# The Buddha before Buddhism

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- Book: [The Buddha before Buddhism](https://www.bookquiver.com/gil-fronsdal/the-buddha-before-buddhism) ([The Buddha before Buddhism.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gil-fronsdal/the-buddha-before-buddhism.md))
- Authors: [Gil Fronsdal](https://www.bookquiver.com/gil-fronsdal)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-16-1180-324-2
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2016-11-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This easy-to-understand translation of one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts offers a pathway to awakening that is simple, straightforward, and free of religious doctrine One of the earliest...