The Buddha : a very short introduction / Michael Carrithers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrithers, Michael, author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 1.

Very short introduction ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gautama Buddha.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001, c1996.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book guides the reader through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of illustrations

List of maps

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Early life and renunciation

3 To the awakening

4 The awakening

5 The mission and the death

Note on quotations

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Originally published in 1983.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-09769-9

0-19-154048-X

9786613097699

OCLC:

712039966