B01-Early Disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha (5th-6th century BCE)
This class on early disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha (5th-6th century BCE) will use as a text Great Disciples of the Buddha Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy by Nyanaponika Thera & Hellmuth Hecker. This text is a survey of the background, practice, and accomplishments of Shakyamuni Buddha’s greatest disciples including Sariputta, Maha-mogallana, Mahakassapa, Ananda, Anuruddha, Mahakaccana, Great Women Disciples, Angulimala, Anathapindika, and others. See announcement for text book options.
This course is included even though it has not yet been developed as a course for LFBCS as it includes important Patriarchs and Matriarachs of the Theravada and other traditions, who are worthy of our study and will be added in the future.
This course requires that G02, G03(A), and D35(A)-The 128 Evil and Erroneous Views be completed as a prerequisite to taking this course.
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If you do an internet search for the title you can find a number of options for obtaining the book. Here are two: PDF of the book on Google eBook. On Amazon it is available for the Kindle, as an audiobook, a paperback, and a hardback.