A Life of the Buddha

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A Life of the Buddha
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A Life of the Buddha

Edition year 1959
Binding Leather
Illustrator T.J. Widdaker
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 188
Dimensions 22.6 × 13.4 cm

Edition details

A Life of the Buddha, from a Burmese manuscript. Edited by Michael Edwardes, based on a translation by Chester Bennett. Eight leaves of drawings by T.J. Widdaker printed black on yellow. Quarter bound in brown leather with plain yellow canvas boards. Yellow slipcase. 22.6x13.4 cm. 188pp.

About the book

A Life of the Buddha recounts the life of Siddhartha Gautama, from his privileged upbringing as a prince to his renunciation of worldly life, spiritual search and awakening as the Buddha. Drawing on Buddhist tradition, it follows his teaching career and the growth of the early Buddhist community while introducing central ideas such as suffering, desire, compassion, enlightenment and Nirvana.

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