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Siddhartha and the Dhammapada

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Author(s) : Hesse, Hermann and translated by Hilda Rosner

Publishers Price : £9.95

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ISBN : 0811218503

EAN : 9780811218504

Cover : Paperback

Pages : 174

Size : 202 x 132mm

Publisher : W W Norton

Published : 2009

Category : East-West
Category 2 : General Buddhism

Synopsis:
A combined book containing both Hermann Hesse's classic novel in a new edition as well as the Dhammapada, verses attributed to the Buddha, translated here from the Pali by Irving Babbitt.

The renowned novel by Hermann Hesse was inspired by his profound regard for Indian philosophy. It chronicles the quest of the brahmin Siddhartha for the conquest of suffering and fear. Here the spirituality of East and West have met in a novel that enfigures deep human wisdom with a rich and colourful imagination.

As a youth, the young Siddhartha meets the Buddha but cannot be content with a disciple's role - he must work out his own destiny and solve his own doubt - a tortuous road that carries him through the sensuality of a love affair with the beautiful courtesan Kamala, the temptation of riches, and the heartaches and struggles until his final renunciation and self-knowledge.

"A novel of great pellucid beauty...subtle distillation of wisdom, stylistic grace and symmetry of form." The Sunday Times.

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