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"This book is a welcome sequel to The Scientific Buddha-- or a 'prequel, ' since it deals with the period before the discovery of the 'historical Buddha' in the mid-nineteenth century. It is vintage Donald Lopez: scholarly, well written, and entertaining. A must read."
--Bernard Faure, Columbia University"In describing this emergence of the Buddha from the fog of confusion, misunderstanding, and ignorance, and his transformation 'from stone to flesh, ' Donald Lopez has written a book not only of great scholarship but also of great wisdom."
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? Leading historian of Buddhism Donald S. Lopez Jr. tells the story of how various idols carved in stonevariously named Beddou, Codam, Xaca, and Fobecame the man of flesh and blood that we know simply as the Buddha. He reveals that the positive view of the Buddha in Europe and America is rather recent, originating a little more than a hundred and fifty years ago. For centuries, the Buddha was condemned by Western writers as the most dangerous idol of the Orient. He was a demon, the murderer of his mother, a purveyor of idolatry. Lopez provides an engaging history of depictions of the Buddha from classical accounts and medieval stories to the testimonies of European travelers, diplomats, soldiers, and missionaries. He shows that centuries of hostility toward the Buddha changed dramatically in the nineteenth century, when the teachings of the Buddha, having disappeared from India by the fourteenth century, were read by European scholars newly proficient in Asian languages. At the same time, the traditional view of the Buddha persisted in Asia, where he was revered as much for his supernatural powers as for his philosophical insights. From Stone to Flesh follows the twists and turns of these Eastern and Western notions of the Buddha, leading finally to his triumph as the founder of a world religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? This book follows the twists and turns of Eastern and Western notions of the Buddha, leading finally to his triumph as the founder of a world religion. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780226493206
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