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The Light of Asia, subtitled The Great Renunciation, is in a form of a narrative poem. The book endeavors to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment became The Buddha, The Awakened One. The book presents his life, character, and philosophy, in a series of verses. It is a free adaptation of the Lalitavistara. A few decades before the book's publication, very little was known outside Asia about the...
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Contents:
The Essence of Buddhism
Hindu Literature: Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti
Death-And Afterwards
The Light of Asia
Indian Poetry
The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (from the Mahâbhârata)
Light of the World, or, The Great Consummation
Potiphar's Wife
Adzuma, or, The Japanese Wife
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