	A detailed Table of Contents of this portion of the work is uncalled for
	The page at which the synopsis of any given story begins is given below, with a capital letter S and in parentheses
	TRANSLATION OF THE LEGENDS OR STORIES
	The Table of Contents of this portion of the work may advantageously be made to serve also as a finding-index:
1.	For the place of the Synopsis of a given story (see above);
2.	For the Dhammapada-Stanza [numbers in brackets] to which the story relates;
3.	For the place of the text of the story in Norman's edition (N); and
4.	For the same in the Rangoon or Burmese or Burmese edition (B); and
5.	For the same in the Colombo or Cingalese edition (C). - Accordingly,
	For each Story, there is given, in each odd line,
1.	The number of the Story in the Book,
2.	An English title,
3.	The page (in parentheses and with an S prefixed) of the Synopsis, and
4.	The page at which the Translation begins. - And
	For each Story, there is given, in each even line,
1.	Its Pali title
2.	The number [in brackets] of the stanza to which the Story relates,
2a.	As counted from the beginning of the Book concerned, and
2b.	As counted from the beginning of the Dhammapada (so Fausboll),
3.	The volume and page (with N prefixed) of the Pali text in Norman's edition,
4.	The page (with B prefixed) of the Pali text in the Burmese edition, and
5.	The page (with C prefixed) of the Pali text in the Cingalese edition.
	Book I. Pairs, Yamaka Vagga. Volume 28
1.	"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out"	146
I a.	Story of the Past: The wicked physician and the woman	158
2.	Why cry for the moon?	159
3.	Tissa the Fat	166
3 a.	Story of the Past: Devala and Narada	167
4.	"Not hatred for hatred"	170
5.	The quarrelsome monks of Kosambi	175
5 a.	Quarrel among the monks	176
5 b.	The Buddha, the elephant, and the monkey	179
6.	Kaja junior and Kala senior	184
7.	Devadatta wears an unbecoming robe	189
7 a.	Story of the Past: The elephant-hunter and the noble elephant	191
8.	The Chief Disciples	193
8 a.	Life of the Buddha	193
8 b.	Life of Upatissa (Sariputta) and Kolita (Moggallana)	198
8 c.	Story of the Past: Kala junior and Kala senior	204
8 d.	Story of the Past: Yasa and fifty-four companions	205
8 e.	Story of the Past: Thirty noble youths	206
8 f.	Story of the Past: Three brothers Kassapa	206
8 g.	Story of the Past: Sarada and Sirivaddha	210
9.	Nanda the Elder	217
9 a.	Nanda becomes a monk in spite of himself	217
9 b.	Nanda and the celestial nymphs	220
9 c.	Story of the Past: Kappata and the donkey	224
10.	Cunda the pork-butcher	225
11.	The righteous lay brother	228
12.	Devadatta's career	230
13.	Lady Sumana	242
14.	Two brethren	244
	Book II. Heedfulness, Appamada Vagga. Volume 28
1.	Story-cycle of King Udena or Udayana	247
	Part 1.Birth and youthful career of Udena	247
	Part 2. Birth and youthful career of Ghosaka	252
	Story of the Past: Kotuhalaka casts away his son	252
	Story of the Present: Ghosaka is cast away seven times	256
	Part 3. Birth and youthful career of Samavati	266
	Part 4. Winning of Vasuladatta by Udena	270
	Part 5. Rejection of Magandiya by the Buddha	274
	Part 6. Death of Samavati and Magandiya, and explanation	277
	Treasurers, monks, and tree-spirit and Story of the Past	277
	Conversion of Samavati by Khujjutara	281
	Magandiya's plot against Samavati and the Buddha	282
	Burning of Samavati and punishment of Magandiya	288
	Story of the Past: Samavati's former deed	290
