Theos-Talk Archives (May 2001 Message tt00009)

Little while ago, I accidentally watched a talk by Karen Armstrong - author 
of a biography "Buddha" on CSpan-2. As one who has been around theosophy, 
it was a very insightful presentation and I think anyone interested in 
Buddha and Buddhism would be find it very informative and thought provoking.

Karen is a former Catholic Nun who has published several books on Religion 
and her recent book titled "Buddha" is published by Viking. Her speech was 
based on her book (which I have not read). Here is an brief abstract of the 
speech.

Armstrong, Karen, Author

Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her
biography Buddha, published as part of the 
Penguin Lives
series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the
major aspects of Buddha's life and teachings. She 
placed
special emphasis on Buddha's ideas about human 
suffering,
and argued that the Western conception of God is
comparable to the Buddhist idea of nirvana. She 
also argued
that the world's major religious traditions are 
unified in their
insistence on the importance of compassion.


____________MKR_____________________

Ps: It is quite possible that the speech would be rebroadcast on Cspan-2 
and I do not know when.