This personal portrayal of Buddha presents him first as a boy named Siddhartha, then as a man who leaves home in search of truth, and finally as an elderly teacher. Unlike reverential biographies that treat him as a distant, divine figure, Before He Was Buddha presents a person in search of the secrets of life. With an introduction by Jack Kornfield


Before He Was Buddha, Hammalawa Saddhatissa, Seastone, paperback, 126 pages, $12.00