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The Buddha
Michael Carrithers
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Overview
Biography and development of the philosophy of the Buddha. Born the son of a king, in the sixth century B.C., the Buddha renounced his privileged life to become a homeless wanderer. Relates how he experimented with meditation and self-mortification, developed a belief in the possibility of personal release from suffering through introspection, and founded an order of monks.
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 102
- Language
- EN
- Categories
- Religion / Buddhism / General, Religion / Buddhism / History
- ISBN-13
- 9780192875907
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