Author: THOMAS, EDWARD J.
Title: Life of Buddha: As Legend and History
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.. First paperback edition. XXIV + 297 p. b/w plates, frontisp/, index, bibliogr. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. soft cocer with stiff wrpprs. page some age spots. VERY GOOD)) ¶ This scholarly work offers a fascinating examination of the lore surrounding the life of Buddha. From his ancestry, birth, and youth to his final days, it chronicles Buddha's preaching, his 20 years' wandering, the establishment of rival schools of philosophy, and much more ? including thought-provoking perspectives on Buddhism as religion and philosophy.

Keywords: Asia Buddhism religion


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