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The Buddha-carita of Aśvaghoṣa

This is a reading of Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha Translated by E. B. Cowell, with some small supplements from Johnson's edition. The text of the reading can be found here . Only 14 chapters of the original text remain, and it is these (without the supplement by Amritānanda) that have been read in here.

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Chapters

The Birth of the Holy One

31:36

Life in the Palace

18:10

The Prince's Pertubation

19:50

The Women Rejected

21:51

Flight

27:48

The Dismissal of Chandaka

16:04

Entry into the Penance Grove

17:34

Lamentations in the Palace

26:59

The Deputation to the Prince

25:43

Srenya's Visit

13:51

The Passions Spurned

23:09

Visit to Arada

29:36

Defeat of Mara

22:10

Enlightenment

7:33