- Great Disciples of the Buddha
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- Credits
- Abbreviations
- Editor’s Introduction
- 1. Sāriputta: The Marshal of the Dhamma
- Prologue
- The Quest for the Dhamma
- Early Life
- The Original Aspiration
- Sāriputta in the Jātakas
- Sāriputta the Man
- The Chief Disciple
- The Helper
- The Unresentful
- Friendships and Relatives
- The Meditator
- The Turner of the Wheel
- The Suttas
- Expository Works
- The Abhidhamma
- The Further Shore
- The Last Debt Paid
- Cunda Sutta
- Ukkacelā Sutta
- Discourses of Sāriputta
- Majjhima Nikāya
- Dīgha Nikāya
- Anguttara Nikāya
- Samyutta Nikāya
- 2. Mahāmoggallāna: Master of Psychic Powers
- Youth
- Wandering and Spiritual Search
- Finding the Dhamma
- The Struggle for Realization of the Teaching
- The Most Excellent Pair of Disciples
- Moggallāna’s Psychic Powers
- Penetration of Others’ Minds (Thought Reading)
- The Divine Ear (Clairaudience)
- The Divine Eye (Clairvoyance)
- Travel by Mind-Made Body (Astral Travel)
- Telekinesis (Supernormal Locomotion)
- The Power of Transformation
- Moggallāna’s Previous Lives
- Moggallāna’s Verses
- The Last Days of Moggallāna
- Moggallāna’s Death
- 3. Mahākassapa: Father of the Sangha
- 4. Ānanda: Guardian of the Dhamma
- 5. Anuruddha: Master of the Divine Eye
- 6. Mahākaccāna: Master of Doctrinal Exposition
- 7. Great Women Disciples of the Buddha
- Visākhā: The Buddha’s Chief Patroness
- Mallikā: The Flower-girl Queen
- Khemā of Great Wisdom
- Bhaddā Kundalakesā: The Debating Ascetic
- Kisāgotamī: The Mother with the Dead Child
- Sonā with Many Children
- Nandā: The Buddha’s Half-sister
- Queen Sāmāvatī: Embodiment of Loving-kindness
- Patācārā: Preserver of the Vinaya
- Ambapālī: The Generous Courtesan
- Sirimā and Uttarā
- Isidāsī: A Journey through Samsarā
- 8. Angulimāla: A Murderer’s Road to Sainthood
- 9. Anāthapindika: The Buddha’s Chief Patron
- 10. Shorter Lives of the Disciples
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
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