[Buddha-l] Best Buddha bio?

[curt]

The manga are all translated - and readily available via Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Buddha-1-Kapilavastu-Osamu-Tezuka/dp/193223456X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5849291-6080126?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192824019&sr=8-1

If the above link breaks just go to Amazon and search on "buddha manga".

The first volume focuses on the Buddha's previous lives - his birth 
doesn't come until page 268.

Curt Steinmetz

jkirk wrote:
>  Hmmm...an 8 vol, manga? How much does all that weigh? Or are the issues the
> size of US comic books?and how could one get a copy of it? 
>
> Also, I didn't know you read Japanese, but then if one knows the Buddha's
> bio I guess one could figure out the comics without actually reading the
> text.
> I too found Old Path White Clouds a satisfying and informative read.
> JK
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> I very much like Thich Nhat Hanh's  "Old Path White Clouds" as a very
> readable and thorough biography.
>
> At the risk of being taken as a frivolous boob (again) I would recommend the
> 8 volume manga called simply "Buddha" by the great Osamu Twzuka, which I not
> only own for myself, but bought for my local Zen center's library.  Nothing
> beats it for a really chilling picture of the state of society and suffering
> in the time of the Buddha.
>
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> On Oct 18, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Mr Michael A. La Torra wrote:
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>> Hi Buddha-lers,
>> I am looking for your recommendations on the best biography of the 
>> Buddha. Two books that have already been recommended to me are:
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