Monday, July 14, 2008

#43



An excellent short biography of Sidhatta Gotama, placing his revolutionary reforms of yogic practice into context and making reasonably clear the profound importance of his ideas for a Western audience.

Armstrong's introduction explains why it's impossible really to write a biography of Buddha, given the lack of contemporary documents and the likely embellishments of original texts passed down orally. But this is a worthy and interesting attempt.

2 comments:

Nick said...

I recommend Tezuka's account, avail at our public libraries...

Casey said...

Huh. Another one for the list.