An End To Suffering. The Buddha In The World

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Picador
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 422 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: An End to Suffering tells of Pankaj Mishras search to understand the Buddhas relevance in todays 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 Buddhas life, the Wests "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 Buddhas teaching, in this "unusually discerning, beautifully written, and deeply affecting reflection on Buddhism" (Booklist).

ISBN: 9780330392792