★★★★☆ 飾らずミステリアスにならないように書かれたブッダの伝記。経典ではなく個人としてのブッダの人生を知る入門書であり、そしてなぜあの時代のインドで仏教がスタートしたかがよく分かる一冊。

★★★★☆ A sober biography of the Buddha as a person. It’s 2500 years ago so it is difficult to give a chronological order but it follows from his birth to death, A perfect introduction, to understand why Buddhism started there in India.
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Gautama Buddha
The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One
Vishvapani Blomfield, 2011
(ゴータマ・ブッダ) 
416 ページ
2020.02 読了

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できるだけ飾らずミステリアスにならないように書かれたブッダの伝記。

なんといっても2500年前なので順序よく語るのが難しいはずだけど、ブッダの人生を忠実に追い、当時のインドの様子もきちんと描写されている。(といってもこれまた大昔なので現実ではありえないことになる場合もある)

経典ではなく個人としてのブッダの人生を知る入門書であり、そしてなぜあの時代のインドで仏教がスタートしたか、なぜ現代においても多くの人を魅了するのかということ、ということがよく分かる一冊。
ただ読むのは難しかった。だって今もだけどこの時代のインドの人の名前はとても長くてしかも色んな人が出てきて誰が誰かわからなくなる。
なので英語自体はちょっと上級者向き。

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Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One (English Edition)

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★★★★☆ A sober biography of the Buddha as a person. It’s 2500 years ago so it is difficult to give a chronological order but it follows from his birth to death, A perfect introduction, to understand why Buddhism started there in India.

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Gautama Buddha
The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One
Vishvapani Blomfield, 2011
416 pages
Read in 2020.02


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A sort of biography of the Buddha as a person, and is trying its best to stay sober.

It's 2500 years ago so it is difficult to give a chronological order but it follows from his birth to death, with very good description to the background that is the Indian society which itself is mythical.

A perfect introduction, to understand why Buddhism started there in India. 
It was a long read and a difficult one to follow (so many long names!) but now that I finished I miss reading it.
He was a fascinating person and definitely philosophical one which is why Buddhism is still spreading even in the West and is being re-imported back in India.

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