How Buddhism Began
| Author: | Richard F. Gombrich |
| Subtitle: | The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings |
| No of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| File Size: | 670 KB |
| Permission: | Sourced from A Handful of Leaves Library (www.ahandfulofleaves.org/library). |
| Blurb: | The author elaborates on two concepts. First, that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins. Second concept concerns the Buddha’s use of metaphor, allegory and literalism. |
| Notes: | Index. Bibliography. |
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