Contents

Part I

• Introduction: Being a Buddha (Read this!!)
• Chapter 1: Necessary Background (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 2: Birth of the Buddha
• Chapter 3: The Death of a Queen
• Chapter 4: The Life of a Prince
• Chapter 5: The Festival of Royal Plowing
• Chapter 6: The Gilded Cage
• Chapter 7: The Royal Wedding

Part II

• Chapter 8: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip I (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 9: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip II
• Chapter 10: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip III
• Chapter 11: The World Beyond the Wall: Trip IV
• Chapter 12: Leaving the Family

Part III

• Chapter 13: The Ascetic Life (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 14: Sacrificial Sheep
• Chapter 15: The Great Sages
• Chapter 16: Meditation
• Chapter 17: Enlightenment

Part IV

• Chapter 18: Followers (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 19: The First Monastery
• Chapter 20: Disciples & Precepts
• Chapter 21: Going Home

Part V

• Chapter 22: The Death of a King (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 23: Female Disciples
• Chapter 24: Enemy of the Buddha
• Chapter 25: Killing the Buddha
• Chapter 26: Splitting the Followers

Part VI

• Chapter 27: Scripture Walking (& dramatis personae)
• Chapter 28: Returning North To Die
• Chapter 29 The Death of the Buddha
• Appendix: Chinese Buddhism and the Problem of Language

Use of this text by teachers for educational purposes is explicitly permitted. —David K. Jordan