The Buddha: An Alternative Narrative of His Life and Teaching
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality
| Author: | Mukunda Rao | ISBN: | 9789352644216 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers India | Publication: | May 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Element | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mukunda Rao |
| ISBN: | 9789352644216 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Publication: | May 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Element |
| Language: | English |
Traditional religious discourses have failed to account for the biological process involved in the attaining of Nirvana. Drawing from sources as varied as the Pali canon, Mahayana texts, Zen Buddhism, J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, U.G. Krishnamurti, Nietzsche, post-modernist thinkers and biological sciences, The Buddha retells the story of the Buddha and discusses his teachings in physical and physiological terms. This radical new reading turns most of the central spiritual concepts on their head, and hopes, in the course of time, to put an end to the rivalry between science and religion and, indeed, among the various religions.
Traditional religious discourses have failed to account for the biological process involved in the attaining of Nirvana. Drawing from sources as varied as the Pali canon, Mahayana texts, Zen Buddhism, J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, U.G. Krishnamurti, Nietzsche, post-modernist thinkers and biological sciences, The Buddha retells the story of the Buddha and discusses his teachings in physical and physiological terms. This radical new reading turns most of the central spiritual concepts on their head, and hopes, in the course of time, to put an end to the rivalry between science and religion and, indeed, among the various religions.
