Buddha before buddhism English 2016
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ISBN:
9781611803242
Publisher:
Penguin Random House USA
Pages:
192
Weight:
193 g
Dimensions:
13 x 20 x 1 cm
Book Cover:
Paperback
Thema:
- Buddhism: branches and groups
- Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings
- East Asian and Indian philosophy
- Buddhism
A translation with commentary of one of the earliest of the surviving Buddhist texts, which reveals the teachings to be remarkably simple and free of religious trappings. The A??hakavagga, or “Book of Eights,” is believed by scholars to be among the earliest of written Buddhist texts, and in it we find the Buddha’s teaching pared down to its most uncomplicated essence. Gil Fronsdal’s translation and commentary reveals the text’s central concern to be the joy that comes from recognizing and letting go of attachment to the illusory views that create suffering. It’s simple medicine that works for us today as well as it did for the Buddha’s first listeners.
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