The Light of Asia

More than a third of mankind, therefore, owe their moral and religious ideas to this illustrious prince, whose personality, though imperfectly revealed in the existing sources of information, cannot but appear the highest, gentlest, holiest, and most beneficent, with one exception, in the history of Thought.

Discordant in frequent particulars, and sorely overlaid by corruptions, inventions, and misconceptions, the Buddhistical books yet agree in the one point of recording nothing -- no single act or word -- which mars the perfect purity and tenderness of this Indian teacher, who united the truest princely qualities with the intellect of a sage and the passionate devotion of a martyr.

Hilaire, totally misjudging, as he does, many points of Buddhism, is well cited by Professor Max Muller as saying of Prince Siddartha, "Sa vie n'a point de tache.

Son constant heroisme egale sa conviction ; et si la theorie qu'il preconise est fausse, les exemples personnels qu'il donne sont irreprochables. Il est le modele acheve de toutes les vertus qu'il preche; son abnegation, sa charite, son inalterable douceur ne se dementent point un seul instant. Il prepare silencieusement sa doctrine par six annees de retraite et de meditation; il la propage par la seule puissance de la parole et de la persuasion pendant plus d'un demi-siecle, et quand il meurt entre les bras de ses disciples, c'est avec la serenite d'un sage qui a pratique le bien toute sa vie, et qui est assure d'avoir trouve le vrai.

Forests of flowers are daily laid upon his stainless shrines, and countless millions of lips daily repeat the formula, "I take refuge in Buddha! The Buddha of this poem -- if, as need not be doubted, he really existed -- was born on the borders of Nepaul, about B. So gentle and beautiful is the path of the Buddha. This book is like a beautiful gem - the life of Buddha in poetry. It has melted so much of me.

The book made the Buddha of years ago, alive again, the towns, people, their loves, everything is made alive again by this book - such beautifully it describes the time of the Buddha. And only poetry can do justice to Buddha - Buddha, who never wrote a poem, but was the greatest poet who ever lived, whose way of being was poetry in itself. Nov 16, Sunil rated it really liked it Shelves: A short story of siddartha's life from birth to enlightenment. Written in a poetic style. The majority of this book dwells on his early life in the palace and with his wife.

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Deducted a star as i wanted more on his post enloghtenment life - i will have to find another book to continue the story. Dec 14, Ravi Prakash rated it really liked it. Laudantium ratione aut sit eos dolorum et ut. Illo ipsum sit ea beatae quo aut qui. In enim sit et aperiam voluptas dolores rem.

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In iste dolorem odit illum exercitationem numquam itaque. Dolore maxime nobis ex et rerum ipsa. Sep 28, Andy rated it it was amazing. A very beautiful, poetic read. It gave me a better understanding of what Siddhartha the Buddha must have gone through when he decided to abandon his royal life, his wife and his son to pursue and end to suffering. May 22, Leisha rated it it was amazing Shelves: Light of Asia is the book very close to my heart. It requires time and patience to enjoy the beauty of this book.

The journey of Siddhartha to Buddha is not a journey of a single man, but it is the journey of the mankind.

I loved this book. Feb 17, Syd rated it liked it. This was the story of Buddha in the form of poetry What's really interesting to me are the common threads between Buddhism and other religions, which are especially apparent to me having recently read a book about gnostic christianity.

Jan 26, Sally rated it liked it Shelves: Biography of Gautama Buddha in verse, with some of his main teachings. A free verse recounting of how Buddha came to enlightenment.

There were definitely some lovely moments for Arnold's poetry. Daki rated it it was amazing Apr 04, Inna rated it really liked it Mar 29, Whiteraven rated it it was amazing Sep 23, Sumit Mishra rated it really liked it Dec 05, Throughout his peregrinations, mostly in eastern India, Gautama Buddha was joined by thousands of disciples and admirers from all walks of life. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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