Historical Buddha: The Times, Life and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism (Buddhist Tradition S.) (English and German Edition)
''written in a simple language that makes it easy for even a lay reader to comprehend, the author relies heavily on the Pali canon, the book with its illustrations is a biography examining the social, religious and political conditions that gave rise to Buddhism.'' --The Afternoon, Mumbai''...a splendid contribution on the scholarship about Gautama Buddha using various Buddhist and non Buddhsit sources.....a book which should be a must for every student of Buddhsim....Schumann has produced a remarkable biography of the Buddha. There is much to learn from it.'' ----Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism Vol: 6, 2005