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Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy PART I: THE BUDDHA  CHAPTER 1: THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA Conception, birth and early life   L.7 The quest for awakening In this passage, the …

Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy PART I: THE BUDDHA  CHAPTER 1: THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA Conception, birth and early life L.4 Gotama’s family This passage refers to the Buddha’s son, …

Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy PART I: THE BUDDHA  CHAPTER 1: THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA Conception, birth and early life L.1 Parents Here an awakened monk names the Buddha’s parents, …

Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy PART I: THE BUDDHA  CHAPTER 1: THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA Conception, birth and early life L.2  Prediction of his future greatness This passage tells of …

Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy PART I: THE BUDDHA  CHAPTER 1: THE LIFE OF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA Conception, birth and early life L.1 The wondrous birth of a great being Here the …

Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey | Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa | P.D. Premasiri G.A Somaratne | Venerable Thich Tue Sy Introduction to the selections from Vajrayāna Buddhism Tamás Agócs 1. The passages marked ‘V.’ in this book represent the textual tradition of Vajrayāna Buddhism. Vajrayāna emerged as …

1. The passages marked ‘M.’ in this book represent the textual tradition of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Unlike Theravāda, Mahāyāna does not represent one particular school or associated monastic fraternity. Rather, it is a broad movement encompassing many different schools and approaches, which developed expressions of the Buddha’s teachings centred on compassion …

Introduction to the selections from Theravāda Buddhism 1 The passages marked ‘Th.’ in this book represent the textual tradition of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The canonical literature of the Theravāda school is preserved in the Pāli language, which in its present form cannot be entirely identified with any known …

Introduction to the Sangha, or community of disciples 1 The Buddha’s disciples consisted of monks (Pāli bhikkhu, Skt bhikṣu), nuns (Pāli bhikkhunī, Skt bhikṣuṇī), laymen and laywomen. These groups are known as the four ‘assemblies’ (Pāli parisā, Skt pariṣat). The term Saṅgha (Skt Saṃgha) or ‘Community’ refers in its highest sense to the ‘Noble’ Sangha of those, monastic or lay, who …

Introduction on the life of the historical Buddha   The passages marked ‘L.’ in this book concern the life of the Buddha. For the texts that these passages are drawn from, see the introduction on the Theravāda passages, below 1. The dates of the Buddha Scholars are yet to come to …

GUIDANCE AND INSIGHT FROM THE BUDDHA Chief Editor: Venerable Brahmapundit Editor: Peter Harvey Translators: Tamás Agócs, Peter Harvey, Dharmacārī Śraddhāpa, P.D. Premasiri, G.A Somaratne, Venerable Thich Tue Sy ___________________ Background to this book, and its contributors   This book is a project of the International Council of Vesak, based at Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya University (MCU), Thailand, Vesak being the Buddhist …