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Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series.
Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume. Through these engaging tales, we meet all manner of human beings - rich, poor, male, female, young, old - whose unique stories are told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns. When read with careful attention, these stories can sharpen our understanding of the Buddhist path by allowing us to contemplate the living portraits of the people who fulfilled the early Buddhist ideals of human perfection. The characters detailed
Conveniently annotated with the same system of sutta references used in each of the other series volumes, Great Disciples of the Buddha allows the reader to easily place each student in the larger picture of Buddha's life. It is a volume that no serious student of Buddhism should miss.
Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume. Through these engaging tales, we meet all manner of human beings - rich, poor, male, female, young, old - whose unique stories are told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns. When read with careful attention, these stories can sharpen our understanding of the Buddhist path by allowing us to contemplate the living portraits of the people who fulfilled the early Buddhist ideals of human perfection. The characters detailed
Conveniently annotated with the same system of sutta references used in each of the other series volumes, Great Disciples of the Buddha allows the reader to easily place each student in the larger picture of Buddha's life. It is a volume that no serious student of Buddhism should miss.
448 pages, Paperback
First published October 25, 1997
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Nyanaponika Thera
70 books30 followersVenerable Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera was a German-born Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism. He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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August 29, 2019
Several years ago, I undertook the project of reading the Majjhima Nikaya, the Buddha’s Middle-Length Discourses. I’ve read that enormous scripture twice now, slowly and methodically. I recommend doing so! With all my heart! But -- I am a person who dropped out of society to read more. I have the time and space to devote myself to -- great feats of reading. Most people, bless them, are gainfully employed, with families and responsibilities. To those people, especially Buddhists who wish to know their own tradition better, I gently suggest: read Great Disciples of the Buddha. It won’t take very long and you will learn so much and be given so much inspiration.
Despite my earnestness, I am not remotely a scholar. The fine points of doctrine and higher states are utterly beyond me. What I found most moving about the reading the suttas was the evidence they showed of the lives of individual monks and laypeople. And that information is always always scattered, thin on the ground, because the main concern of the suttas is laying out the doctrine, the nuts and bolts of transforming the mind, as well as a creating a blueprint for a community that can endure.
This book is full of unforgettable characters. Liberation, it turns out, does not render people generic. Even arahants are not remotely interchangeable. At every level and stage of life, a person has their own very specific gifts (and foibles) and part of the genius of a Buddha is recognizing that and knowing how to guide and direct each person. This book is all about that. For example, Sariputta was the master of wisdom and Mogallana the master of supernormal powers. The great Sariputta, it is said, “couldn’t see as much as a mud-sprite”. Ananda had a genius knack for remembering everything -- but was very slow to attain liberation. Everyone was different and their differences didn’t disqualify them, not even Angulimala, mass murderer.
Most important: these holy men and women really loved each other. This book brims with evidence. Friendship is a central concern of Buddhism. Why do I always forget that? These great disciples cared for each other, helped each other, reprimanded each other, and grieved each other. Every page in this book reflects that and -- I don’t know how else to express it -- soaking in that knowledge felt important to my heart.
The order of the book makes sense and works, if you’d like to read it that way. An alternate order is also possible. If you are a woman, or fed up with patriarchy, or both, I suggest reading Chapter 7 first: Great Women Disciples of the Buddha! I wish I could make this chapter required reading. “No! You may not buy another overpriced zafu or go another super-deluxe vegan vipassana retreat until you read Chapter 7!” These women’s lives are so extraordinary, so important, so illustrative. In my opinion, we need to put down the “Greatest Hits” of Buddhism and delve more deeply into the tradition for new sources of strength and inspiration. (And don’t be disheartened when the first few great women disciples are all praised for their great beauty and polite behavior, sooner or later you’ll come to Bhadda, the nun who pushed her husband off a cliff. I admit I cheered. I know I’m not supposed to cheer, but I did cheer.)
This book is a treasure. If you are a Buddhist who wants to know your own tradition better, but reading the original scriptures feels daunting, this book is a beautiful entry-point. “Having good friends is the whole of the Holy Life.”
