NOBLE WARRIOR

Noble Warrior A LIFE OF THE BUDDHA COMPILED FROM THE PĀLI CANON by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) & Khematto Bhikkhu

PROLOGUE Birth The bodhisatta, or Buddha-to-be, was born into the Sakya family of the noble-warrior caste. The Sakyan capital city,

CHAPTER ONE The Noble Search The famous account of the bodhisatta’s original impulse in this lifetime to search for awakening—in

CHAPTER TWO The Awakening Even though the Buddha’s awakening was the most important accomplishment in his life, we know very

CHAPTER THREE After the Awakening I have heard that on one occasion, the Blessed One was dwelling near Uruvelā on

CHAPTER FOUR Contemporary Views Now that the Buddha had completed his first major accomplishment—awakening to the end of suffering and

CHAPTER FIVE Spreading the Dhamma Then the thought occurred to the Blessed One, “To whom should I teach the Dhamma

CHAPTER SIX Returning Home The Canon’s account of the Buddha’s return home to visit his family after his awakening is

CHAPTER SEVEN Training the Saṅgha As we have seen, the Buddha began legislating rules for the Saṅgha early in his

CHAPTER EIGHT Establishing the Nuns’ Order Now at that time, the Buddha, the Blessed One, was dwelling near Kapilavatthu in

CHAPTER NINE Dwelling near Sāvatthī During the Buddha’s lifetime, Sāvatthī, the capital of Kosala, was one of the largest cities—if

CHAPTER TEN Portraits of the Buddha The Canon, in its narratives of the Buddha’s actions, reveals a great deal about

CHAPTER ELEVEN The Buddha as Victor One of the Buddha’s epithets was Jina, or Victor. A medieval poem, The Verses

CHAPTER TWELVE The Quarrel at Kosambī There were two major challenges to the unity of the Saṅgha during the Buddha’s

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Devadatta The second—and more serious—of the two challenges to the unity of the Saṅgha came late in the

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Old Age I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling near Sāvatthī in the

CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Last Year We now return to a clear chronology because an entire sutta is devoted to the