4 The Great Departure

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I The Buddha Tells His Tale
6. 1 The Appearance of the Buddha 17
7. 2 A Child Is Born 26
8. 3 The Prince in the Palace 43
9. 4 The Great Departure 51
10. 5 Six Years of Austerities 69
11. 6 The Attack of Māra 79
12. 7 The Night of Enlightenment 88
13. 8 Seven Weeks in the Forest 105
14. 9 To the Deer Park 114
15. 10 Passage to Nirvāṇa 124
16. II Did the Buddha Exist?
17. 11 Times and Teachings 131
18. 12 Stūpas and Sūtras 147
19. 13 The Forest of Theories 176
20. 14 The Horror of Enlightenment 201
21. Notes 221
22. Index 239