Title:
The Buddha : a very short introduction / Michael Carrithers.
Author:
Carrithers, Michael.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Call Number:
BQ882 .C37 2001
Abstract:
"Michael Carrithers guides us through the diverse accounts of the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its relevance today."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00046508-t.html
ISBN:
9780192854537
Physical Description:
108 p. ; ill., map ; 18 cm.
General Note:
Originally published in 1983.
Contents:
Introduction -- Early life and renunciation -- To the awakening -- The awakening -- The mission and the death.
Personal Author:
Reading Level:
Lexile: 1310.