	Story of the Past: Khujjuttara's former deeds	292
2.	The voice of a rich man	293
3.	Little Wayman	299
3 a.	Birth of Little Wayman	299
3 b.	Little Wayman as a monk	301
4.	Simpletons' Holiday	310
5.	Kassapa the Great	311
6.	Two brethren	312
7.	How Magha became Sakka	313
7 a.	Story of the present: Mahali's question	313
7 b.	Story of the Past: How Magha became Sakka	315
8.	A monk attains Arahatship	325
9.	Tissa of the Market-town	326
9 a.	Story of the Past: Sakka and the parrot	327
	Book III. Thoughts, Citta Vagga. Volume 29
1.	Elder Meghiya	1
2.	The mind-reader	1
3.	A discontented monk	8
4.	Nephew Sangharakkita	10
5.	Elder Thought-controlled	12
5 a.	Story of the Past: Kuddala and his spade	15
6.	Monks and tree-spirits	17
7.	Cruelty a cause of boils	20
7 a.	Story of the Past: The cruel fowler	21
8.	Nanda the herdsman	22
9.	Mother of two and father of two	23
	Book IV. Flowers, Vagga. Volume 29
1.	The soil of the heart	29
2.	A monk attains Arahatship	29
3.	Vidudabha wreaks vengeance on the Sakiyas	30
3 a.	Story of the Past: Kesava, Kappa, Narada, King of Benares	34
4	Husband-honorer	46
5.	Niggardly Kosiya	49
6.	Pathika the Naked Ascetic	54
7.	The king and the King of Kings	56
8.	Marriage of Visakha	59
8 a.	Story of the Past: Visakha's Earnest Wish	82
9.	Elder Ananda's question	84
10.	Sakka gives alms to Kassapa the Great	86
11.	Godhika attains Nibbana	90
12.	Sirigutta and Garahadinna	92
	Book V. The Simpleton, Bala Vagga. Volume 29
1.	The king and the poor man with a beautiful wife	100
1 a.	Story of the Past: The Hell Pot	106
1 b.	Story of the Past: The King of Benares and Queen Dinna	108
1 c.	Story of the Past: The woman who killed a ewe	110
2.	The rebellious pupil	111
2 a.	Story of the Past: The monkey and the singila bird	114
3	A Jonah in the house	115
3 a.	The niggardly treasurer	115
3 b.	Sequel: A Jonah in the house	115
4.	The pickpocket	117
5.	The wise fool	117
6.	From vice to virtue	118
7.	A leper is tempted to deny his faith	119
7 a.	Story of the Past: The four youths and the courtezan	120
7 b.	Story of the Past: The insolent youth	120
8.	A farmer is unjustly accused of theft	121
9.	Sumana the gardener	123
10.	Rape of Uppalavanna	127
11.	Jambuka the Naked Ascetic	130
11 a.	Story of the Past: The jealous monk	130
11 b.	Story of the Present: Jambuka the Naked Ascetic	132
12.	The snake-ghost and the crow-ghost	137
12 a.	Story of the Past: The crow-ghost	138
12 b.	Story of the Past: The snake-ghost	139
13.	The sledge-hammer ghost	140
13 a.	Story of the Past: The stone-thrower and his pupil	141
14.	Citta and Sudhamma	144
14 a.	Story of the Past: Citta's deed in a former birth	149
15	A seven-year-old novice wins all hearts	150
15 a.	Story of the Past: The poor Brahman	150
15 b.	Story of the Present: The novice Tissa	151
	Book VI. The Wise Man, Pandita Vagga. Volume 29
1.	A poor man wins spiritual treasure	163
1 a.	Story of the Past: The grateful elephant	164
2.	The insolent monks	165
3.	The insolent monk	166
4.	Kappina the Great, Elder	167
4 a.	Story of the Past: Weavers and householders	167
4 b.	Story of the Present: King Kappina and Queen Anoja	169
5.	Pandita the novice	176
5 a.	Story of the Past: Sakka and the poor man	176
5 b.	Story of the Present: Pandita, the seven-year-old novice	184
6.	Unshaken as a rock	189
7.	After the storm, calm	190
8.	A pack of vagabonds	193
9.	Husband and wife	194
10.	"Few there be that find it"	195
11.	Abandon the dark state	196
	Book VII. The Arahat, Arahanta Vagga. Volume 29.
