An end to suffering : the Buddha in the world /
By: Mishra, Pankaj
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Picador, c2004.Description: 422 p. ; map : 21 cm.ISBN: 9780312425098 (pbk.); 0312425090 (pbk.)Subject(s): Gautama Buddha -- Influence | Mishra, Pankaj | Buddhism -- InfluenceDDC classification: 294.3 Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 294.3 MI EN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0025432 |
Originally published: Great Britain : Pan Macmillan Ltd., 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-422).
An End to Suffering tells of Pankaj Mishra's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in today's world, where religious violence, poverty and terrorism prevail. As he travels among Islamists and the emerging Hindu Muslim class in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Mishra explores the myths and places of the Buddha's life, the West's "discovery" of Buddhism, and the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Mishra ultimately reaches an enlightenment of his own by discovering the living meaning of the Buddha's teaching, in this "unusually discerning, beautifully written, and deeply affecting reflection on Buddhism"