Despite my earnestness, I am not remotely a scholar. The fine points of doctrine and higher states are utterly beyond me. What I found most moving about the reading the suttas was the evidence they showed of the lives of individual monks and laypeople. And that information is always always scattered, thin on the ground, because the main concern of the suttas is laying out the doctrine, the nuts and bolts of transforming the mind, as well as a creating a blueprint for a community that can endure.
This book is full of unforgettable characters. Liberation, it turns out, does not render people generic. Even arahants are not remotely interchangeable. At every level and stage of life, a person has their own very specific gifts (and foibles) and part of the genius of a Buddha is recognizing that and knowing how to guide and direct each person. This book is all about that. For example, Sariputta was the master of wisdom and Mogallana the master of supernormal powers. The great Sariputta, it is said, “couldn’t see as much as a mud-sprite”. Ananda had a genius knack for remembering everything -- but was very slow to attain liberation. Everyone was different and their differences didn’t disqualify them, not even Angulimala, mass murderer.
Most important: these holy men and women really loved each other. This book brims with evidence. Friendship is a central concern of Buddhism. Why do I always forget that? These great disciples cared for each other, helped each other, reprimanded each other, and grieved each other. Every page in this book reflects that and -- I don’t know how else to express it -- soaking in that knowledge felt important to my heart.
The order of the book makes sense and works, if you’d like to read it that way. An alternate order is also possible. If you are a woman, or fed up with patriarchy, or both, I suggest reading Chapter 7 first: Great Women Disciples of the Buddha! I wish I could make this chapter required reading. “No! You may not buy another overpriced zafu or go another super-deluxe vegan vipassana retreat until you read Chapter 7!” These women’s lives are so extraordinary, so important, so illustrative. In my opinion, we need to put down the “Greatest Hits” of Buddhism and delve more deeply into the tradition for new sources of strength and inspiration. (And don’t be disheartened when the first few great women disciples are all praised for their great beauty and polite behavior, sooner or later you’ll come to Bhadda, the nun who pushed her husband off a cliff. I admit I cheered. I know I’m not supposed to cheer, but I did cheer.)
This book is a treasure. If you are a Buddhist who wants to know your own tradition better, but reading the original scriptures feels daunting, this book is a beautiful entry-point. “Having good friends is the whole of the Holy Life.”
October 30, 2011
This is a great book to read before jumping into the suttas. In the original texts, so many people meet the Buddha, debate him, come and go, live, die, say this and that, it can be hard to keep their stories straight. Of course, some show up repeatedly or are particularly memorable, but the suttas proper don't always fill you in on their details. Nor do they typically provide a coherent narrative all in one place, even of the great disciples like Ananda or Sariputta. I don't know of any other book that puts all these stories together to provide what approximates biographies in the modern sense.
This book started off in 1966 as a series of separate publications by Hellmuth Hecker in the German Buddhist periodical Wissen und Wandel. Hecker singlehandedly researched and wrote the monographs that make up the bulk of the book, and when one considers the amount of material he had to go through to arrive at the reasonably comprehensive accounts offered here, the impressiveness of his achievement becomes clear. Also in 1966 Nyanaponika, then president of the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, wrote and published a biography of the Buddha's preeminent disciple, Sariputta. However, it remained to Bhikkhu Bodhi to bring the work of these men together between two covers, to perform the necessary editorial tasks, and to round out the text with a biography of his own, that of Mahakaccana. The result is an indispensable addition to the library of any Buddhist devotee.
Following is a list of the disciples whose lives are reviewed: Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Mahakassapa, Ananda, Anuruddha, Mahakaccana, Visakha, Angulimala, Anathapindika, and fourteen other lesser known people. Bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are here, as well as laymen and laywomen. The tone throughout is pious and uncritical, and while some people may be bothered by this, Bhikkhu Bodhi makes clear at the beginning that the purpose of the book is not to try to find the historical "truth" of these people, but to present them as the Buddhist world has known and revered them. At times, the accumulation of legend weighs heavily, but very often too one can detect biographical truth and get the feeling for the reality of these people. As I read, I found myself wondering how it would have been, for example, to have had Ananda as a college roommate. I can see it even now: everybody loves him; his incredible memory means that studies are a cakewalk, women are drawn irresistibly to him and he gets voted "Most Likely to Succeed." On other hand, if I'd had to room with Mahakasspa I think I would have been a little intimidated-he was one tough daddy. All in all, this is a most worthy and informative book and I highly recommend it.
