Buddha is synonymous with the term ‘enlightenment’. Although we see him as a calm, benevolent figure, the actual life story of Buddha was tumultuous and dramatic. No other human being has lived such a life. What better way to grip the reader than to tell Buddha’s story from the inside? Chopra carries the reader from Buddha’s birth to the time of enlightenment – how he experienced such depths of despair and heights of ecstasy, renounced love in favour of spiritual perfection, and contained in one body enough wisdom to change the world.
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Reviews
... sewn together through the use of incident and event [this book] illuminates the iconic figure whose name is synonymous with enlightenment.
Fast and easy-to-read ... teaches without being didactic. Chopra scores a fiction winner.
So fresh and unpretentious... Bravo Deepak!
**** This is a very clever, very readable book.
An astonishing narrative, a veritable literary feast...
Outstanding!