From Buddha-to-be to Teacher in the Buddha’s own Words
A translation of sections from four discourses in the Majjhimanikāya in which the Buddha relates his experiences in struggling to attain Awakening, and whether to teach afterwards
A translation of sections from four discourses in the Majjhimanikāya in which the Buddha relates his experiences in struggling to attain Awakening, and whether to teach afterwards
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Table of Contents<br />
Preface<br />
Initial Practices<br />
1. The Decision <strong>to</strong> Search for Awaken<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2. The Meet<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> Āḷāra Kālāma<br />
3. The Meet<strong>in</strong>g with Uddaka Rāmaputta<br />
Austere Striv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
4. The Austerities<br />
5. The Breathless Meditation<br />
6. The Fast<strong>in</strong>g<br />
7. More extreme Austerities<br />
8. Even more Austerities<br />
9. Purity through Eat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
The Awaken<strong>in</strong>g<br />
10. F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Right Path<br />
11. The Absorptions<br />
12. The Three Knowledges<br />
13. Li<strong>be</strong>ration of M<strong>in</strong>d for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong><br />
Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> Teach<br />
14. The S<strong>to</strong>ry about Brahmā’s Request<br />
15. Decid<strong>in</strong>g Who <strong>to</strong> Teach<br />
16. The Absta<strong>in</strong>er Upaka<br />
17. The Meet<strong>in</strong>g at Isipatana<br />
18. Li<strong>be</strong>ration of M<strong>in</strong>d for <strong>the</strong> Group-of-Five Monks