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Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives (volume 2)
By: Arya-shura

Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives (volume 2)


 
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Author: Aryashura
Translator: Justin Meiland
Format: Hardcover, 4.5x6.5 inch
ISBN: 9780814795835
Publication Date: 2009


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In this second volume of the Garland of Past Lives, Aryashura applies his elegant literary skill toward composing fourteen further stories that depict the Buddha's quest for enlightenment in his former lives. Here the perfection of forbearance becomes the dominant theme, as the future Buddha suffers mutilations from the wicked and sacrifices himself for those he seeks to save. Friendship, too, takes on central significance, with greed leading to treachery and enemies transformed into friends through the transformative effect of the future Buddha's miraculous virtue. The setting for many such moral feats is the forest. Portrayed as home for the future Buddha in his lives as an animal or ascetic, the peaceful harmony of this idyllic realm is often violently interrupted by intrusions from human society. Only the future Buddha can resolve the ensuing conflict, influencing even kings, in the stories but also throughout Asian history, to express wonder and devotion at the startling demonstrations of virtue they encounter.

Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives, Arya-shura, NYU Press, Hardcover, 450 pages, $24.00

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