1st Edition

The Lotus and the Spinning Wheel

By Marie Beuzeville Byles Copyright 1963
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1963, The Lotus and the Spinning Wheel tells the story of India’s two great sons, the Buddha and the Mahatma. Both were the teachers their age and country needed, and this book goes beyond the merits of their teaching. The reader is invited to come with the author firstly through the land the Buddha trod. Through the present-day landscape, the book tries to bring to life... Read more

Author’s Foreword 1. Rajagaha and Nalanda 2. Magadha 3. Buddha Gaya 4. The Deer Park of Isipitana 5. Two Stories from Alavi 6. Savatthi and Leading Lay People 7. Savatthi and Nuns and Monks 8. Savatthi- Contrasts 9. Kusinara and Kosala 10. Kapilavatthu and Lumbini 11. Missionaries 12. Return to Sarnath 13. Kosambi, Ananda and Delhi 14. Mahatma Gandhi – Early Troubles 15. Success and Birth of Satyagraha 16. India and the Great Renunciation 17. Second Civil Disobedience Campaign 18. Closing Years 19. At Sevagram with the Spirit of the Mahatma and the Buddha 20. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Biography

Marie Beuzeville Byles