Gautama Buddha - A Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789385505102)

The word Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one". "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of our age. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Sramana (renunciation) movement common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala. Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later. This book gives an account of his life and teachings.

Author: Ileen Bear
ISBN-10: 9385505106
ISBN-13: 9789385505102
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2015
Pages: 94
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.19d