From stone to flesh
Subtitle: a short history of the Buddha
By: Donald S. Lopez Jr
Series: Buddhism and modernity; Buddhism and modernity
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780226493206
Subjects: Cult; Christian interpretations; Buddhism; Study and teaching; History
Description: We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The idol; title: The myth; title: The man; title: The text; title: Conclusion: the aftermath.