Table of Contents

PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; I: ENGLISH TRANSLATION; A PLEASANT CHILDHOOD; THE BLESSED ONE IN KAPILAVASTU; II: PERSPECTIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT; TRADITIONAL MAH?Y?NA; BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the Author

Todd T. Lewis is Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross

Reviews

A superb contribution to Buddhist Studies, Lewis and Tuladhar have not only translated from the Newari poetic vernacular an extraordinarily profound text by an outstanding figure in 20th-century Nepali history, but in the process they have also managed to introduce many of the rich textures of lay Newari Buddhist culture. This is a perfect selection for a course on biographies of the Buddha or for Himalayan religious studies.
*John Clifford Holt, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College*

A skillful translation.
*Buddhadharma*