The Light of Asia

by Edwin Arnold

Overview

'Unless we can engage the positive emotions in our spiritual life -- unless our imagination is set on fire -- we will make little or no progress in that life.' Sangharakshita

This inspiring poem by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), though written more than a hundred years ago, retains the power to move us in a way that no prose rendering of the life of the Buddha can. We cannot but admire the courage, determination, and self-sacrifice of the Indian prince who, out of compassion, left his palace to find a remedy for the sufferings of the world.

Since its first publication, The Light of Asia has inspired many to learn more about Buddhism and to put its teachings into practice. Now, thanks to this new edition, Arnold's epic poem can fire the emotions of a new generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789387669130
Publisher:	General Press
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Sir. Edwin Arnold (10 June 1832 - 24 March 1904), was born in the United Kingdom. He was a journalist and poet, most popular as the writer of The Light of Asia (1879), which describes the life and lessons of Buddha. Pearls of the Faith (1883), on Islam, and The Light of the World (1891), on Christianity, got less success. After leaving the University of Oxford, Arnold became a schoolteacher in Birmingham, and later became principal of the British government college in Pune, India. He came back to Britain in 1861 to join the staff of the Daily Telegraph, where he worked as a chief editor from 1873 to 1889. He published various volumes of short poems, as well as translations of the Indian section and a good deal of travel composition. The essays collected in Japonica (1892) were a popular contribution to the late nineteenth-century (cult of Japan) in Britain, similar to his variations of Japanese poetry in The Tenth Muse (1895) and his Japanese play Adzuma (1893). He was knighted in 1888.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	Preface	9
	The Light of Asia	15
	Glossary	177