This book started off in 1966 as a series of separate publications by Hellmuth Hecker in the German Buddhist periodical Wissen und Wandel. Hecker singlehandedly researched and wrote the monographs that make up the bulk of the book, and when one considers the amount of material he had to go through to arrive at the reasonably comprehensive accounts offered here, the impressiveness of his achievement becomes clear. Also in 1966 Nyanaponika, then president of the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, wrote and published a biography of the Buddha's preeminent disciple, Sariputta. However, it remained to Bhikkhu Bodhi to bring the work of these men together between two covers, to perform the necessary editorial tasks, and to round out the text with a biography of his own, that of Mahakaccana. The result is an indispensable addition to the library of any Buddhist devotee.
Following is a list of the disciples whose lives are reviewed: Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Mahakassapa, Ananda, Anuruddha, Mahakaccana, Visakha, Angulimala, Anathapindika, and fourteen other lesser known people. Bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are here, as well as laymen and laywomen. The tone throughout is pious and uncritical, and while some people may be bothered by this, Bhikkhu Bodhi makes clear at the beginning that the purpose of the book is not to try to find the historical "truth" of these people, but to present them as the Buddhist world has known and revered them. At times, the accumulation of legend weighs heavily, but very often too one can detect biographical truth and get the feeling for the reality of these people. As I read, I found myself wondering how it would have been, for example, to have had Ananda as a college roommate. I can see it even now: everybody loves him; his incredible memory means that studies are a cakewalk, women are drawn irresistibly to him and he gets voted "Most Likely to Succeed." On other hand, if I'd had to room with Mahakasspa I think I would have been a little intimidated-he was one tough daddy. All in all, this is a most worthy and informative book and I highly recommend it.
June 30, 2023
The best-known disciples of the Buddha (luminaries in their own right) come alive in this record. This fairly large tome falls somewhere between biography and scripture - both gripping and illuminating. My slight favourites were the accounts of Sariputta and Ananda, but in truth every chapter is a dive into deep territory.
September 28, 2020
This is a collection of texts combined from the pali canon to give "biographies" on the great disciples that helped the Tathāgata turn the wheel of Dhamma.
Starting with the chief disciples of Sāriputta and Maha Moggallāna. Who were just as important as the Buddha in teaching the dhamma. They are followed by Mahākassapa who assumed the leadership of the sangha, after the parinibbāna (passing) of the Buddha and Ānanda the reason why the Tipitaka still exists today. The other notable disciples in this book are Anuruddhā, Mahākātyāyana, Visākhā, Queen Mallika, Khemā, Bhadda Kundalakesa, Aṅgulimāla, and Anāthapiṇḍika.
Starting with the chief disciples of Sāriputta and Maha Moggallāna. Who were just as important as the Buddha in teaching the dhamma. They are followed by Mahākassapa who assumed the leadership of the sangha, after the parinibbāna (passing) of the Buddha and Ānanda the reason why the Tipitaka still exists today. The other notable disciples in this book are Anuruddhā, Mahākātyāyana, Visākhā, Queen Mallika, Khemā, Bhadda Kundalakesa, Aṅgulimāla, and Anāthapiṇḍika.
August 22, 2025
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October 7, 2018
Wonderful audiobook experience. Might not have gotten through the paper version because it’s a bit dry, but as an audiobook it was engaging and presented a wonderful mix of “historical” type information, stories of the personalities of the characters, and elucidation of the Dhamma based on what each disciple had as their “specialization”.
So after reading this you’d have a baseline knowledge of the teachings such as the four noble truths, foundations of mindfulness etc. you also get a baseline awareness of the characters and places mentioned in the sutras, which makes reading actual sutras much more interesting going forward. The sutras themselves rarely mention who the characters are, so having their biographies assembled in this format is extremely valuable!
A note of warning that this book could hardly be any LESS secular. It is totally immersed in the most “mythological” versions of events described by the Pali Cannon. In this book Mara is not a metaphor for the hindrances, or a symbol of our distraction, Mara is the king of hell who visits earth to mess with us. The Jataka tales of past lives, arguably far less canonical than most of the sutras, are given equal billing in terms of their realism.
