TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ikeda,Daisaku
AU  - Watson,Burton
TI  - The living Buddha: an interpretive biography 
T2  - The Soka Gakkai history of Buddhism series
SN  - 0834801175
U1  - 294.363 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York, Tokyo : 
PB  - Weatherhill
KW  - Gautama Buddha.
KW  - Religious biography
KW  - Religion
KW  - Buddha
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The young Shakyamuni. Shakyamuni ; Shakyamuni's names ; The Shakya tribe ; The historical setting ; Shakyamuni's family ; Shakyamuni's early years -- The great departure. The ascetic and Indian society ; The departure and wanderings ; The rise of a new culture ; The six-non-Buddhist teachers -- The years of austerities. The encounter with King Bimbisara ; The two Brahman hermits ; The practice of austerities ; The rejection of austerities -- The Enlightenment. Buddhagaya ; The temptation of Mara ; What is Enlightenment? ; The content of Sakyamuni's enlightenment ; The law of causation -- Shakyamuni the teacher. The decision to propagate the law ; Turning the wheel of the law ; Shakyamuni's disciples ; Preaching at Uruvela -- The company of disciples. Shariputra and Maudgalyayana ; Mahakashyapa ; Sudatta -- Shakyamuni's visit to Kapilavastu ; Ananda ; Upali and Anuruddha -- The growth of the order.  The other major disciples ; The city of Savatthi ; Management of the order ; Devadatta's revolt -- The entry into nirvana. The sad events of Shakyamuni's closing years ; The last journey ; Chunda, the blacksmith ; Parinirvana
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038569.html
ER  -