A New York Times Notable Book An End to Suffering is a provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Pankaj Mishra describes his restless journeys into India. · An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, /5(4). An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and.
Pankaj Mishra. In approaching Buddhism in An End to Suffering, Pankaj Mishra leavens history with personal anecdote and travel narrative. He writes about his own search for meaning, his visit to the birthplace of the Buddha, his changing feelings about and understanding of Buddhism, his ambivalent feelings about a Western friend who converted. An End to Suffering The Buddha in the World. Pankaj Mishra. Picador. Tweet. Download image ISBN ISBN Trade Paperback. Pages. $ CA$ Request Desk Copy Request Exam Copy. TRADE BOOKS FOR COURSES NEWSLETTER. Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers. 'An End to Suffering' 'The Buddha in the World' By Pankaj Mishra Illustrated. pages. Farrar, Straus Giroux. $ The Indian novelist and journalist Pankaj Mishra had two ideas when he came.
Overview. An End to Suffering is a search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Pankaj Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among Islamists and the emerging Hindu middle class, exploring the myths and places of the Buddha's life. AN END TO SUFFERING The Buddha in the World. By Pankaj Mishra. pp. Farrar, Straus Giroux. $ ONE night during the time I was reading this book, I had the odd experience of bumping. An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. by Pankaj Mishra. Picador £, pp In , Pankaj Mishra, then 23 and a graduate of the University of Delhi, took himself off to the mountains.
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