This is all disclaimed in the book’s introduction, so it’s not an attack on the authors, just a fair warning to other readers. If you are attached to some idea that the Pali Cannon is “clean” of mythological stories this book will be a shock. It’s only by picking and choosing very carefully that some teachers have been able to create the impression of Early Buddhism as a “rational philosophy”.
I love that this book pushed me to turn towards the mythological nature of the stories from the Pali Cannon. It is a wholesome challenge and whether you “believe” the stories of heavens, hells, and past lives of not (probably not). Learning how the stories interrelate literarily is interesting and helps me get the most out of my other research into the suttas and the Dhamma.
So after reading this you’d have a baseline knowledge of the teachings such as the four noble truths, foundations of mindfulness etc. you also get a baseline awareness of the characters and places mentioned in the sutras, which makes reading actual sutras much more interesting going forward. The sutras themselves rarely mention who the characters are, so having their biographies assembled in this format is extremely valuable!
A note of warning that this book could hardly be any LESS secular. It is totally immersed in the most “mythological” versions of events described by the Pali Cannon. In this book Mara is not a metaphor for the hindrances, or a symbol of our distraction, Mara is the king of hell who visits earth to mess with us. The Jataka tales of past lives, arguably far less canonical than most of the sutras, are given equal billing in terms of their realism.
This is all disclaimed in the book’s introduction, so it’s not an attack on the authors, just a fair warning to other readers. If you are attached to some idea that the Pali Cannon is “clean” of mythological stories this book will be a shock. It’s only by picking and choosing very carefully that some teachers have been able to create the impression of Early Buddhism as a “rational philosophy”.
I love that this book pushed me to turn towards the mythological nature of the stories from the Pali Cannon. It is a wholesome challenge and whether you “believe” the stories of heavens, hells, and past lives of not (probably not). Learning how the stories interrelate literarily is interesting and helps me get the most out of my other research into the suttas and the Dhamma.
December 1, 2019
Cuốn sách đã kể lại cuộc đời của các vị đại đệ tử Phật như những tấm gương sáng cho những người khác noi theo. Các vị đều đạt được thánh quả A la hán cuối cùng bằng nhiều cách khác nhau qua sự hướng dẫn của đấng toàn giác, Đức Phật. Đôi lúc có những điều khó tin xảy ra trong cuốn sách như thần thông hay ma vương, mình không biết là có thật hay không hay đó chỉ là một hình ảnh ẩn dụ của các vị cao nhân? Đồng thời mình cũng thấy được sự không hoàn hảo của mỗi người, dù họ có là bậc A la hán, liệu có hay không sự mâu thuẫn giữa trí tuệ Bát nhã của vị A lan hán này với vị A la hán khác? Quá nhiều câu hỏi mà mình chưa tìm được lời giải qua cuốn sách này. Có chăng là do các tác giả đều theo Theravada nên có những chỗ còn chưa tròn vẹn, chưa thỏa đáng? Dù sao đây cũng là một cuốn sách hay với lượng kiến thức khổng lồ về thời kì của Đức Phật cũng như nhắc sâu về nhân quả luân hồi.
Và Đức Phật sẽ không giải thích những câu hỏi mang tính siêu hình đại loại như:
1. Sau khi chết Đức Phật tồn tại?
2. Sau khi chết Đức Phật không tồn tại?
3. Sau khi chết Đức Phật vừa tồn tại vừa không tồn tại?
4. Sau khi chết Đức Phật vừa không tồn tại vừa không không tồn tại?
cũng như về các vấn đề vũ trụ, tâm lý học hay sự chứng ngộ của mình bởi vì điều đó không giúp ích gì cho việc diệt khổ của cá nhân người hỏi.
Và Đức Phật sẽ không giải thích những câu hỏi mang tính siêu hình đại loại như:
1. Sau khi chết Đức Phật tồn tại?
2. Sau khi chết Đức Phật không tồn tại?
3. Sau khi chết Đức Phật vừa tồn tại vừa không tồn tại?
4. Sau khi chết Đức Phật vừa không tồn tại vừa không không tồn tại?
cũng như về các vấn đề vũ trụ, tâm lý học hay sự chứng ngộ của mình bởi vì điều đó không giúp ích gì cho việc diệt khổ của cá nhân người hỏi.
