Great Disciples of the Buddha
Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy
Wisdom Publications · Print & ebook · June 15, 2003
A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series.
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- Who it’s for
- These narrated portraits bring early Buddhist ideals into focus through the ordinary concerns of distinctive lives.
- Themes
- Lives of the Buddha's disciples, The Buddhist path, Early Buddhist ideals
- Genres
- Religious Lives, Buddhism - General, Buddhist Thought
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A perennial favorite, Great Disciples of the Buddha is now relaunched in our best-selling Teachings of the Buddha series. Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume.
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Through these engaging tales, we meet all manner of human beings - rich, poor, male, female, young, old - whose unique stories are told with an eye to the details of ordinary human concerns. When read with careful attention, these stories can sharpen our understanding of the Buddhist path by allowing us to contemplate the living portraits of the people who fulfilled the early Buddhist ideals of human perfection. The characters detailed include: - Sariputta - Nanda - Mahamoggallana - Mahakassapa - Ananda - Isidasi - Anuruddha - Mahakaccana - Angulimala - Visakha - and many more. Conveniently annotated with the same system of sutta references used in each of the other series volumes, Great Disciples of the Buddha allows the reader to easily place each student in the larger picture of Buddha's life. It is a volume that no serious student of Buddhism should miss.
Lives Along the Path
These narrated portraits bring early Buddhist ideals into focus through the ordinary concerns of distinctive lives.
Come here for
- Rich stories of disciples across varied lives and circumstances
- A contemplative way to consider the Buddhist path
Expect
- Ten chapters drawing on Pali sources
- Sutta references that place each disciple in the Buddha’s life
Where it sits
| Buddhism - General | 48% |
|---|---|
| Buddhist Thought | 39% |
| Religious Lives | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Religious Lives
- Buddhist Thought
- Buddhist History
- Theravada Buddhism
- Authors
- Nyanaponika, Hellmuth Hecker, Bodhi
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Published
- June 15, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Lives of the Buddha's disciples · The Buddhist path · Early Buddhist ideals
- Reading lane
- Religious Lives