The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati by Wendy Garling

The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati

Wendy Garling

272 pages paperback 2021

1 edition

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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The first full biography of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the woman who raised the Buddha--examining her life through stories and canonical records.Mahaprajapati was the only mother the Buddha ever knew. His birth mother, Maya, died shortly after childbi...

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