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The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
In this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give us about 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 Buddhi...more
Paperback, 120 pages
Published
June 7th 2001
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published December 1st 1983)
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بودا بيش از دوهزار و پانصد سال پيش در حالي كه زير درختي نشسته بود با اشراقي عظيم به بيداري رسيد و به معرفت تعيين كننده دربارهي سرنوشت آدمي راه برد و با يقيني تزلزلناپذير پيبرد كه خود از رنج آن سرنوشت رهايي يافته است
با گذشت زماني چنين بلند، گويي غبار زمانه هيچ از شفافيت پيام و اشراق بودا نكاسته است. افسون بودا هنوز در بين مريدانش كارگر است. اما به راستي چرا؟ آيا اين خود قابل دفاع است؟ آيا اهل رازي از ديار شرق كه در نيمههاي هزارهي نخست پيش از ميلاد در دل شرايط تاريخياي به كلي بيگانه و متفاوت...more
با گذشت زماني چنين بلند، گويي غبار زمانه هيچ از شفافيت پيام و اشراق بودا نكاسته است. افسون بودا هنوز در بين مريدانش كارگر است. اما به راستي چرا؟ آيا اين خود قابل دفاع است؟ آيا اهل رازي از ديار شرق كه در نيمههاي هزارهي نخست پيش از ميلاد در دل شرايط تاريخياي به كلي بيگانه و متفاوت...more
A little dry at times but definitely concise. Gets the job done if you're looking for some brief background on the Buddha's life and teachings.
There's also a very short introduction on Buddhism
بودا، بیش از 2500 سال پیش، در حالی که زیر درختی نشسته بود، با اشراقی به بیداری رسید. به معرفتی در باره سرنوشت آدمی راه برد. با یقینی تردید ناپذیر، پی برد که خود، از رنج سرنوشت رهایی یافته است. گویا، سوسیالیست پیری از اهالی انگلستان، در برابر مجسمه ی عظیم بودا در میان ویرانه های آنورادهاپورا پایتخت باستانی سری لانکا، به نویسنده ی کتاب گفته است: در کل گنداب تاریخ بشری لااقل این هست - آنچه مظهر بوداست - که آدمی میتواند بدان مفتخر باشد. انتخاب از متن کتاب
Short but packed full. In describing the life, he explains the teachings. Short, concise description of the life of Siddhartha Gautama and the teachings of the Buddha.
This is a really good one to start with for those interested in Buddha.
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My most recent ethnographic interest has been public culture in Germany, particularly East Germany. This goes with a more general, theoretical, concern with how cultural, social and political changes come about -- or, to put that more exactly: what must generally be true for human social life to be so changeable as it is?
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