The Life of the Buddha

About the book

The Life of the Buddha by Tenzin Chogyel is a biography for adult readers.

A new English translation of The Life of the Buddha that includes the frequent intervention of multiple gods and the powerful scene of the Buddha's death, sure to appeal to both students of religious studies and general readers of Buddhist teachings and mindfulness. A blueprint for a life of mindfulness, dedicated to the easing of suffering both for oneself and for others.

The story of Shakyamuni Buddha's epic journey to enlightenment is perhaps the most important narrative in the Buddhist tradition. Tenzin Ch gyel's The Life of the Buddha, composed in the mid-eighteenth century and now in a vivid new translation, is a masterly storyteller's rendition of the twelve acts of the Buddha. Ch gyel's classical tale seamlessly weaves together the vast and the minute, the earthly and the celestial, reflecting the near-omnipresent aid of the gods alongside the Buddha's moving final reunion with his devoted son, Rahula.

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