Table of contents : Part I: Sanskrit Text Preface Abbreviations Contents Canto 1 Canto 2 Canto 3 Canto 4 Canto 5 Canto 6 Canto 7 Canto 8 Canto 9 Canto 10 Canto 11 Canto 12 Canto 13 Canto 14 Appendix: The Buddhacarita and the Fo pen hsing chi ching Part II: English Translation (Cantos 1-14) Foreword Abbreviations Contents Introduction 1. Birth of the Holy One 2. Life in the Palace 3. The Prince's Perturbation 4. The Women Rejected 5. Flight 6. The Dismissal of Chandaka 7. Entry into the Penance Grove 8. Lamentations in the Palace 9. The Deputation to the Prince 10. Śreṇya's Visit 11. The Passions Spurned 12. Visit to Arāḍa 13. Defeat of Māra 14. Enlightenment Index Addenda et Corrigenda Part III: English Translation (15-28) Contents Preface 15. Turning the Wheel of the Law 16. Many Conversions 17. Conversion of the Great Disciples 18. The Instruction of Anāthapiṇḍada 19. The Meeting of Father and Son 20. Acceptance of the Jetavana 21. Progress of the Mission 22. The Visit to Amrapālī's Grove 23. Fixing the Factors of Bodily Life 24. Compassion for the Licchavis 25. The Journey to Nirvāṇa 26. The Mahāparinirvāṇa 27. Eulogy of Nirvāṇa 28. The Division of the Relics Index of Proper Names Addenda