How retailer Buddhism Began by Richard F. Gombrich

Title: How Buddhism Began
Author/Editor: Richard F. Gombrich
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Date: 1996
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Condition Description:
Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book Overview:
This book takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhism texts and offers various suggestions how the teachings in them had developed. Two themes predominate. Firstly, it argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably brahmins. For example, he denied the existence of a 'soul'; but what exactly was he denying? Another chapter suggests that the canonical story of the Buddha's encounter with a brigand who wore a garland of his victims' fingers probably reflects an encounter with a form of ecstatic religion. retailer