The Life of the Buddha: Ancient Scriptural and Pictorial Traditions

Karetzky, Patricia Eichenbaum

Univ Pr of Amer

1992

819187917

Theravada

1 total

Analayo offers an inspiring biography of the Buddha, focusing on his meditative development and practice, including extracts from the early discourses, with commentary by the author. He conveys not only a focus on the Buddha as a meditator, but also that the book's readers are meditators, that this is a life of the Buddha providing inspiration and guidance for meditators. Each of the twenty-four chapters concludes with suggestions for meditative practice or conduct.