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Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention.<br><br>Tezuka himself was a humanist rather than a Buddhist, and his magnum opus is not an attempt at propaganda. Hermann Hesse’s novel or Bertolucci’s film is comparable in this regard; in fact, Tezuka’s approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humor.
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But an appreciation for suffering/beauty of life was not los...more...]]>
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Having now finished all eight books -- some three thousand pages? -- I feel like I should offer some kind of overview about the series. But I'm not sure I'm ready for that. Too much left to think about. All I...more...]]>
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I don't have much to say by way of review except that it's amazing. I had a little trouble following which character was which, across different royal families and time periods, and that got even wors...more...]]>
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Thank you Andrew for lending these to me, even though you aren't on GoodReads.]]>
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Bercerita mengenai perjalanan Budha dari Kapilawastu ke Kosala, hancurnya suku Sakhya, kematian Tatta dan Dewadatta yang ketahuan belangnya, hingga kena batunya sendiri karena berniat membunuh Bud...more...]]>
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Here are some thoughts:
* The entire story is well structured and wraps up well.
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