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050	0	0	_aMLCS 90/04885 (B)
100	1		_aArnold, Edwin, _cSir, _d1832-1904.
245	1	4	_aThe light of Asia, or, The great renunciation (Mahābhinishkramana) : _bbeing the life and teaching of Gautama, prince of India and founder of Buddism as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist / _cby Sir Edwin Arnold M.A., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
264			_adownload _bRoutledge & K. Paul, _c1964.
300			_a157 pages, ; _c15 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
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520			_aGautama Siddhartha (620-543BC) was a noted reformer, religious teacher, and founder of Buddhism. His sublime teachings on the attainment of perfect enlightenment through the defeat of hatred, greed, and delusion continue to influence countless millions of followers throughout the world. The Light of Asia reveals the perfect purity and tenderness behind the Buddha's doctrines. Discounting ritual, even when on the threshold of nirvana, he professed to be only what all other people can become. Narrated by an imaginary Indian Buddhist, the poem offers universal hope and a firm faith in final good, and is one of the most profound assertions of human freedom. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), poet and journalist, was principal of the Poona College, Bombay Presidency, from 1856 to 1861. A frequent traveller and prodigious translator of oriental works, his interpretation of The Light of Asia is considered by many to be the high point of his poetical work. From cover of later edition.
600			_2Gautama Buddha
650			_aBuddhism _xPoetry
740	0		_aGreat renunciation (Mahābhinishkramana)
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