

Buddha
A Story of Enlightenment
Author: Deepak Chopra
Narrator: Deepak Chopra
Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/01/2007
Author: Deepak Chopra
Narrator: Deepak Chopra
Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 05/01/2007
Deepak Chopra, M. D., the founder of The Chopra Center, is the preeminent teacher of Eastern philosophy to the Western World. He has been a bestselling author for decades, his books have appeared on every bestseller list in America, and his writings have sold millions of copies.
This was a very entertaining and inspiring fictional account of the life of the Buddha. Most of the characters and events of the novel are from the passed down story of Buddha, but it is the depiction of his inner experience that is imagined. The scope of the novel is wonderful in that it starts wit......more
I understand author’s point of presenting the story of Siddhartha from his birth and through some growing years to show where he came from and why he chose to leave to follow his destiny. But I didn’t care for all the descriptions. As much as I enjoyed Jesus and Muhammad by this author, I couldn’t ge......more
First thing first, I honestly have no idea of what to call this book with. I broke the spin of my copy, fyi, for I read and reread it. I was moved, I admit, as much as I was shaken by the message. In the first part, Chopraji managed to sow the story of feral, raw, ancient India so well, so unbelievabl......more
1.5 … well that was ……… something I have nothing against Buddhism, i enjoy exploring everything about religion in general - but this book is awfully written, not cohesive, dare i say it, dull.......more
Through the eyes of the Buddha, the root of suffering is illusion, and the only way out of illusion is to stop believing in the separate self and the worlds that supports separate self. No spiritual message has ever been so radical. None remains so terribly urgent. - Deepak Chopra Dukkha Life is unsat......more