Subsequently published as The Wisdom of the Crows and Other Buddhist Tales. Meet characters from all over the Orient and discover some of the values of Buddhist tradition in this collection of Buddhist folk tales.
ONE BOY AND HIS QUEST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT AND SELF-DISCOVERY Set in India during the time of the Buddha, Siddhartha is the most influential and famous novel of Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse. Desiring spiritual fulfilment, Siddhartha, a young Brahmin, leaves his home to become an ascetic-and on his journey meets the wise Gotama, the famous Buddha. But Siddhartha believes no teacher, however great, can discover meaning for an individual- and so continues alone on his quest to find himself. In his journey Siddhartha experiences life as a pious brahmin, a Samana, a rich merchant, a lover, and a father- shifting between decadence and asceticism as he navigates the material world. Still unhappy, still unfulfilled, Siddhartha is on the verge of giving it all up when he encounters the ferryman. The events that follow change his life forever. Thought-provoking, inspiring, and utterly profound-this spiritual novel has influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers.
"Der Buddha war so sterblich wie du und ich, bis er Erleuchtung erlangte und in den Rang eines Unsterblichen erhoben wurde. Das Wunder ist, dass er dorthin gelangte, indem er seinem Herz folgte, das so menschlich war wie deines und meines - und so verletzbar." Deepak Chopra gibt der entrückten Gestalt des Religionsgründers erstmals ein menschliches Gesicht und zeigt einen Mann von fast erschreckender Konsequenz. Er schildert das weltliche Leben des Fürstensohnes, sein fast zum Tod führendes Asketenleben und schließlich seinen Durchbruch zur Erleuchtung und wahren Meisterschaft. Ein großer Roman von einem der einflussreichsten spirituellen Lehrer unserer Zeit.
Příručka obsahuje dva semináře tibetského duchovního mistra o buddhistické meditační praxi.