- Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, Doctrines, Gautama Buddha
Clarifies the fundamental principles of Buddhist doctrine by explicating the original Pali text of the Tipitaka.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Walpola Rahula
- First published
- 1959
- Pages
- 151
- Publisher
- Gordon Fraser, Grove/Atlantic, Gordon Fraser Gallery
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780394178271
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“Among the founders of religions the Buddha (if we are permitted to call him the founder of a religion in the popular sense of the term) was the only teacher who did not claim to be other than a human being, pure and simple.”
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