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| Buddhist
Tales |
| Author
: Anant Pai |
| ISBN
: 81-7508-290-9 |
Format :
96 Pages, 9.2" x 6.7"
, Paperback |
| Publisher
: India
Book House Pvt. Ltd. |
| Year
of publication: 2001 |
| Book
Id : co13 |
| Language
: English |
| U.S
$ 11.95 |
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About the Publisher
Prince Siddhartha set out alone to seek the
ultimate truth. His search led him to the
enlightenment that liberated him as he pondered
under a Bodhi tree. Siddhartha, who became Buddha,
refused to subscribe to the caste system which had
ceased to be Dharma and had become a tool of
oppression. He would not accept the power-drunk
priests as sole agents of God. He questioned the
authority of the Vedas. And he was convinced that
penance and meditation as mere rituals, without
accompanying sincerity and contemplation,were
futile. The second Chitra Katha in this special
issue, Angulimala, is from the Buddhist text,
Paramatthadipani of Dhammapala. The story of
Amrapali is told in the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta and
in Malasarvastivadas. The garden which Amrapali
gave up to Lord Buddha was still in existence when
Fa-Hien visited India during the Gupta age.
Upagupta was a disciple of Buddha. For him,
ahimsa(non-violence) did not merely mean desisting
from violence but doing positive good and showing
compassion. When Vasavadatta was shunned by
society and had nowhere to go, Upagupta took her
to his hermitage. While adapting this story for
our Amar Chitra Katha, we have omitted a few
gruesome details.
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