Penner, Hans H.,  1934-2012, <br/><br/>
Rediscovering the Buddha :  legends of the Buddha and their interpretation / 
Hans H. Penner. 
 - xii, 260 páginas :  ilustraciones ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas [221]-238) e índice. 
<br/><br/>Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder-worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules, and more rules -- The Buddha goes home -- The Buddha receives a gift and befriends a king -- Meeting a murderer, a visit home, and a quick trip to heaven -- Devadatta attempts to kill the Buddha -- The buddha's last days -- Once the buddha was a universal monarch -- The last watch and the funeral -- The quest for the historical Buddha -- The cosmological structure -- The legends as rites of passage -- The great agent : universal monarchs and Buddhas -- The gift, the renouncer, and the householder. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195385823 0195385829 9780195385823 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gautama Buddha
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biografía religiosa--India.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ882  / .P46 2009