1.	The Tathagata suffers not	197
2.	Free from attachment	198
3.	A monk stores food	200
4.	The monk and the goddess	201
5.	Sakka honors a monk	202
6.	A fancied slight	203
7.	The loss of an eye	205
8.	Not by the faith of another	208
9.	Elder Revata of the acacia forest	209
9 a.	Revata becomes a monk	209
9 b.	The Buddha visits Revata	209
9 c.	Story of the Past: The offering of honey and the siege of a city	214
10.	A courtezan tempts a monk	217
	Book VIII. Thousands, Sahassa Vagga. Volume 29
1.	A public executioner	218
2.	conversion of Bahiya Daruciriya	222
2 a.	Digression: Story of the Past	222
3.	the maiden who married a thief	227
4.	Gain and loss	232
5.	Sariputta's uncle	233
6.	Sariputta's nephew	234
7.	Sariputta's friend	235
8.	The lad whose years increased	235
9.	Samkicca the novice	238
9 a.	Digression: How Samkicca got his name	238
9 b.	Sequel: The novice Atimuttaka	245
10.	The monk and the thieves	246
11.	On the razor's edge	247
11 a.	Story of the Past: Discontented and covetous	249
12.	Patacara is benefit of all her family	250
13.	Kisa Gotami seeks mustard seed to cure her dead child	257
13 a.	Kisa Gotami marries the son of a rich merchant	257
13 b.	Kisa Gotami seeks mustard seed to cure her dead child	258
14	The widow Bahuputtika and her ungrateful children	260
	Book IX. Evil, Papa Vagga. Volume 29
1.	The Brahman with a single robe	262
2.	A discontented monk	264
3.	Goddess and monk	265
4.	Anathapindika and the goddess	268
5.	The monk who failed to keep his requisites in order	271
6.	Treasurer Catfoot	272
7.	Merchant Great-Wealth	274
8.	The enchanted hunter	276
8 a.	Story of the Past: The city treasurer and the country treasurer	280
9.	The hunter who was devoured by his own dogs	282
9 a.	Story of the Past: Wicked physician, boys, and poisonous snake	283
10.	The jeweler, the monk, and the heron	284
11.	Three parties of monks	286
11 a.	Story of the Present: Crow burned	286
11 b.	Story of the Present: Woman cast overboard	287
11 c.	Story of the Present: Monks imprisoned	288
11 d.	Story of the Past: Ox burned	289
11e.	Story of the Past: Dog drowned	289
11 f.	Story of the Past: Lizard imprisoned	290
12.	Suppabuddha insults the Teacher	291
	Book X. The Rod or Punishment, Danda Vagga. Volume 29
1.	The Band of Six	294
2.	The Band of Six	294
3.	A company of boys	295
4.	The monk and the phantom	296
4 a.	Story of the Past: The goddess who took the form of a woman	296
5.	Visakha and her companions keep Fast-day	300
6.	The boa-constrictor ghost	300
6 a.	Story of the Past: The treasurer Sumangala and the thief	301
7.	Death of Moggallana the Great	304
7 a.	Story of the Past: The son who killed his parents	306
8.	The monk of many possessions	308
8 a.	Story of the Past: Prince Mahimsasa, Princes Moon and Sun	309
9.	Santati the king's minister	312
9 a.	Story of the Past: the preacher of the Law and the king	314
10.	The monk and the ragged garment	316
11.	Sukha the novice	318
11 a.	Story of the Past: The treasurer Gandha, the laborer Bhattabhatika, and the Private Buddha	318
11 b.	Story of the Present: Sukha the novice	324
	Book XI. Old Age, Jara Vagga Volume 29
1.	Visakha's companions intoxicate themselves	328
2.	The Teacher cures a monk of love	330
3.	the aged nun	334
4.	A company of over-confident monks	335
5.	The nun and the phantom	336
6.	Queen Mallika and her dog	340
7.	The monk who always said the wrong thing	343
7 a.	Story of the Past: Aggidatta, Somadatta, and the king	343
8.	Elder Ananda's Stanzas	345
9.	Great-Wealth, the treasurer's son	346
	Book XII. Self, Atta Vagga Volume 29
1.	Prince Bodhi and the magic bird	349
1 a.	The prince, the builder, and the magic bird	349
1 b.	The prince entertains the Buddha	350
1 c.	Story of the Past: The man who ate bird's eggs	351
2.	The greedy monk	352
2 a.	Story of the Past: the others and the jackal	353
3.	"Be ye doers of the word"	354
4.	"And hate not his father and mother	356
4 a.	Birth of Kumara Kassapa	356
4 b.	"And hate not his father and mother"	358
5.	Killing of Maha Kala	359
6.	Devadatta seeks to slay the Tathagata	362