March 13, 2020
A phenomenal book for those longing to know about the biographies of Buddha’s disciples viz Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Ananda, Mahakassapa, Anuruddha, female disciples, laymen and laywomen. The disciples’ fervent devotion towards the Triple Gem led them to understand the transient nature of all earthly glories and successes and the ephemeral quality of sensory joys and pleasures. The readers will be left awe-struck to know how the disciples have attained the six paranormal knowledge such as destruction of cankers, psychic power, divine-ear element, the knowledge encompassing the minds of others, the knowledge of recollection of past lives, the divine eye or the knowledge of the passing away and rebirth of beings. Many of the disciples who were instrumental in expounding the Buddha’s exegesis have developed razor-sharp precision in their thinking and marshaled in the insight of present reality. The book is perfect to get deeper insight into the law of Karma. It’s difficult to fathom how Buddha expounds the law of Karma by recollecting the past lives and future destiny with impeccable accuracy. Through Karmic force, many people meet the Buddha, debate him, listen to his teachings, live and die. It surely must have been such a blessing for the disciples and the laity to have met Buddha in their lives.
A recommended book to read.
A recommended book to read.
May 2, 2025
By collecting the story of the lives of these amazing people in one place, the authors and the editors have made a much needed addition and contribution to Buddhist literature.
We often tend to get lost in the grandeur of the Buddha and end up deifying not only who he was but what he accomplished. But thanks to these amazing folks, their fragile, faulty and human lives, we remember that yes, enlightenment exists and that with enough hardwork and dedication, any of us can accomplish it. If Sariputta, Mahakachayana, Ananda, Angulimala and the likes can do it, so can we and I believe this should be our main takeaway from this book.
This book though somewhat unintentionally ends up painting a beautiful picture of the social and political landscape of the axial age. It was fun to catch those tidbits.
We often tend to get lost in the grandeur of the Buddha and end up deifying not only who he was but what he accomplished. But thanks to these amazing folks, their fragile, faulty and human lives, we remember that yes, enlightenment exists and that with enough hardwork and dedication, any of us can accomplish it. If Sariputta, Mahakachayana, Ananda, Angulimala and the likes can do it, so can we and I believe this should be our main takeaway from this book.
This book though somewhat unintentionally ends up painting a beautiful picture of the social and political landscape of the axial age. It was fun to catch those tidbits.
March 15, 2025
Inspiring insights into the lives of important monks and laypeople during the Buddha's lifetime (and just beyond). It was interesting to learn the cosmic significance of monks like Sariputta. There was also a good mix of narrative and doctrinal exposition. It also came across how the authors tried to show how different each being is. Even though everyone is following the same religion, everyone has different affinities and desires. But the Dharma offers a framework for everyone. There is also good coverage of the many miracles that have taken place on account of faith in and practice of the Dharma.
Unfortunately there were several typos, but nothing that distracted too greatly or confused the meaning of the book.
Unfortunately there were several typos, but nothing that distracted too greatly or confused the meaning of the book.
April 23, 2021
Excellent, well-told, well-organized chronicles of the Buddha's early disciples including monks, nuns, lay people. The material is all from the Pali canon. The chronicles in this work of how the Buddha interacted with his disciples from all walks of life and the background of prominent disciples such as Sariputta, Mahamogallana, and Ananda, allows one to get a much clearer picture of what the early Sangha looked like, as well as the society in which it grew.
April 11, 2020
Well researched, well intended and well organised. After reading Thich Nhat Hanh’s Old Path White Clouds, I became fascinated by Buddha’s greatest disciples. This book perfectly served me. Now I have a rich understanding of each of their dispositions, characters, expertise, past lives, and legacy.
June 30, 2018
Great! There are no good enough words to describe!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 31, 2020
A beautiful and spiritually inspiring book.
January 19, 2021
The book allowed me to connect and relate to many parts of the Dhamma which I heard in various podcasts.
May 7, 2021
wonderful and inspiring. a true gem, i love it!
