{"product_id":"lives-buddha-by-karen-armstrong-9780753813409","title":"Lives: Buddha","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionised the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All that is known about him comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography, and myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha's life: his birth as Siddhatta Gotama in the fifth century BC and his abandonment of his wife and son; his attainment of enlightenment under the Banyan tree; his political influence; the divisions among his followers; and his serene death. Armstrong also introduces the key tenets of Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn our own age of secular anxiety, she shows that it has profound lessons to teach about selflessness and the simple life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596770984172,"sku":"9780753813409","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780753813409-lives-buddha.jpg?v=1777941695","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lives-buddha-by-karen-armstrong-9780753813409","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}