What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

Rahula, Walpola

ISBN 10: 0802130313 / ISBN 13: 9780802130310

Published by Grove Press, 1994

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Book shows general signs of use and handling. May have light wear on the cover or edges and minimal writing or highlighting. Binding remains tight, and pages are clean and readable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802130313
• ISBN 13: 9780802130310
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This comprehensive, compact, lucid, and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings persistently enjoys great popularity in colleges, universities, and theological schools both here and abroad. “An exposition of Buddhism conceived in a resolutely modern spirit.”—from the Foreword.

“For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to ‘the educated and intelligent reader.’ Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is as comprehensive as it is masterly.”

A classic introductory book to Buddhism, What the Buddha Taught, contains a selection of illustrative texts from the original Pali texts, including the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index.

Reviews

Rahula is a scholar monk who trained in the Theravadan tradition in Ceylon. His succinct, clear overview of Buddhist concepts has never been surpassed. It is the standard.
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