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Contents
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I. BEFORE THE ADVENT OF BHAGAVĀN MAHĀVIRA
The Traditions of Bramaņas 1 ; Bhagavān Pārśva 2; Social and Religious Conditions
2 ; The Vajji Republic 5 II. THIRTY YEARS OF FAMILY LIFE
Siddhārtha and Trisalā 7; Awaiting the Dawn 8 ; The Sunrise 10 ; The Dreams of the Mother 12: The Resolution in the Womb 14; The Wonderful Child 15; Vardhamana 18 ; Fearlessness and Exertion of Spiritual Vigour 18 ; Detachment and Marriage 20; Unattachment 21 Muhābhiniskramuņa
(The Great Renunciation) 22 III. THE PERIOD OF SĀDHANĀ (SPIRI
TUAL DISCIPLINE) The Sacred Grove 26; All living beings are
equal 31 ; Emancipation of a Slave-Girl 34 IV. KAIVALYA (OMNISCIENCE) AND THE
BHAGAVĀN'S SERMONS The Accomplishment of Sadhanā 38 ; The First Sermon : The Fourfold Path 39; Muni-Dharma (Asceticism) 39 ; The Householder's Way for the Practice of Religion 43; Stress on Inwardness 44 ; Equality of Human Beings 44 ; The Sou? Itself is the Perfect Soul 44; Puruşārtha 45 ; The Second Sermon : Eleveu Theses 45
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