Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha
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This volume by Coomaraswamy and Horner is dedicated to the greatest teacher in the entire history of humankind, Gotama, famously known as Buddha. It commences with the life sketch of the greatest sage who formed the fourth largest religion in the world, i.e. Buddhism. The volume covers the hagiography of Buddha – his birth, attainment of enlightenment, ministry, and death. Buddha’s sermons, initiation into discipleship and training, rules and regulations, moralism, and faith are all covered in this edition. Major teachings, philosophies, and metaphysical knowledge associated with Buddhism such as causality, the issue of dhamma, the meaning and the philosophy of life and death, and awareness of the inner self are discussed in this volume.
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (22 August 1877–9 September 1947) is a Ceylon-based metaphysician, historian, theorist, and philosopher of Indian art. He brought the Indian tradition of art into the western world. I.B. Horner (30 March 1896–25 April 1981) was an English Indologist. A renowned scholar of Pali literature, she was the president of the Pali Text Society (1959-1981). She authored books, such as Women under Primitive Buddhism (1975), Early Buddhism and the Taking of Life (1945).