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The Historical Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Hans Wolfgang Schumann
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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No man has had a greater inflience on the spiritual development of his people than Siddartha Gautama. Born in India in the sixth century BC into a nation hungry
The Historical Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Hans Wolfgang Schumann
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Exhaustive biography that examines the political and social conditions that gave rise to the birth of Buddhism.
The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Bernard Faure
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Praise for the French edition “This is a book that should be read by all those who are interested, whether near or far, in Buddhism, its history and its inter
Concise History of Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Andrew Skilton
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-14 - Publisher: Windhorse Publications

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An ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. Andrew Skilton - a writer on and practitioner of Buddhism - explains the development of the basic concepts of
Historical Dictionary of Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: Carl Olson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Moving beyond the original bodhi tree where the historical Buddha attained enlightenment, Buddhism spread throughout Asia and in more recent history has become