The Buddha: biography of a myth

Part I: The Buddha Tells His Tale

The Appearance of the Buddha

A Child is Born

The Prince in the Palace

The Great Departure

Six Years of Austerities

The Attack of Māra

The Night of Enlightenment

Seven Weeks in the Forest

To the Deer Park

Passage to Nirvāṇa

Part 2: Did the Buddha Exist?

Times and Teachings

Stūpas and Sūtras

The Forest of Theories

The Horror of Enlightenment