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	• Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment Deepak Chopra HarperOne, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 65 reviews view larger image
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Karma, and how to dead with it

I've read quite a few of Deepak's books, he's written over 50 of them, and this one has become my favorite. In all the books I've read, all non-fiction works, Deepak Chopra, our personal liaison to the East, gives us much content, and although his books are sprinkled with his own personal stories, I've never thought other than, well this is the truth. This is the way it is. But in this fiction book, I find myself looking at how it is written, and how the man crafts the story. Being a fiction writer myself, I recognize how good a writer he really is.

"Buddha - A Story of Enlightenment" is fiction, it's a novel, but it is so much more than that. It's the familiar story we all know of Siddhartha, the prince whose father, the king has protected the boy from the grossness of the world, because the astrologers have foretold of his spiritual greatness. He has been sheltered from the sight of sickness and death in the hope that the he'll grow up to be a warrior king like his father. But Deepak wraps around this old familiar story, an engrossing tale of romance, good and evil, life and death, treachery, war, love, hate, emotions and murder, all the elements we readers have come to love in a novel.

This book could have been called, "Karma and How to Deal with It." It's a three part story. Part One - Siddhartha, the prince who abandons his wife and his inheritance and is reborn as the monk. Part Two - Gautama, the monk, who takes the aesthetic life to the extreme of almost dying and is reborn as The Enlightened One. Part Three - Buddha, the fully awakened one who has risen above the world of illusion.

Deepak may have this in mind already, but I'd like to see novels from him on the lives of Jesus and Lao-Tzu and Mohammed and other religious leaders. This book is a mixture of a historical novel and insight into spirituality, I thoroughly enjoyed and I'd recommend it highly.

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Great read!

I really enjoyed this novel about Buddha's life! Chopra does an excellent job fleshing out the known details of his early life and, at the same time, giving the reader a basic understanding of the man and origins and basics of Buddhism. I highly recommend it!

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Buddah

Deepak is a great story teller; with his insight into the human condition, this story unfolds Buddah's insight into suffering and offers all who read it, a way out.

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

As a Buddhist, I was so in awe of this story. Helped me to understand Buddha's life more thoroughly.

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Good stories take us to another place. They cause us to forget our reality for a time. Great stories transform, forcing us to reconsider the concept of reality and our place in it. Thanks to his well-honed story telling skills and the touching subject matter of an amazing life, Deepak Chopra's Buddha falls squarely in the camp of transformation.

I had a hard time putting this book down. I found myself looking forward to my 40 minute train ride (each way) to and from work for the reading time it would offer. Chopra takes us through the life of the historical buddha, laying out out a set of events that have their climax in Gautama's attaining enlightenment. Because it aims to tell a story rather than to convert the reader, the narrative is inviting and engaging. But more than simply a story, it facilitates introspection into the mind, into one's personal sense of freedom and into one's attitudes on compassion.

I was about to cite my own myriad experiences with Buddhism and state that this book isn't for everyone, but on further thought, that would not be an accurate statement. There is something in this book for everyone. For some, it might shed light on a mysterious school of thought. For others it could represent an opportunity to consider well-worn ideals from a new, refreshing angle. Still others may determine after finishing the book that they want to learn more about Buddhism. And then there are those who are experts in Buddhism, but have likely not heard the story told from such a personal, approachable viewpoint.

If you have the means, I highly recommend you pick this book up!

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