Great Disciples of the Buddha · Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy by Nyanaponika -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Copyright Contents Preface Credits Abbreviations Editor’s Introduction 1. Sāriputta: The Marshal of the Dhamma

Prologue The Quest for the Dhamma

Early Life The Original Aspiration Sāriputta in the Jātakas

Sāriputta the Man

The Chief Disciple The Helper The Unresentful Friendships and Relatives The Meditator

The Turner of the Wheel

The Suttas Expository Works The Abhidhamma

The Further Shore

The Last Debt Paid Cunda Sutta Ukkacelā Sutta

Discourses of Sāriputta

Majjhima Nikāya Dīgha Nikāya Anguttara Nikāya Samyutta Nikāya

2. Mahāmoggallāna: Master of Psychic Powers

Youth Wandering and Spiritual Search Finding the Dhamma The Struggle for Realization of the Teaching The Most Excellent Pair of Disciples Moggallāna’s Psychic Powers

Penetration of Others’ Minds (Thought Reading) The Divine Ear (Clairaudience) The Divine Eye (Clairvoyance) Travel by Mind-Made Body (Astral Travel) Telekinesis (Supernormal Locomotion) The Power of Transformation

Moggallāna’s Previous Lives

Moggallāna’s Verses

The Last Days of Moggallāna Moggallāna’s Death

3. Mahākassapa: Father of the Sangha

Kassapa’s Early Years Bhaddā Kapilānī The Samsāric Background How Kassapa Came to the Buddha Kassapa’s Relationship to the Buddha Encounters with Deities Relations with Fellow Monks After the Buddha’s Parinibbāna The Verses of Mahākassapa

4. Ānanda: Guardian of the Dhamma

Ānanda’s Personal Path Ānanda’s Renown The Buddha’s Attendant The Guardian of the Dhamma Ānanda’s Attitude Toward Women Ānanda and His Fellow Monks Conversations with the Buddha Ānanda’s Former Lives

Jātaka 498 Jātaka 421 Jātaka 282

The Last Days of the Buddha After the Buddha’s Parinibbāna

5. Anuruddha: Master of the Divine Eye

Early Life and Ordination The Struggle for Arahantship Anuruddha’s Spiritual Path Life in the Sangha Anuruddha and Women Anuruddha’s Earlier Lives The Buddha’s Parinibbāna and Afterward

6. Mahākaccāna: Master of Doctrinal Exposition

Introduction The Samsāric Background Kaccāna’s Conversion to the Dhamma Various Incidents The Elaborator of Brief Statements

Majjhima Nikāya Samyutta Nikāya Anguttara Nikāya

Other Teachings of Mahākaccāna The Theragāthā Verses The Exegetical Treatises

7. Great Women Disciples of the Buddha

Visākhā: The Buddha’s Chief Patroness Mallikā: The Flower-girl Queen Khemā of Great Wisdom Bhaddā Kundalakesā: The Debating Ascetic Kisāgotamī: The Mother with the Dead Child Sonā with Many Children Nandā: The Buddha’s Half-sister Queen Sāmāvatī: Embodiment of Loving-kindness Patācārā: Preserver of the Vinaya Ambapālī: The Generous Courtesan Sirimā and Uttarā Isidāsī: A Journey through Samsarā

8. Angulimāla: A Murderer’s Road to Sainthood

The Making of a Serial Killer Angulimāla Becomes a Monk “Born with the Noble Birth” Angulimāla’s Verses

9. Anāthapindika: The Buddha’s Chief Patron

Anāthapindika Becomes a Disciple The Wealthy Patron Anāthapindika’s Family Anāthapindika and His Friends Discourses by the Blessed One The Death of Anāthapindika

10. Shorter Lives of the Disciples

The Householder Citta The Bhikkhu Citta Father and Mother Nakula

Notes Bibliography Contributors Index About the Author