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• Books (3)
• Canonical Works (7)
• Readings (7)
• Related Topics (1)

Books (3)

The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal (2010) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Explorations of Misfortune in the Buddha’s Life: the Buddha’s Misdeeds in His Former Lives and Their Remnants (2009) – Stephan Hillyer Levitt

Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood: Giving Away the Body in Indian Buddhist Literature (2007) – Reiko Ohnuma

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Canonical Works (7)

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• Ud 5.2 Appāyuka Sutta: Short-lived (2008)

  Ven. Ānanda comments on how the Buddha’s mother died shortly after his birth and the Buddha says this is true of all Bodhisattas.

  2 pages

  Online pdf

See also:

The Nidānakathā: Introduction to the Jātaka Stories (1880)

Dharmāloka-Mukhaṁ: The Entrance into the Light of the Dharma (2017)

T0600 十善業道經: The Ten Wholesome Courses of Action (1940)

SN 51.11 Pubba Sutta: Before (2018)

MN 81 Ghaṭikāra Sutta: With Ghaṭikāra (2018) – Roland Kitchen

AN 10.21 Sīhanāda Sutta: The Lion’s Roar (2012)

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Readings (7)

The Evolution of the Bodhisattva Concept in Early Buddhist Canonical Literature (2013) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess in the Ekottarika-Agama (2015) – Bhikkhu Anālayo

Self-Sacrifice for a Tiny Teaching: Hearing and Knowing in the ‘Verse of Dharma’ Jātaka Stories (2023) – Naomi Appleton

The Sambuddhe Verses and later Theravādin Buddhology (1996) – Peter Skilling

Spiritual Friendship (2013) – Hāsapañño Bhikkhu

In the Footsteps of the Buddha?: Women and the Bodhisatta Path in Theravāda Buddhism (2011) – Naomi Appleton

A Citation from the Buddhavaṃsa of the Abhayagiri School (1993) – Peter Skilling

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Related Topics (1)

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