NOBLE WARRIOR

Endnotes 1. The location of Kapilavatthu has been identified as the village of Piprāhwa, in northern India, just a few

Further Reading The following books contain discussions of the relationship between the Buddha’s quest for awakening and the form and

Glossary Abhidhamma: (1) In the discourses of the Pāli Canon, this term simply means “higher Dhamma,” and a systematic attempt to

CHAPTER SIXTEEN The First Council to the Present THE GROUP RECITATION Here the narrative of Ven. Mahā Kassapa returning to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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