Who Is the Buddha?
by SangharakshitaEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Summary
Some say that the Buddha was a man--a good, holy, or wise man, but just a man. Others may think that he is the Buddhist version of God. But the Buddha is neither man nor God. Born just as we are born, by his own efforts he became an enlightened being, a journey we too can undertake if we so choose. Sangharakshita, a Western Buddhist practitioner and teacher for fifty years, looks at the Buddha in the contexts of time and eternity, karma and rebirth, his life and teachings, and helps answer the question: who is the Buddha?
Table of Contents
| Editors' Preface | 1 | (6) | |
| 1 The Evolution of a Buddha | 7 | (16) | |
| 2 The Way to Enlightenment | 23 | (16) | |
| 3 The Hidden Teachings of the Buddha's Early Life | 39 | (10) | |
| 4 The Heroic Ideal in Buddhism | 49 | (14) | |
| 5 From Hero-Worship to the Worshipping Buddha | 63 | (16) | |
| 6 The Word of the Buddha | 79 | (20) | |
| 7 Karma and Rebirth | 99 | (24) | |
| 8 The 'Death' of the Buddha | 123 | (22) | |
| 9 Who is the Buddha? | 145 | (16) | |
| Notes and References | 161 | (2) | |
| Further Reading | 163 | (2) | |
| Index | 165 |
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