Overview. Herold. The Life of Buddha

(Buddha and Mara's demons)

Title: The Life of Buddha
Author: Andre Ferdinand Herold
Translator: Paul C. Blum
Year: 1922

Comments: This presents the story of the life of the Buddha, beginning with his birth as Prince Siddhartha.

Free Online: See all the links at Freebookapalooza. The links below are to the Sacred Texts presentation of the book, which is an English translation of a French book (you can find the French book online at Hathi Trust).
Bizzell: There is a copy available for checkout from the regular Bizzell stacks: BL 1470 .H4 1954 (click to see if it is checked out or not).

Length: four weeks. I've divided the reading into eight parts: Part A - Part B (one week of reading), Part C - Part D (another week of reading), Part E - Part F (a third week), and Part G - Part H (final week of reading). You should start at the beginning, but you do not need to read the whole thing: if you finish Part A, Part B, and Part C you will reach the moment of the Buddha's enlightenment.

WEEK 1:
Reading A:
KING SUDDHODANA AND QUEEN MAYA
MAYA'S DREAM
THE BIRTH OF SIDDHARTHA
ASITA'S PREDICTION
SIDDHARTHA AT THE TEMPLE
SIDDHARTHA'S FIRST MEDITATION
THE MARRIAGE OF SIDDHARTHA
Reading B:
SIDDHARTHA LEADS A LIFE OF PLEASURE
THE THREE ENCOUNTERS
GOPA'S DREAM
SIDDHARTHA IS EAGER TO KNOW THE GREAT TRUTHS
SIDDHARTHA LEAVES HIS FATHER'S PALACE
SIDDHARTHA THE HERMIT
GOPA AND SUDDHODANA GRIEVE

WEEK 2:
Reading C:
THE DOCTRINE OF ARATA KALAMA
SIDDHARTHA AND KING VIMBASARA
SIDDHARTHA DESERTED BY HIS FIRST DISCIPLES
SIDDHARTHA UNDER THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
MARA'S DEFEAT
SIDDHARTHA BECOMES THE BUDDHA
Reading D:
TRAPUSHA AND BHALLIKA
THE BUDDHA IS PREPARED TO PREACH THE DOCTRINE
THE BUDDHA LEAVES FOR BENARES
THE BUDDHA FINDS HIS FORMER DISCIPLES
THE STORY OF THE HERMIT AND THE HARE
THE STORY OF PADMAKA
THE BUDDHA AT THE BAMBOO GROVE

WEEK 3:
Reading E:
SARIPUTRA AND MAUDGALYAYANA
THE BUDDHA PACIFIES THE MALCONTENTS OF RAJAGRIHA
SUDDHODANA SENDS MESSENGERS TO HIS SON
THE STORY OF THE CRANE AND THE FISH
THE STORY OF VISVANTARA
Reading F:
THE STORY OF DHARMAPALA
GOPA'S GREAT VIRTUE
NANDA RENOUNCES ROYALTY
THE BUDDHA LEAVES KAPILAVASTU
ANATHAPINDIKA'S OFFERING
THE NEW DISCIPLES
NANDA'S PRIDE
THE DEATH OF SUDDHODANA

WEEK 4:
Reading G:
MAHAPRAJAPATI IS ADMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY
THE BUDDHA EXPOSES THE IMPOSTERS
SUPRABHA
VIRUPA
SINCA'S DECEIT
THE BUDDHA TAMES A WILD BUFFALO
DISSENSION AMONG THE MONKS
KUVALAYA THE DANCER
THE GOD ALAVAKA DEFEATED BY THE BUDDHA
Reading H:
DEVADATTA EXPELLED FROM THE COMMUNITY
AJATASATRU'S TREACHERY
THE DEATH OF DEVADATTA
PRASENAJIT AND AJATASATRU
THE BUDDHA TEACHES THE DOCTRINE
THE BUDDHA AND THE SHEPHERD
THE BUDDHA INSTRUCTS THE MONKS OF VAISALI
THE MEAL AT CUNDA'S
THE BUDDHA ENTERS NIRVANA