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This book offers the story of Buddhism from its beginnings, in the life of Prime Siddhartha Gautama, his transfiguration as the Buddha and the metamorphosis of his vision into Buddhism, the religion. It continues with its migration to different countries and the development of a specific identity in each place, with ideas and practices distinct to each sect and school. History, fact and legend intertwine in the making of a philosophy that is the guiding light to ...
From its snowy northern regions to the very tip of its southern peninsula in the Indian ocean, India is filled with places of worship. A country which, according to the Mahabharata, contains thousands of tirthas (places of pilgrimage) where devotees can ford the river of life and reach the sublime shore beyond. And indeed it would be difficult to walk a mile in India without coming upon a shrine of some sort, each significant in its own way. Everyone wants to be ...
This book dwells on the articles, cartoons, poems, letters, and other writings which were published in the Indian press as well as the British press, besides Curzon's own speeches, books and letters. A single shade does not make the picture complete. Therefore, this book has used both the Indian and the British sources so that the picture does not look one-sided. Indeed, Lord Curzon was the favorite viceroy of the Indian cartoonist. This book constitutes a ...