num_pages: 370
description: The Eisner and Harvey WinnerIn this fourth volume of the award-winning graphic novel biography, Buddha slowly discovers that his destiny lies in a path not readily available to him. With fellow ascetics Dhepa who has complete faith in the purifying quality of painful physical ordeals, and Assaji, who can predict everyone's death to the hour, Buddha travels through the kingdom of Magadha into the Forest of Uruvela, where The Middle Path and Enlightenment wait beyond a series of death-defying trials.Awake under the Pippala tree...
language: English
title: Buddha, Vol. 4: The Forest of Uruvela
titlecomplete: Buddha, Vol. 4: The Forest of Uruvela (Buddha, #4)
genres: Philosophy, Religion, Buddhism, Graphic Novels, Manga, Japan, Spirituality, Comics, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3400
series: Buddha
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
category: Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material
publisher: Vertical