SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
A Narrative Biography
by Nikkyo Niwano
Buddhism ranks with Christianity
and Islam as one of the three great universal religions, and a growing number
of books about its teachings are available in English. But until now there
has been no nondoctrinal introductory biography of its founder, Shakyamuni,
the historical Buddha. The present book has been prepared especially for
modern readers interested in the life of the Indian prince turned sage who
founded this vital, practical religion some twenty-five hundred years ago.
Drawing on the oldest, most reliable sources, the author, a prominent Buddhist
leader, has written a lively book that is at once authoritative and eminently
readable.
NIKKYO NIWANO, the founder of Rissho Kosei-kai, a lay Buddhist organization that numbers well over six million members throughout the world, and author of a number of books on Buddhism, including A Guide to the Threefold Lotus Sutra and Buddhism for Today, was awarded the Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion in 1979.
128 pp. 10.9 cm. x 17.4 cm. 8 pp. Photos. Map. Glossary. (softcover)
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