August 11, 2021
Must read for a serious spiritual seeker…
December 11, 2021
3.5 stars. 5 disciples of interest, the rest a bit less interesting.
December 30, 2021
Nice complement to reading the suttas.
September 14, 2023
Less philosophical, more humane than a lot of early Buddhist books I’ve read. Not an intro to Buddhism, however.
March 4, 2024
Better than Game of Thrones, not as good as Lord of the Rings.
August 6, 2024
What a beautiful book! It really brought me closer to the great disciples of the buddha of our era.
January 29, 2023
A lot about the previous lives of the closest disciples
November 4, 2013
Reading about the lives of these great disciples of the Buddha is a truly transformative experience. The stories of these exemplary disciples provide models of excellence upon which to base our own practice and lives, standards to which we can aspire. They give us a glimpse of the lofty heights achieved by the man and woman perfected through the Noble Path - bhikkhus and bhikkunis with purified minds freed from all cankers, devoted lay-disciples destined for the higher realms and final liberation.
Some of these men and women had noble or privileged backgrounds to begin with, but some of them came from tumultuous and even disastrous backgrounds. Going forth into the Buddha Sangha, privileged and non-privileged alike won the Noble Path to freedom and proclaimed their victory over sorrow, lamentation and death. We find underwriting the disparate backgrounds of these disciples the one inexorable law of kamma that deals out the results of merits and sins accumulated through countless lives. In their ledgers of sins and merits, we find a common factor guiding these disciples' entry into the Sangha, and their ascent to liberation and great discipleship - Aspiration, supported by purposeful, dedicated merit-making. We learn about the power and importance of right aspiration supported by right action, which have the ability to carry us to the safe refuge of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha against the vicissitudes of samsara with all its inevitable fruits of sorrow and wrong-doing. These stories awaken us to our own fate - the kammas good and bad waiting to ripen on us, death just waiting to carry us away, the road to freedom we can take. These stories inspire in us the urgency to aspire greatly to discipleship. Aspiring greatly, striving diligently, will we not also join the ranks of these Noble Ones, and proclaim our victory?
For the aspiring disciple, these biographies are a veritable mine choked full of gems of guidance on how to proceed on the path. We learn for eg. about the qualities that help the elders to attain to the final goal, and so come to know what qualities we have to cultivate and which to give up in ourselves. We learn about how to be a part of the Sangha - this community of spiritual fellowship convened for liberation - how to associate wisely and compassionately, yet dispassionately and independently. We learn a lot about the duties of an elder, how a leader of the Sangha can and should be. We see that each contributes their own areas of excellence, their special skills, their individual propensities, yet are united in their common understanding and promulgation of the Dhamma. The elders show us that Dhamma can be served and served up in different ways. They inspire us also to taste this Dhamma, and through this to find our own special ways of serving it.
Reading these portraits confers a depth of understanding of the Dhamma not gotten from reading the Tipitaka and commentaries alone, for it allows us to glimpse the best living embodiment of the Dhamma, the early Ariya Sangha. The Sangha was not only a vast repository of wisdom and virtue, it was a vast repository of paranormal powers. Even young monks had paranormal powers over matter obtained through meditative attainments. The wonderful thing about the Buddha's Dispensation was that miraculous powers like these were never emphasized or placed above wisdom and virtue. It is reassuring that the Buddha's Dispensation never loses touch with the fundamental reality of life and never loses sight of the surest route to deliverance - not then, and not now. These great disciples and their legacy helped to ensure that.
Together, the biographies allow us to gather a picture of the historical and social contexts of the Buddha's Dispensation and its singular contribution to the emancipation of beings. Many are the stories related of people who sought for liberation under then prevailing orders without success, but who later proclaimed victory under the Banner of the Tathāgatha. Reading these stories, we come to appreciate how very important a breakthrough the Buddha's Noble Path was from a historical, philosophical and existential standpoint, and how very fortunate we are to have this path.
These biographies are all a joy to read. The styles differ slightly, reflecting the originality of the 3 different authors, but every one of them are singularly well-written, well-researched, well-put together and well-thought out. As I read these most excellently-written biographies of the most excellent disciples of the Fully Enlightened One, delighting greatly in their multi-faceted splendor, I exclaim again and again: "Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!"
