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The Buddha : a very short introduction / Michael Carrithers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 1.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191540486
  • 019154048X
  • 9780191606649
  • 0191606642
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddha.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/63 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ882 .C37 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Early life and renunciation -- To the awakening -- The awakening -- The mission and the death.
Review: "Michael Carrithers guides us through the diverse accounts of 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 relevance today."--Jacket
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Originally published in 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102) and index.

Introduction -- Early life and renunciation -- To the awakening -- The awakening -- The mission and the death.

"Michael Carrithers guides us through the diverse accounts of 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 relevance today."--Jacket

Lexile: 1310.

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