God of Compassion

Contents: Preface. I. Siddhartha: 1. Lumbini. 2. An old man. 3. A dead man. 4. The turning point. 5. Renunciation. 6. Home is where the mountains lie. 7. Mysteries. 8. Food for thought. 9. Enlightenment. II. The Buddha: 10. The light of Asia. 11. Buddha to a peasant. 12. The monk and the maid. 13. The Buddha and the beauty. 14. A lesson in music. 15. The Boomerang. 16. A handful of seeds. 17. Life is a sad song. 18. Story of the sacred relics. 19. The last word. 20. Kusinagar. 21. The pilgrim. III. In the name of the Buddha: 22. A sermon in stone. 23. Compassion. 24. Good, better, best. 25. The word of the Buddha. 26. The Buddha with the broken leg. 27. The Buddha\'s namesake. 28. A Buddha in the making. 29. The monk on a mission. 30. Meditation. 31. Stopping by a Japanese Temple. 32. My lost retreat. 33. A tree to cherish. Notes.