Ebook: The Buddha: a very short introduction
Author: Buddha., Carrithers Michael
- Tags: Einführung, Buddha
- Series: Very short introductions 41
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Oxford
- Edition: 1st publ. as a Very short introduction 2001, reprinted
- Language: English
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Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance.
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