T.W. Rhys Davids, The Questions of King Milinda
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INTRODUCTION |
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The Siṃhalese version of the Milinda |
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Buddhaghosa's four references to it. |
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MSS. and edition of the text |
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King Milinda the same as Menander |
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Notices of him in classical writers |
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His coins |
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His birthplace, Kalasi, probably = Karisi |
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The author not the same as Nāgārguṇa |
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Passages in the Piṭakas referred to silently |
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Pāli books, &c., referred to by name |
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Piṭaka passages quoted |
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Length of the Piṭakas |
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Results of these comparisons |
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Differences between our author and the Piṭakas |
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Proper names outside the Piṭakas |
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Differences of language between our author and the Piṭakas |
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The Milinda as a work of art |
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TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT. |
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Book I. The Secular Narrative |
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Description of Sāgala |
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Previous births of Milinda and Nāgasena |
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Milinda's greatness and wisdom and love of disputation |
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Birth story of Nāgasena |
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His admission as a novice into the Order |
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His conversion |
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His attainment of Arahatship |
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Milinda confutes Āyupāla |
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Nāgasena arrives; his character |
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Milinda goes to him |
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Book II. The Distinguishing Characteristics of Ethical Qualities |
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Individuality and name |
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The chariot simile |
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The riddle of seniority |
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(Interlude) How kings and scholars respectively discuss |
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No soul in the breath |
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Aim of Buddhist renunciation |
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Re-incarnation |
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Wisdom and reasoning distinguished |
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'Virtue's the base' |
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Faith |
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Perseverance |
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Mindfulness |
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Meditation |
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Continued identity and re-individualisation |
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Wisdom and intelligence distinguished |
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Time |
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Origin and development of qualities |
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Is there a soul? |
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Thought and sight |
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Contact, sensation, and idea |
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Book III. The Removal of Difficulties |
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Rich and poor |
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Renunciation again |
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Nirvāṇa and Karma |
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Difficulties of various kinds as to transmigration, individuality, and the Buddha |
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Book IV. The Solving of Dilemmas |
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Milinda finds dilemmas in the Holy Writ |
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And takes the Buddhist vows |
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Third meeting between him and Nāgasena. |
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1st Dilemma. If the Buddha has really quite passed away, what is the good of paying honour to his relics? |
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2nd Dilemma. How can the Buddha be omniscient, when it is said that he reflects? |
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3rd Dilemma. Why did he admit Devadatta to the Order, if he knew of the schism he would create? |
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4th Dilemma. Vessantara's earthquake |
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5th Dilemma. King Sivi |
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7th Dilemma. Difference in prophecies as to the duration of the faith |
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8th Dilemma. The Buddha's sinlessness and his sufferings |
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9th Dilemma. Why should the Buddha have meditated? |
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10th Dilemma. Why did the Buddha boast? |
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11th Dilemma. How could the Buddha revoke regulations he had made? |
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12th Dilemma. Why did the Buddha refuse to answer certain questions? |
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13th Dilemma. Contradictory statements by the Buddha as to fear |
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14th Dilemma. How can Pirit cure disease? |
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15th Dilemma. How could the evil one turn people against the Buddha? |
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16th Dilemma. Contradiction as to conscious crime |
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17th Dilemma. Contradiction as to the Buddha's wish to be the chief |
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18th Dilemma. How could a schism have arisen in the Buddha's life? |
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19th Dilemma. Why do members of the Order accept reverence? |
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20th Dilemma. The evil results of preaching |
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22nd Dilemma. Was not the Buddha once angry with Sudinna? |
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23rd Dilemma. The tree talking |
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24th Dilemma. The Buddha's last meal |
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25th Dilemma. Adoration of relics |
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26th Dilemma. The splinter of rock |
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27th Dilemma. Contradictory description of the Samaṇa |
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28th Dilemma. Buddha's boasting |
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29th Dilemma. How can the kind punish others? |
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30th Dilemma. Was not the Buddha angry at Kātumā? |
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31st Dilemma. How could Moggallāna have had miraculous powers seeing that he was murdered? |
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32nd Dilemma. Why should the rules of the Order be kept secret? |
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33rd Dilemma. Contradictions about falsehood |
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34th Dilemma. Did not the Omniscient One once doubt? |
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35th Dilemma. Suicide |
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36th Dilemma. Love to all beings |
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37th Dilemma. Wickedness and prosperity |
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38th Dilemma. Women's wiles |
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39th Dilemma. Did not the Arahats once show fear? |
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40th Dilemma. Did not the Omniscient One once change his mind? |
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Appendix. Devadatta in the Gātakas |
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Addenda et Corrigenda |
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Index of Proper Names |
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Index of Subjects |
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Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East |
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