Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Speaking of Faith: The Buddha in the World

The Buddha in the World
Speaking of Faith (American Public Media)
Host: Krista Tippett



In an intellectual and personal adventure across India and Europe, Afghanistan and America, Pankaj Mishra, an Indian journalist and author of "An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World," pursued the history and the meaning of the Buddha -- not as a religious figure but as a critical social thinker. He came to doubt some of the most basic assumptions about politics and progress that define the modern world.

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