Some of these men and women had noble or privileged backgrounds to begin with, but some of them came from tumultuous and even disastrous backgrounds. Going forth into the Buddha Sangha, privileged and non-privileged alike won the Noble Path to freedom and proclaimed their victory over sorrow, lamentation and death. We find underwriting the disparate backgrounds of these disciples the one inexorable law of kamma that deals out the results of merits and sins accumulated through countless lives. In their ledgers of sins and merits, we find a common factor guiding these disciples' entry into the Sangha, and their ascent to liberation and great discipleship - Aspiration, supported by purposeful, dedicated merit-making. We learn about the power and importance of right aspiration supported by right action, which have the ability to carry us to the safe refuge of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha against the vicissitudes of samsara with all its inevitable fruits of sorrow and wrong-doing. These stories awaken us to our own fate - the kammas good and bad waiting to ripen on us, death just waiting to carry us away, the road to freedom we can take. These stories inspire in us the urgency to aspire greatly to discipleship. Aspiring greatly, striving diligently, will we not also join the ranks of these Noble Ones, and proclaim our victory?
For the aspiring disciple, these biographies are a veritable mine choked full of gems of guidance on how to proceed on the path. We learn for eg. about the qualities that help the elders to attain to the final goal, and so come to know what qualities we have to cultivate and which to give up in ourselves. We learn about how to be a part of the Sangha - this community of spiritual fellowship convened for liberation - how to associate wisely and compassionately, yet dispassionately and independently. We learn a lot about the duties of an elder, how a leader of the Sangha can and should be. We see that each contributes their own areas of excellence, their special skills, their individual propensities, yet are united in their common understanding and promulgation of the Dhamma. The elders show us that Dhamma can be served and served up in different ways. They inspire us also to taste this Dhamma, and through this to find our own special ways of serving it.
Reading these portraits confers a depth of understanding of the Dhamma not gotten from reading the Tipitaka and commentaries alone, for it allows us to glimpse the best living embodiment of the Dhamma, the early Ariya Sangha. The Sangha was not only a vast repository of wisdom and virtue, it was a vast repository of paranormal powers. Even young monks had paranormal powers over matter obtained through meditative attainments. The wonderful thing about the Buddha's Dispensation was that miraculous powers like these were never emphasized or placed above wisdom and virtue. It is reassuring that the Buddha's Dispensation never loses touch with the fundamental reality of life and never loses sight of the surest route to deliverance - not then, and not now. These great disciples and their legacy helped to ensure that.
Together, the biographies allow us to gather a picture of the historical and social contexts of the Buddha's Dispensation and its singular contribution to the emancipation of beings. Many are the stories related of people who sought for liberation under then prevailing orders without success, but who later proclaimed victory under the Banner of the Tathāgatha. Reading these stories, we come to appreciate how very important a breakthrough the Buddha's Noble Path was from a historical, philosophical and existential standpoint, and how very fortunate we are to have this path.
These biographies are all a joy to read. The styles differ slightly, reflecting the originality of the 3 different authors, but every one of them are singularly well-written, well-researched, well-put together and well-thought out. As I read these most excellently-written biographies of the most excellent disciples of the Fully Enlightened One, delighting greatly in their multi-faceted splendor, I exclaim again and again: "Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!"
July 20, 2017
After reading a few recountings of the Buddha's life, this book is extremely valuable. I especially appreciated the discussion of female practitioners. Though dry in parts, it certainly felt comprehensive. I am surprised that not all of the 10 Principle Disciples were covered.
October 30, 2011
This is a great book to read before jumping into the suttas. In the original texts, so many people meet the Buddha, debate him, come and go, live, die, say this and that, it can be hard to keep their stories straight. Of course, some show up repeatedly or are particularly memorable, but the suttas proper don't always fill you in on their details. Nor do they typically provide a coherent narrative all in one place, even of the great disciples like Ananda or Sariputta. I don't know of any other book that puts all these stories together to provide what approximates biographies in the modern sense.
