In Search of the Real Buddha

By Peter Harvey

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About the Buddha of the Early Texts compared with the later hagiographies… and our own materialistic assumptions.

The Early Buddhist Texts The Buddha Buddhism The Form(s) of Buddhism Early Indian Buddhism

Featured in the course, " The Early Buddhist Texts."

Published in 2019 in Lion's Roar.

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