The Buddha and His Dhamma

The Buddha and His Dhamma written by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

1995.

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The Great Stupa at Sarnath, near Varanasi, is said to mark the site where the Buddha preached his first sermon.

• Editor's Introduction
• Author's Unpublished Preface
• Introduction
• Prologue
• Book One: How the Bodhisatta Became the Buddha
  • Part I — From Birth to Parivraja
  • Part II — Renunciation for Ever
  • Part III — In Search of New Light
  • Part IV — Enlightenment and the Vision of a New Way
  • Part V — The Buddha and His Predecessors
  • Part VI — The Buddha and His Contemporaries
  • Part VII — Comparision and Contrast
• Book Two: Campaign of Conversion
  • Part I — Buddha and His Vishad Yoga
  • Part II — The Conversion of the Parivrajakas
  • Part III — Conversion of the High and the Holy
  • Part IV — Call from Home
  • Part V — Campaign for Conversion Resumed
  • Part VI — Conversion of the Low and the Lowly
  • Part VII — Conversion of Women
  • Part VIII — Conversion of the Fallen and the Criminals
• Book Three: What the Buddha Taught
  • Part I — His Place in His Dhamma
  • Part II — Different Views of the Buddha's Dhamma
  • Part III — What is Dhamma
  • Part IV — What is Not Dhamma
  • Part V — What is Saddhamma
• Book Four: Religion and Dhamma
  • Part I — Religion and Dhamma
  • Part II — How Similarities in Terminology Conceal Fundamental Difference
  • Part III — The Buddhist Way of Life
  • Part IV — His Sermons
• Book Five: The Sangh
  • Part I — The Sangh
  • Part II — The Bhikkhu: the Buddha's Conception of Him
  • Part III — The Duties of the Bhikkhu
  • Part IV — The Bhikkhu and the Laity
  • Part V — Vinaya for the Laity
• Book Six: He and His Contemporaries
  • Part I — His Benefactors
  • Part II — His Enemies
  • Part III — Critics of His Doctrines
  • Part IV — Friends and Admirers
• Book Seven: The Wanderer's Last Journey
  • Part I — The Meeting of those Near and Dear
  • Part II — Leaving Vaishali
  • Part III — His End
• Book Eight: The Man Who Was Siddhartha Gautama
  • Part I — His Personality
  • Part II — His Humanity
  • Part III — His Likes and Dislikes
• Epilogue

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