RELATIVES AND DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA – FOREWORD & PREFACE
RELATIVES AND DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA – FOREWORD & PREFACE Foreword I admire Mrs. Radhika Abeysekera’s fifth book in her
Read moreRELATIVES AND DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA – FOREWORD & PREFACE Foreword I admire Mrs. Radhika Abeysekera’s fifth book in her
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XVI – WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT HIM AND BUDDHISM It is now over two
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XV – THE PARINIBBAANA OF THE LORD BUDDHA The Buddha was eighty years old.
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XIV – THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA During the next forty-five years the Buddha
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XIII – HIS FIRST SERMON The compassionate Gotama Buddha decided that He should teach
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XII – THE SEVEN WEEKS AFTER ENLIGHTENMENT In the first week after enlightenment the
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER XI – ENLIGHTENMENT It was a full moon day in the month of May.
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER X – SUJAATAA’S WISH The ascetic Gotama set off on His own and reached
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER VIII – THE GREAT RENUNCIATION Prince Siddhaartha was twenty-nine years old. It was a
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER VII – THE FOUR SIGNS The Prince and Princess led an idyllic life together.
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER VI – HIS MARRIAGE The Prince grew up in luxury. He was a good
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER V – THE STORY OF THE SWAN The Prince grew up to be a
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER IX – THE ASCETIC GOTAMA The ascetic Gotama went to two well-known teachers to
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER IV – PLOUGHING FESTIVAL Every year there was a big festival at the time
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER III – THE BIRTH OF A PRINCE According to the custom of that time,
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER II – QUEEN MAHAA MAAYAA’S DREAM One night Queen Mahaa Maayaa had a dream.
Read moreTHE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA: CHAPTER I – INVITATION OF THE GODS Our Bodhisatta (1) was born in Tusita Heaven
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