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The Life of the Buddha
- Narrated by: Hayward Morse, Leighton Pugh, Nicolette McKenzie, John Foley, Jinananda
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
This unique biography, told in a lively manner through six 'voices', presents the Buddha's revolutionary solution for humanity that lends to the end of ill will, craving and delusion.
It goes back to the earliest sources of the Buddha's life and teachings, drawing as it does from the Pali Canon which was said to record the words that the Buddha spoke, the events that happened, and his specific teachings on which the world-wide religion was based.
It is an absorbing, edifying and even entertaining collection of reportage, myths, wisdom, kindness, human insight - and decisiveness. For 45 years after his enlightenment he walked around North-Eastern India, encountering and teaching kings, courtesans, matted-hair ascetics, murderers, men and women on spiritual quests - and many ordinary people living ordinary lives in 5th century BCE, but who were grateful for his compassion and advice.
Sometimes he teaches through rich metaphors. Sometimes he teaches through scientific analyses of mental states. In one tender moment, he helps his own son, Rahula, to gain enlightenment. The Buddha was not only clear about life, and how, and why, it should be lived, but endeavoured to create a practical framework that monks, nuns and laymen and laywomen could follow to 'disentangle the tangle' and reach enlightenment.
Not a god or a divine, but a truly remarkable and fulfilled human being. Bhikkhu Ñanamoli's remarkable work - an innovative biography that has become a classic treasured by Buddhists of all traditions - speaks directly, giving us a flavour of what it was like to be around Siddhattha Gotama, the Buddha.
Bhikkhu Ñanamoli (Osbert Moore) was born in England in 1905 and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford. In 1948 he came to Sri Lanka to be ordained as a monk. During his 11 years as a monk, he translated some of the most difficult texts of Theravada Buddhism.
In The Life of the Buddha, however, he made the teachings accessible to all.
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- SJRod
- 19-07-17
Brilliant
Loved every minute and will listen again and again. So much. So well presented. This is a fitting tribute to The Buddha
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- Adrian Samuelsberg
- 04-07-21
Finally a reading that does justice to the Suttas!
Narration really brings life into the Suttas and the character of the Lord Buddha. Sometimes people say the Suttas are difficult to understand or boring, but this narration demonstrates it most certainly is not. Totally in love with it and will definitely listen to it over and over again.
In terms of content, it is perfect. Mostly consisting of texts taken directly from the Sutta pitika and Vinaya Pitika, with the author explaining the traditional commentarial accounts and makes remarks only when necessary. Ñanamoli takes you on a journey of the Buddha's life with utmost authenticity according to the Theravada tradition of Buddhism.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-18
bhavadu sabba mangalam
This is a wonderful account of the life of the Buddha.
May all who listen to it become established in Dhamma and share that merit.
Thank you Bhikkhu Ñanamoli, Metta.
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- KIMI 3
- 04-05-21
MAINLY GOOD THOUGH LOTS OF REPETITION
Even though I've been a buddhist for a long time,I learned some new things. Quite a bit of repetition as Buddhism was originally an oral tradition where disciples memorised the teachings and repeated them,the Buddha then giving his approval that they'd been remembered correctly. It includes some of the challenges the Buddha faced such as his cousin Devadatta trying to create a schism.If you're new to Buddhism,I'd suggest something less detailed,otherwise its good..
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