Buddha: His life, His doctrine, His order

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ABOUT THE BOOK : This is translation of German work by Prof. Hermann Oldenberg. The original had attracted the attention of European scholars and the name of Olden berg is sufficient guarantee of the value of its contents. The distinguished author has in this work demolished the skeptical theory of a solar Buddha put forward by M. Senart. He has sifted the legendary elements of Buddhist tradition and has given the reliable residuum of facts concerning Buddha’s Life. He has gone to the roots of Buddhism in pre-buddhist life. He has gone to the roots of Buddhism in pre-Buddhist Brahmanism and has given to Indologists the authorites for his views of Buddhist doctrine in Excursus at the end of the work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Hermann Oldenberg (October 31, 1854 in Hamburg – March 18, 1920 in Göttingen) was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908).

Oldenberg’s 1881 study on Buddhism, entitled Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde, based on Pāli texts, popularized Buddhism and has remained continuously in print since its first publication.