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Wisdom of Buddha

by Buddha
Published by : Citadel | Biblios, (New York | Partridge Green :) Physical details: 172 p. 22 cm. ISBN:0806522852.
Subject(s): Buddha | Buddhism.
Year: 2001
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Preface
The birth of the Buddha
The attainment of Buddhaship
First events after the attainment
The Buddha's daily habits
The death of the Buddha
Buddhist writings
There is no ego
The middle doctrine
Karma
Fruitful and barren karma
Good and bad karma
Rebirth is not transmigration
Death's messengers
The devoted wife
The Hare-Mark in the moon
The way of purity
Concentration
The conversion of animals
Love for animals

When Siddartha Guatama, a Hindu prince, renounced the world in search of the meaning of life, he became known as the Buddha, or "the enlightened one." Through penance, asceticism, and meditation he created the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eight fold Path, the basic tenets of Buddhism. Collected here, taken from the sacred books of Buddhism, are the essential spiritual truths he taught

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