Great Disciples of the Buddha

Release on 2012-01-302012-01-30 by Nyanaponika

Author: Nyanaponika

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9780861718641

Category: Religion

Page: 412

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A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series. Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume. Through these engaging tales, we meet all manner of human beings - rich, poor, male, female, young, old - whose unique stories are told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns. When read with careful attention, these stories can sharpen our understanding of the Buddhist path by allowing us to contemplate the living portraits of the people who fulfilled the early Buddhist ideals of human perfection. The characters detailed include: Sariputta Nanda Mahamoggallana Mahakassapa Ananda Isidasi Anuruddha Mahakaccana Angulimala Visakha and many more. Conveniently annotated with the same system of sutta references used in each of the other series volumes, Great Disciples of the Buddha allows the reader to easily place each student in the larger picture of Buddha's life. It is a volume that no serious student of Buddhism should miss.

Religion

Language: en
Pages: 412

Great Disciples of the Buddha

Authors: Nyanaponika, Hellmuth Hecker

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-30 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Language: en
Pages: 216

Disciples of the Buddha

Authors: Zenno Ishigami

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Kosei Pub

Disciples of the Buddha relates the stories of not only the so-called ten great disciples of the Buddha but also eighteen other devotees-male and female, lay and ordained.