A Life of the Buddha by Sherab Chodzin Kohn
The story of the founder of Buddhism is one of the world's great archetypal tales of spiritual awakening. He was born Siddhartha Gautama in the sixth century BCE, the son of a prince who ruled a small kingdom in what is now Nepal. Siddhartha led a sheltered existence until the age of twenty-nine, when he left his life of ease and set out to find a solution to the problem of suffering. For years he wandered as a homeless ascetic, practicing severe austerities that brought him to the brink of death but no nearer to his goal. He then abandoned asceticism for a middle way. Sitting down under a tree, he vowed to remain there until he realized the truth. After a night of deep meditation, his Enlightenment came at dawn, and he was thereafter known as the Buddha, the Awakened One.Sherab Chödzin Kohn is the coeditor of The Buddha and His Teachings, a best-selling anthology. He has been teaching Buddhism and meditation for for thirty years and has edited several of his instructor, Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa's books. He's also a prolific translator, with a critically regarded version of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590306895 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590306899 |
| Title | A Life of the Buddha |
| Author | Sherab Chodzin Kohn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2009-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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