Condition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)
"This is the story of Buddha as written by Edwin Arnold, an Englishman who spent some time studying in India. This book was one of the first to introduce eastern thought to the west in 1879.
Nevertheless, this book has basically the same ideas as siddartha by Herman Hesse, the difference was Arnold's poetic emphasis. I liked Hesse's more for the more narrative form. The poetry of Arnold became a little cumbersome to me (I'm not much of a poetry enthusiast). The book is a retelling of the Lalitavistara Sūtra...which i have not read, but is now of interest to me.
This book had an excellent summary of the 4 noble truths and the eight fold path in the final chapters. I will definitely return to that."