Gautama Buddha

Name: Gautama Buddha
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ISBN: 9780195634556

ISBN-10: 0195634551

ISBN-13: 9780195634556

Edition: 2nd 1994

Authors: Iqbal Singh

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For the past two thousand years and more, the figure of Gautama, the Buddha, has attracted hagiographers and legend-makers whose writings have, for the most part, left readers with a sense of dissatisfaction and frustration. At the same time, there has been a flood of arcane scholarship on particular aspects of the Buddha's life, times, and teaching which has left the discriminating reader unmoved. This biography, written with rare elegance, delicacy, and verve will serve as a breath of fresh air.

Book details

List price: $27.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 414
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.63" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Apropos the Second Impression	p. 3
Preface	p. 6
The World of the Buddha	p. 11
Biographical	p. 43
Maya's Dream and the Nativity of the Buddha	p. 45
The Republic of Kapilavastu	p. 54
Some Early Events	p. 77
The Pursuit of Pleasure	p. 95
The Crisis and Renunciation	p. 118
After Strange Gods	p. 142
Enlightenment	p. 160
Turning the Wheel of Doctrine	p. 177
Growth of the Order	p. 187
Years of Wandering and a Day	p. 208
Fools in the Order	p. 226
The Great Decease	p. 233
Posthumous Postscript	p. 249
The Word of the Buddha	p. 251
The Wheel	p. 253
The Way	p. 262
The Void	p. 271
The Word Made Flesh	p. 289
The Buddha in a Changing World	p. 305
Epilogue	p. 355
Little to Add	p. 359
Acknowledgements	p. 382
Bibliography	p. 384
Index	p. 392
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