The Life Of Buddha and its Lessons - Softcover
Henry Olcott's biographic account of The Buddha combines experience and wisdom when introducing his life to a Western audience.
While brief, Olcott's examination of the holy prophet's life is as vivid and fresh today as it was when it was published. Widely circulated, this account was responsible for introducing many otherwise knowledgeable scholars to the origins of Buddhism and the principles of the faith.
The truth behind Gautama Buddha's early life, the time in which he lived, and the effect he had upon the religious life of India and the Eastern regions is detailed. Olcott first presents a series of facts about the founding sage, and then examines further the principles of the Buddhist religion.
The key differences, such as the lack of a God figure and the notion of enlightenment and self-sacrifice as being a path to Nirvana, are noted as contrasting Buddhists to the other major world religions. Commonalities which Buddhism shares are also noted; good practises of thought wherein evil ideas and emotions are kept out of the mind through cultivating good attitudes to others and the world, have their equivalents in other faiths.
This edition of The Life Of Buddha And Its Lessons is adapted from the revised text of 1919, which contains modest improvements to the tone and clarity of the original.
While brief, Olcott's examination of the holy prophet's life is as vivid and fresh today as it was when it was published. Widely circulated, this account was responsible for introducing many otherwise knowledgeable scholars to the origins of Buddhism and the principles of the faith.
The truth behind Gautama Buddha's early life, the time in which he lived, and the effect he had upon the religious life of India and the Eastern regions is detailed. Olcott first presents a series of facts about the founding sage, and then examines further the principles of the Buddhist religion.
The key differences, such as the lack of a God figure and the notion of enlightenment and self-sacrifice as being a path to Nirvana, are noted as contrasting Buddhists to the other major world religions. Commonalities which Buddhism shares are also noted; good practises of thought wherein evil ideas and emotions are kept out of the mind through cultivating good attitudes to others and the world, have their equivalents in other faiths.
This edition of The Life Of Buddha And Its Lessons is adapted from the revised text of 1919, which contains modest improvements to the tone and clarity of the original.
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Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (August 2, 1832 – February 17, 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer and the co-founder and first President of the Theosophical Society. Olcott was the first well-known person of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped create a renaissance in the study of Buddhism. Olcott is considered a Buddhist modernist for his efforts in interpreting Buddhism through a Westernized lens. Olcott was a major revivalist of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and he is still honored in Sri Lanka for these efforts. Olcott has been called by Sri Lankans "one of the heroes in the struggle of our independence and a pioneer of the present religious, national and cultural revival." More ardent admirers have claimed that Olcott as a Bodhisattva.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1537769413
- ISBN 13 9781537769417
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages28
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