7.	Devadatta seeks to cause a schism in the Order	363
8.	The jealous monk	363
9.	Courtezans save a layman's life	365
10.	By righteousness men honor the Buddha	366
	Book XIII. The World, Loka Vagga. Volume 30
1.	A young girl jests with a young monk	1
2.	The Buddha visits Kapila	2
3.	Five hundred monks attain Insight	4
4.	Prince Abhaya loses his nautch-girl	4
5.	the monk with a broom	5
6.	Conversion of the robber Finger-garland	6
7.	The weaver's daughter	14
8.	Thirty monks	18
9.	Cinca falsely accuses the Buddha	19
9 a.	Story of the Past: The lewd woman and the virtuous youth	22
10.	Gifts beyond Compare	24
11.	Virtue bought and paid for	28
	Book XIV. The Enlightened, Buddha Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The Buddha has naught to do with women	31
1 a.	the Buddha spurns the maiden Magandiya	31
1 b.	The Buddha spurns the Daughters of Mara	33
2.	The Twin Meracle	35
2 a.	Pindola Bharadvaja performs a miracle	35
2 b.	The Buddha promises to perform a miracle	38
2 c.	Preliminary miracles	41
2 d.	The Buddha performs the Twin Miracle	45
2 e.	The Ascent of the Buddha to the World of the Thirty-three	47
2 f.	The Descent of the Buddha and attendant deities	52
3.	The king of the dragons and his daughter	56
4.	How did the Seven Buddhas keep Fast-day?	60
5.	The Buddha cures a monk of discontent	81
6.	The monk and the dragon	63
7.	Whence come men of noble birth?	67
8.	What is the pleasantest thing in the world?	67
9.	Honor to whom honor is due	68
	Book XV. Happiness, Sukha Vagga. Volume 30
1.	A quarrel among brethren	70
2.	Mara possesses villagers	72
3.	Defeat of the King of Kosala	73
4.	"Look not on a woman to lust after her"	73
5.	The Buddha feeds the hungry	74
6.	On moderation in eating	76
7.	By righteousness men honor the Buddha	78
8.	Sakka ministers to the Buddha	79
	Book XVI. Objects of Affection, Piya Vagga. Volume 30
1.	Mother and father and son	81
2.	The Buddha comforts the affilicted	83
3.	The Buddha comforts the afflicted	84
4.	The Licchavi princes and the courtezan	85
5.	The golden maiden	86
6.	Set not your heart on worldly possessions	88
7.	Kassapa wins a basket of cakes	90
8.	The Elder who had attained the Fruit of the Third Path	91
9.	Nandiya attains heavenly glory	92
	Book XVII. Anger, Kodha Vagga. Volume 30
1.	How anger marred a maiden's looks	95
1 a.	The maiden with blotches on her face	95
1 b.	Story of the Past: The jealous queen and the nautch-girl	96
1 c.	Sequel: The celestial nymph	97
2.	The tree-spirit and the monk	98
3.	The poor man and his daughter	99
3 a.	Punna acquires merit	99
3 b.	Uttara and Sirima	103
4.	Do trifling acts of merit lead to heaven?	107
5.	A Brahman greets the Buddha as his son	108
6.	It is the giver that makes the gift	111
7.	Nothing, too much, and too little	113
8.	The Band of Six	115
	Book XVIII. Blemishes, Mala Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The cow-killer and his son	116
2.	Little by little	119
3.	The Louse that would have his own	120
4.	Pride goeth before a fall	122
5.	The wickedness of women	124
6.	Courtesy and rudeness	124
7.	All of the precepts are hard to keep	125
8.	The fault-finding novice	126
9.	The inattentive laymen	127
10.	Treasurer Ram	130
10 a.	Frame-story begun: The Buddha visits Treasurer Ram	130
10 b.	How did Treasurer Ram get his name?	130
10 c.	Story of the Past: How he came to possess golden rams	130
10 d.	Story of the Past: How he and his family gained magical power	132
10 e.	Treasurer Ram and his family exhibit their magical power	136
10 f.	Frame-story concluded: Treasurer Ram goes to meet the Buddha	137
11.	The fault-finding monk	138
12.	Is there a path through the air?	139
	Book XIX. The Righteous, Dhammattha Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The unjust judges	140
2.	The Band of Six	140
3.	Not therefore is a man praised for his much speaking	141
4.	Can a young monk be an "Elder"?	142
5.	What is an accomplished gentleman?	143
6.	It is not tonsure that makes the monk	144
7.	What is it that makes the monk?	145
8.	It is not silence that makes the sage	145
