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:
I recommend Tezuka's account, avail at our public libraries...
Huh. Another one for the list.
Post a Comment