The Buddha: a storied life

Introduction: The never-ending story

The vow that starts the story

Creative tensions in the past lives of the Buddha

The final birth

A timeless love story

A great departure

Around the tree of awakening

The Buddha's career: Teachings and miracles

Sorrow and its ending in the Buddha's last days

The Buddha's story continues: Afterlives of the relics

Overstory: First there is a Buddha, then there is no Buddha, then there is.