9.	Noble is as noble does	146
10.	Be not puffed up	147
	Book XX. The Path, Magga Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The Eightfold Path is the best of paths	149
2.	Impermanence	150
3.	Suffering	150
4.	Unreality	151
5.	Do not postpone until to-morrow	151
6.	The pig-ghost	153
6 a.	Story of the Past: The destroyer of friendships	154
7.	Pothila the Empty-head	157
8.	The old monks and the old woman	159
8 a.	Story of the Past: Kaka Jataka	160
9.	"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth"	161
10.	Thou shalt surely die	164
11.	The bereaved mother and the pinch of mustard seed	165
12.	The women who was bereft of all her family	166
	Book XXI. Miscellaneous, Pakinnaka Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The Ascent of the Ganges	168
1 a.	Story of the Past: The Brahman Samkha	174
2.	"Not hatred for hatred"	176
3.	The monks who were given to vanities	178
4.	The monk who had killed his mother and father	178
5.	The youth and the demons	179
6.	The Vajjian prince who became a monk	182
7.	Citta the faithful layman	183
8.	Culla Subhadda the virtuous	184
9.	The solitary monk	187
	Book XXII. Hell, Niraya Vagga. Volume 30
1.	Murder of Sundari	189
2.	The skeleton-ghost	191
3.	Magic for meat	192
4.	The man whom women loved	193
4 a.	Story of the Past: Khema's Earnest Wish	193
5.	The presumptuous monk	194
6.	The jealous woman	194
7.	Fortify yourself like a city	195
8.	Degrees of nakedness	196
9.	Children visit the Buddha	197
	Book XXIII. The Elephant, Naga Vagga. Volume 30
1.	The sectaries insult the Buddha	199
2.	The monk who had been an elephant-trainer	200
3.	The old Brahman and his sons	201
3 a.	Story of the Past: Matuposaka Nagaraja Jataka	204
4.	On moderation in eating	206
5.	The novice and the ogress	207
6.	An elephant sticks fast in the mud	211
7.	An elephant waits upon the Buddha	211
8.	Mara tempts the Buddha	213
	Book XXIV. Thirst or Craving, Tanha Vagga. Volume 30
1.	Redfish	215
1 a.	Story of the Past: The insolent monk. The bandits	215
1 b.	Story of the Present: Fisherman, and the fish with stinking breath	217
2.	The young sow	219
3.	The renegade monk	221
4.	The prison-house	233
4 a.	Story of the Past: Husband and wife	223
5.	Beauty is but skin-deep	225
6.	The youth who married a female acrobat	226
6 a.	Story of the Past: A joke in earnest	230
7.	Young Archer the Wise	231
7 a.	Story of the Past: Young Archer the Wise	232
8.	Mara seeks in vain to frighten Rahula	234
9.	The skeptical ascetic	235
10.	The Summum Bonum	236
11.	Treasurer Childless	239
11 a.	Story of the Past: the niggardly treasurer	240
12.	The greater and the lesser gift	242
	Book XXV. The Monk, Bhikkhu Vagga. Volume 30
1.	Guard the doors of the senses	343
1 a.	Story of the Past: Takkasila Jataka	243
2.	The goose-killing monk	244
2 a.	Story of the Past: Kurudhamma Jataka	245
3.	The monk who failed to hold his tongue	247
3 a.	Story of the Past: The talkative tortoise, Bahubhani (Kacchapa) Jataka	248
4.	By righteousness men honor the Buddha	249
5.	The traitor monk	250
5 a.	Story of the Past: Elephant Damsel-face, Mahilamukha Jataka	251
6.	The Brahman who gave the gifts of first-fruits	252
7.	The conversion of a pack of thieves	254
8.	"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth"	259
9.	The monk whose mother was a lioness	259
10.	The monk and the ragged garment	260
11.	"Whosoever beholds the Law, he beholds me"	262
12.	The novice and the dragon	264
12 a.	Story of the Past: Poor man Annabhara and rich man Sumana	264
12 b.	Story of the Present: Anuruddha retires from the world	267
12 c.	Story of the Present: The novice Sumana and the dragon	270
	Book XXVI. The Brahman, Brahmana Vagga. Volume 30
1.	Brahman Great-Joy	276
2.	What are the :Two States"?	277
3.	What is the "Far Shore"?	277
4.	What is a Brahman?	277
5.	The Buddhas shine both day and night	278
6.	What is a monk?	279
7.	The patient subdues the violent	279
8.	Maha Pajapati Gotami receives the Precepts	281
9.	reverence to whom reverence is due	282

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