The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
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Henry Steel Olcott approaches Buddha's life by asking how religious teachers become surrounded by stories of divine power. This short pamphlet compares legends attached to several faiths before presenting Gautama as a king's son who relinquished royal comfort to understand human suffering. Olcott asks readers to distinguish a teacher's ideas from the marvels added by later followers, making the discussion as much an argument about religious biography as a sketch of one life.
The account then turns to matter, spirit and Nirvana, which Olcott interprets as a condition of perfect rest. He defends Buddhist teaching against the charge that it reduces existence to material things, drawing on philosophical reasoning and scientific claims of his own time. Passages about the prince's sheltered court life sit beside these abstract debates.
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Book facts
- Author
- Henry Steel Olcott
- Reading time
- About 15 minutes
- Pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Biography
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online