Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives (Volume 1) Kamala London published in 2007 by SteinerBooks

published in 2007 by SteinerBooks

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The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian

Garland of the Buddha's Past Lives (Volume 1) Kamala London published in 2007 by SteinerBooksThe Garland of Past Lives is a collection of thirty four stories depicting the miraculous deeds performed by the Buddha in his previous rebirths. Composed in the fourth century C. E. by the Buddhist monk Aryashura, the text's accomplished artistry led Indian aesthetic theorists to praise its elegant mixture of verse and prose. The twenty stories in this first volume deal primarily with the virtues of giving and morality. Ascetics sacrifice their lives