{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe36/sbe3601.htm","path":"bud/sbe36/sbe3601.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe36/sbe3601.htm","text":"| | PAGE | \n| INTRODUCTION. | | \n| Chinese books on N\u00e2gasena | xi | \n| The Buddhist canon | xv | \n| Vasubandhu's reference to N\u00e2gasena | xvii | \n| Kshemendra's reference to Milinda | xvii | \n| The Mah\u00e2vamsa on Assagutta and Vattaniya | xviii | \n| The Kath\u00e2 Vatthu | xx | \n| Milinda and other authorities on the soul theory | xxi | \n| The Milinda later than the Kath\u00e2 Vatthu | xxvi | \n| TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT. | | \n| Book IV. The Solving of Dilemmas. | | \n| 41st Dilemma. Why should houses (Wih\u00e2ras) be built for the houseless ones? | 1 | \n| 42nd Dilemma. Was not the Buddha immoderate in food? | 4 | \n| 43rd Dilemma. Was not Bakkula said to be superior (in health) to the Buddha? | 8 | \n| 44th Dilemma. Why is the Buddha's teaching called both new and old? | 13 | \n| 45th Dilemma. Did not the Bodisat once kill animals in sacrifice? | 16 | \n| 46th Dilemma. Did not the Bodisat once abuse the Buddha? | 20 | \n| 47th Dilemma. Was not Kassapa the Buddha less powerful than the potter? | 23 | \n| 48th Dilemma. Why is the Buddha called both Brahman and king? | 25 | \n| 49th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha teach for hire? | 31 | \n| 50th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha once doubt? (See no. 34.) | 38 | \n| p. viii | | \n| 51st Dilemma. Was not the Buddha taught by others? | 43 | \n| 52nd Dilemma. Why can there be only one Buddha at a time? | 47 | \n| 53rd Dilemma. Did not the Buddha put the Order above himself? | 51 | \n| 54th Dilemma. As a layman can reach Arahatship, why enter the Order? | 56 | \n| 55th Dilemma. Did not the Buddha, having tried and abandoned asceticism, nevertheless still insist on it? | 60 | \n| 56th Dilemma. Men sometimes throw off the robes. Why not test candidates before initiation? | 63 | \n| 57th Dilemma. How is it that Arahats suffer bodily pain? | 75 | \n| 58th Dilemma. Why cannot an offender, who is not aware of his offence, enter the Path? | 78 | \n| 59th Dilemma. How can a guilty Samana purify gifts? | 82 | \n| 60th Dilemma. The 'soul' in water | 85 | \n| 61st Dilemma. Why does the Order trouble itself about learning, and about buildings and gifts? | 92 | \n| 62nd Dilemma. Why cannot a layman, who can become an Arahat, continue as one? | 96 | \n| 63rd Dilemma. How is it that an Arahat can do wrong? | 98 | \n| 64th Dilemma. What is there that is, but not in the world? | 101 | \n| 65th Dilemma. What is there that is without a cause? | 103 | \n| 66th Dilemma. Karma-born, cause-born, and season-born | 107 | \n| 67th Dilemma. What becomes of dead devils? | 108 | \n| 68th Dilemma. Why did not the Buddha promulgate all the Rules of the Order at once? | 109 | \n| 69th Dilemma. How does the sun get cool? | 111 | \n| 70th Dilemma. Why is the sun hotter in winter? | 112 | \n| 71st Dilemma. How can Vessantara's giving away of his children be approved? | 114 | \n| 72nd Dilemma. Why did the Bodisat undergo penance? | 132 | \n| 73rd Dilemma. Which is stronger, virtue or vice? | 144 | \n| 74th Dilemma. Do the dead derive advantage from gifts given here? | 151 | \n| 75th Dilemma. Dreams and sleep | 157 | \n| 76th Dilemma. Is death ever premature? | 162 | \n| p. ix | | \n| 77th Dilemma. How can there be wonders at the graves of Arahats? | 174 | \n| 78th Dilemma. Cannot all men be converted? | 176 | \n| 79th Dilemma. Is Nirv\u00e2na all bliss, or partly pain? | 181 | \n| 80th Dilemma. The form, figure, duration, &c., of Nirv\u00e2na | 186 | \n| 81st Dilemma. The realisation of Nirv\u00e2na | 195 | \n| 82nd Dilemma. The place of Nirv\u00e2na | 202 | \n| Book V. The Problem of Inference. | | \n| \u00a7 1. How can you know that the Buddha ever lived? | 206 | \n| 4. The ordinary city, and its architect, shops, and inhabitants | 208 | \n| 5. The City of Righteousness, and its architect | 211 | \n| 6. The flower bazaar therein | 212 | \n| 7. The perfume bazaar therein | 214 | \n| 8. The fruit bazaar therein | 215 | \n| 10. The antidote bazaar therein | 217 | \n| 11. The medicine bazaar therein | 218 | \n| 12. The ambrosia bazaar therein | 219 | \n| 13-20. The jewel bazaar therein, and the seven jewels of the Truth | 220 | \n| 21. The general store bazaar therein | 229 | \n| 22. The inhabitants of the City of Righteousness | 231 | \n| 23. The generals in the City of Righteousness | 234 | \n| The chaplains in the City of Righteousness | 234 | \n| The lamplighters in the City of Righteousness | 235 | \n| The peace-officers in the City of Righteousness | 236 | \n| The shop-keepers in the City of Righteousness | 237 | \n| The drunkards (!) in the City of Righteousness | 238 | \n| The watchmen in the City of Righteousness | 238 | \n| The lawyers and judges in the City of Righteousness | 238 | \n| The bankers in the City of Righteousness | 239 | \n| 24. The conclusion drawn by inference | 240 | \n| Book VI. The Voluntary Extra Vows. | | \n| \u00a7 1. Can laymen attain Nirv\u00e2na? | 244 | \n| 6. The twenty-eight advantages of the vows | 251 | \n| 7. The eighteen good qualities that come from keeping them | 252 | \n| p. x | | \n| \u00a7 10. No Arahatship without having kept them | 254 | \n| 12-15. Similes | 255 | \n| 16. He who, being unworthy, takes the vows | 261 | \n| 18. He who, being worthy, takes the vows | 264 | \n| 20. Details of the thirteen extra vows | 268 | \n| 24. The example of Upasena | 270 | \n| 25. The thirty graces of the true recluse | 271 | \n| 26. The example of S\u00e2riputta | 273 | \n| Book VII. Similes of Arahatship. | | \n| \u00a7 11. Detailed list of these similes, sixty-seven being still preserved, and thirty-eight being now lost | 275 | \n| 19. Wonders at the conclusion of N\u00e2gasena's solution of the three hundred and four puzzles | 373 | \n| 20. Conversion of Milinda the king | 373 | \n| 21. Milinda enters the Order, and becomes an Arahat | 374 | \n| Additions and Corrections | 377 | \n| Index of Proper Names | 379 | \n| Index of Subjects | 381 | \n| Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East | 385 |","title":"The Questions of King Milinda, Part II: Contents","type":"page"}