[Buddha-l] Best Buddha bio?

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

Er... what's the (in)appropriate word... Osamu's "Buddha" series
seriously "sux". It's thoroughly disappointing, though he is still the
manga godfather. For a brief review on why, which even goes against
Robert Thurman's (unfortunate) praises for it on the book's promos, pls
see http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=618&catid=26 (At the end of
the series, the Buddha yearns to be with Brahma!)

On a sidenote, here's a review of the sections on Buddhism in Hitchen's
"God is Not Great" -
http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1803&catid=29 Unlike Harris'
"The End of Faith" (review at
http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1737&catid=29 ), which has more
balanced views on religion, Hitchens seem all out against religion?

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From: BuddhistI at aol.com [mailto:BuddhistI at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 20 October, 2007 5:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Best Buddha bio?

 
In a message dated 10/19/2007 2:12:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jmp at peavler.org writes:

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.



Wow! Just imagine a student perusing through the 3,000 + pages of
"Buddha"  
comics from the late Japanese Walt Disney genius (author of more than
400 
books)  Osamu Tezuka ...
Now, that's real "Buddhism without toil".