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Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
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My first, and last, Chopra book.
Starts out as a reasonably entertaining re-imagining of the tale of Buddha's early life. But when Chopra tries to describe Buddha's enlightenment, his misinterpretations of the Buddhadharma and "Awakening" make these latter chapters much less readable.
And downright misleading.
Instead, I'd recommend "Old Path, White Clouds" by Thich Nhat Hanh. There's quite a bit of (admittedly!) fictional stuff going on at the beginning of the book, but then TNH really delivers many of the more well-known tales, and in an entertaining and educational fashion. Both the print book and the audiobook are a pleasant, calming read. (Well, for Buddhists and the Buddha-curious, anyway. ;-)
Starts out as a reasonably entertaining re-imagining of the tale of Buddha's early life. But when Chopra tries to describe Buddha's enlightenment, his misinterpretations of the Buddhadharma and "Awakening" make these latter chapters much less readable.
And downright misleading.
Instead, I'd recommend "Old Path, White Clouds" by Thich Nhat Hanh. There's quite a bit of (admittedly!) fictional stuff going on at the beginning of the book, but then TNH really delivers many of the more well-known tales, and in an entertaining and educational fashion. Both the print book and the audiobook are a pleasant, calming read. (Well, for Buddhists and the Buddha-curious, anyway. ;-)
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