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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.

About: Early Buddhist Texts The Buddha Buddhism The Buddhist Religion

Featured in the course, " The Buddha's Words."

Published in 2019 in Lion's Roar.

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