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CONTENTS OF VOLUME X<br />

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BUDDHIST LITERATURE<br />

INTRODUCTION: <strong>The</strong> Most Widespread Aryan<br />

PAGE<br />

Teaching in <strong>the</strong> World ............................................. 3<br />

I.—THE EDICTS OF ASOKA (250 B.C.)................................. 11<br />

II.—THE EARLIEST SUTTAS OR SACRED SAYINGS (480<br />

B.C.?) .................................................................... 23<br />

<strong>The</strong> Snake Sutta ....................................................... 28<br />

<strong>The</strong> Rich Man Sutta ................................................. 31<br />

<strong>The</strong> Rhinoceros Sutta............................................... 34<br />

<strong>The</strong> Foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> Righteousness 41<br />

III.—THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE, <strong>the</strong> earliest<br />

account <strong>of</strong> Buddha's life (300 B.C.?) .................... 49<br />

IV.—LATER LEGENDS OF THE LIFE OF GOTAMA, THE<br />

BUDDHA ............................................................... 145<br />

<strong>The</strong> Chinese Biography (400 A.D.) ........................ 149<br />

<strong>The</strong> Burmese Biography (1300 A.D.?) .................... 205<br />

<strong>The</strong> Buddha Song <strong>of</strong> Awakening ............................. 290<br />

V.—THE JATAKA OR BIRTH TALES, THE FAMOUS<br />

BEAST-FABLES OF THE LIFE OF BUDDHA (70<br />

B.C.?) .................................................................... 291<br />

<strong>The</strong> Strider over Battlefields .................................... 294<br />

<strong>The</strong> Red-fish ............................................................ . 299<br />

Birth Stories from <strong>the</strong> Burmese................................ 304<br />

VI.—THE DHAMMAPADA OR PATH OF THE LAW, <strong>the</strong> most<br />

celebrated <strong>of</strong> Buddhist teachings (70 B.C.?) ........ 313<br />

V

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