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Buddha / Karen Armstrong.
LIBRA - Special BQ882 .A76 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
- Series:
- Penguin lives series
- A Penguin life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gautama Buddha.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxix pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 205 pages, 1 unnumbered page : map ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, [2001]
- Summary:
- A world-renowned religious thinker contemplates one of the world's most sacred figures. In a profound blend of biography, religion, history, and philosphy, Armstrong's highly original portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man.
- Contents:
- 1. Renunciation 1
- 2. Quest 36
- 3. Enlightenment 66
- 4. Dhamma 98
- 5. Mission 122
- 6. Parinibbana 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has "A Lipper/Viking Book" on titie page.
- ISBN:
- 0670891932
- OCLC:
- 44883702
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