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This unique biography, told in a lively manner through six 'voices', presents the Buddha's revolutionary solution for humanity that lends to the end of ill will, craving and delusion. It goes back to the earliest sources of the Buddha's life and teachings, drawing as it does from the Pali Canon which was said to record the words that the Buddha spoke, the events that happened, and his specific teachings on which the world-wide religion was based.

While many accounts of the Buddha’s life mix legend and history, this compelling new biography discriminates between fact and fiction to reveal Gautama, the remarkable human being behind the myth, and sheds new light on his teachings. Plunging us into the noises, smells and jostling streets of Gautama’s world, Vishvapani Blomfield brings the Buddha to life as a passionate and determined individual - a strikingly modern figure who rejected contemporary beliefs.

Drawing on decades of experience, a psychotherapist and Zen practitioner makes the Abhidharma—the framework of Buddhist psychology—accessible to a general audience for the first time. The Abhidharma, one of the 3 major text collections of the original Buddhist canon, explores the critical...

The renowned world traveler, explorer, linguist, attorney and venturesome vagabond, Jonathan Mace Bent has another incredible story to tell. What is about this time? Something about the medieval Buddhist Saint Drugpa Kunley; also known as the divine madman of Tibet? Jonathan Mace Bent is well known with the revered title of Nyompa by anyone who is anyone in the Diamond Path of esoteric Buddhism. Surely, this series is going to reveal some truths about some things. What will the content of this podcast be about? I suggest that you listen, because if I spoiled the "surprise" surely you would ...