This book started off in 1966 as a series of separate publications by Hellmuth Hecker in the German Buddhist periodical Wissen und Wandel. Hecker singlehandedly researched and wrote the monographs that make up the bulk of the book, and when one considers the amount of material he had to go through to arrive at the reasonably comprehensive accounts offered here, the impressiveness of his achievement becomes clear. Also in 1966 Nyanaponika, then president of the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, wrote and published a biography of the Buddha's preeminent disciple, Sariputta. However, it remained to Bhikkhu Bodhi to bring the work of these men together between two covers, to perform the necessary editorial tasks, and to round out the text with a biography of his own, that of Mahakaccana. The result is an indispensable addition to the library of any Buddhist devotee.
Following is a list of the disciples whose lives are reviewed: Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Mahakassapa, Ananda, Anuruddha, Mahakaccana, Visakha, Angulimala, Anathapindika, and fourteen other lesser known people. Bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are here, as well as laymen and laywomen. The tone throughout is pious and uncritical, and while some people may be bothered by this, Bhikkhu Bodhi makes clear at the beginning that the purpose of the book is not to try to find the historical "truth" of these people, but to present them as the Buddhist world has known and revered them. At times, the accumulation of legend weighs heavily, but very often too one can detect biographical truth and get the feeling for the reality of these people. As I read, I found myself wondering how it would have been, for example, to have had Ananda as a college roommate. I can see it even now: everybody loves him; his incredible memory means that studies are a cakewalk, women are drawn irresistibly to him and he gets voted "Most Likely to Succeed." On other hand, if I'd had to room with Mahakasspa I think I would have been a little intimidated-he was one tough daddy. All in all, this is a most worthy and informative book and I highly recommend it.
This book started off in 1966 as a series of separate publications by Hellmuth Hecker in the German Buddhist periodical Wissen und Wandel. Hecker singlehandedly researched and wrote the monographs that make up the bulk of the book, and when one considers the amount of material he had to go through to arrive at the reasonably comprehensive accounts offered here, the impressiveness of his achievement becomes clear. Also in 1966 Nyanaponika, then president of the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, wrote and published a biography of the Buddha's preeminent disciple, Sariputta. However, it remained to Bhikkhu Bodhi to bring the work of these men together between two covers, to perform the necessary editorial tasks, and to round out the text with a biography of his own, that of Mahakaccana. The result is an indispensable addition to the library of any Buddhist devotee.
Following is a list of the disciples whose lives are reviewed: Sariputta, Mahamoggallana, Mahakassapa, Ananda, Anuruddha, Mahakaccana, Visakha, Angulimala, Anathapindika, and fourteen other lesser known people. Bhikkhus and bhikkhunis are here, as well as laymen and laywomen. The tone throughout is pious and uncritical, and while some people may be bothered by this, Bhikkhu Bodhi makes clear at the beginning that the purpose of the book is not to try to find the historical "truth" of these people, but to present them as the Buddhist world has known and revered them. At times, the accumulation of legend weighs heavily, but very often too one can detect biographical truth and get the feeling for the reality of these people. As I read, I found myself wondering how it would have been, for example, to have had Ananda as a college roommate. I can see it even now: everybody loves him; his incredible memory means that studies are a cakewalk, women are drawn irresistibly to him and he gets voted "Most Likely to Succeed." On other hand, if I'd had to room with Mahakasspa I think I would have been a little intimidated-he was one tough daddy. All in all, this is a most worthy and informative book and I highly recommend it.
February 23, 2017
I have always loved translations of Ven. Nyanaponika Thera. His works are simple, concise, and easy to understand. This book is divided into two parts: male disciples and female disciples. The latter was translated by Hellmuth Hecker. The deeds of the Buddha's great disciples -of which many are highlighted in this book- have inspired me in my practice, and may it serve as an inspiration to you as well.
May 22, 2015
While not a riveting book, this was very interesting. We may look at those who lived at the time of the Buddha as more fable than fact but this uses text from the time to explain their lives and portray them as the real life disciples that they were.
July 18, 2012
I love this book so much! It gives me so much energy and spirit to do the practice in the spiritual life! I come back to this book from time to time when i need encouragement. It never fails!
December 16, 2016
Very technical. Actually doing Vipissana meditation is much easier and more effective than reading about it.
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