Buddha
2001-05-05T22:02:20-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/335/163081-m.jpgMs. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her biography Buddha, published as part of the Penguin Lives series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the major aspects of Buddha’s life and teachings. She placed special emphasis on Buddha’s ideas about human suffering, and argued that the Western conception of God is comparable to the Buddhist idea of nirvana. She also argued that the world’s major religious traditions are unified in their insistence on the importance of compassion.
Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her biography Buddha, published as part of the Penguin Lives series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the… read more
Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her biography Buddha, published as part of the Penguin Lives series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the major aspects of Buddha’s life and teachings. She placed special emphasis on Buddha’s ideas about human suffering, and argued that the Western conception of God is comparable to the Buddhist idea of nirvana. She also argued that the world’s major religious traditions are unified in their insistence on the importance of compassion. close
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