- Published: 15 December 2016
- ISBN: 9781611803242
- Imprint: Shambhala
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $40.00
The Buddha Before Buddhism
- Published: 15 December 2016
- ISBN: 9781611803242
- Imprint: Shambhala
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $40.00
“Provocative, unsettling and inspirational, this extraordinary collection of early Buddhist poems reveals a radical vision of human freedom grounded in the non-reactive peace of nirvana. Gil Fronsdal’s fine translation allows us to hear how the Dharma may originally have been uttered as poetry in the solitude of forests. In challenging some of the received wisdom of Buddhist orthodoxy, these teachings invite the reader to question deep-seated beliefs about truth itself. “--Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism