An edition of Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha (2008)

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A Life of the Buddha

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An edition of Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha (2008)

Wake Up

A Life of the Buddha

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Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing. Published for the first time in book form, this is Kerouac's retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as a document of Kerouac's evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists.--From publisher description.

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Viking Adult
Language
English
Pages
160

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Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
2009, Penguin Publishing Group
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Wake Up
2008, Viking
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Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
2008, Viking
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Wake up: a life of the Buddha
2008, Viking
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Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
2008, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
August 14, 2008, Viking Adult
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Cover of: Wake Up
Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
2008, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
2008, Viking

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Library of Congress
BQ882 .K47 2008, BQ882 .K47 2009

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
160

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Open Library
OL11067255M
Internet Archive
wakeuplifeofbudd0000kero
ISBN 10
0670019577
ISBN 13
9780670019571
LCCN
2008301311
OCLC/WorldCat
180754948
Library Thing
5059763
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2022030

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