ARMSTRONG, Karen Additional Author mixed material bibliography London Phoenix 2002 en English

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xxix, 193 p.; 20 cm. Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All that is known about him comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography and myth. Karen Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha's life: his birth as Siddhatta Gotama in the fifth century BC and his abandonment of his wife and son; his attainment of enlightenment under the Banyan tree; his political influence; the divisions among his followers; and his serene death. Armstrong also introduces the key tenets of Buddhism. In our own age of secular anxiety, she shows that it has profound lessons to teach about selflessness and the simple life. Buddhism Guatama Buddha 294.363 9780753813409 RAFFLES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL To Learn , To Lead , To Love 294.363 ARM b s1406004 buddha.jpg.jpg 7353 2017-02-01 08:48:39 2017-02-01 08:48:39 machine generated