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Teacher of the Devas
Author Jootla, Susan Elbaum (著)
EditionBPS Online Edition
Date1997
Pages88
PublisherBuddhist Publication Society
Publisher Url http://www.bps.lk/
LocationKandy, Sri Lanka [康堤, 斯里蘭卡]
SeriesWheel Publication
Series No.414-416
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Table of contentsContents
Teacher of the Devas 2
Contents 3
Abbreviations 3
A Note on the Translations 4
I Introduction 5
II The Buddha Teaches Deities 12
Devas Come to the Buddha for Help 13
Subrahmā deva 13
How to escape suffering 15
Friendship with the good 17
Mahāmaṅgala Sutta 17
A discouraged meditator 18
Would an Arahant say “I” or “mine”? 20
Crossing the flood 21
Downfall 22
Sakka’s questions 23
The Buddha Goes to Teach Deities 30
Mahā Brahmā 31
Sikhin Buddha and Abhibhū 33
Baka Brahmā 35
A brahmā with wrong view 38
Mahā Brahmā knows his own limits 40
Devas Learn as the Buddha Teaches Humans 41
III Devas and Brahmās Honour the Buddha 44
Sakka’s praises reported by Pañcasikha 45
Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra 47
Bāhiya Dāruciriya 50
A goddess honours the Buddha 51
The Mahāsamaya Sutta 52
IV The Role of Devas in the Buddha’s Career 55
The Bodhisatta’s last birth 56
Period of renunciation and asceticism 59
Under the Bodhi Tree 60
Turning the Wheel of the Dhamma 62
When the Buddha was ill 64
The Parinibbāna 65
V Liberation for Humans, Devas, and Brahmās 69
The encounter with suffering 69
The devas aspire to be human 71
Paths to awakening and happy births 74
Conclusion 78
Bibliography 80
Notes 82
ISBN9552401607 (P)
ISSN00497541 (P)
Hits186
Created date2017.03.08
Modified date2024.02.22



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