| An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World Contributor(s): Mishra, Pankaj (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312425090 ISBN-13: 9780312425098 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: This narrative of self-discovery follows the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in today's world where religious violence, poverty, and terrorism prevail. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 294.3 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An End to Suffering is a search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Pankaj Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among Islamists and the emerging Hindu middle class, exploring the myths and places of the Buddha's life. He discusses Western explorers' discovery of Buddhism in the nineteenth century. He also considers the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. As he reflects on his travels and on his own past, 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 (Booklist). |
Contributor Bio(s): Mishra, Pankaj: - Pankaj Mishra is the author of Age of Anger, From the Ruins of Empire, and several other books. He is a columnist at Bloomberg View and the New York Times Book Review, and writes regularly for The Guardian, the London Review of Books, and The New Yorker. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in London. |