From Stone to Flesh A Short History of the Buddha

Name: From Stone to Flesh A Short History of the Buddha
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ISBN: 9780226493206

ISBN-10: 0226493202

ISBN-13: 9780226493206

Edition: 2013

Authors: Donald S. Lopez Jr.

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We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? Leading historian of Buddhism Donald S. Lopez Jr. tells the story of how various idols carved in stone—variously named Beddou, Codam, Xaca, and Fo—became the man of flesh and blood that we know simply as the Buddha. He reveals that the positive view of the Buddha in Europe and America is rather recent, originating a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/11/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English