An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World - Softcover

Mishra, Pankaj

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330392794 ISBN 13: 9780330392792

Verlag: Picador, 2005

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"Part biography, part history, part travel book, part philosophic treatise, [and mainly] intellectual autobiography, [by someone who] 'couldn't sit still' long enough to meditate successfully . . . Mishra's book is in the best tradition of Buddhism, both dispassionate and deeply engaged, complicated and simple, erudite and profoundly humane."--"The New York Times Book Review""""Succinct, lucid, and coherent."--"Los Angeles Times"" ""[A] journey of self-discovery . . . [Mishra] struggles to reconcile lessons of the Buddha's life with his own shrinking world."--"The New Yorker" "The only sane response to the post-9/11 world."--"Elle"

Reseña del editor:

An accomplished history of the Buddha, An End to Suffering is also a deeply personal story -- the story of Pankaj Mishra's search for meaning, for truth and peace in the modern world and, specifically, in post-colonial, independent India. As he describes his travels to unearth the origins of the Buddha, Mishra offers glimpses into his own quest for enlightenment, from childhood to September 11, from family background to friends met and made, from lessons learned to achievements as a writer. Through this, Mishra reveals the parallels between his time and the Buddha's, between their respective journeys -- and that of their country -- in search of progress and reconciliation.

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• Verlag: Picador
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0330392794
• ISBN 13: 9780330392792
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448