Light of Liberation: A History of Buddhism in India

by Elizabeth Cook (Editor)

Light of Liberation emphasizes the life of the Buddha and the early history of the Sangha based on the Buddha's direct the Sutras, Avadanas, and Vinaya. Information presented here provides students of all Buddhist traditions a general background for reading the Sutras and reflecting on the Buddha's direct teachings. A special focus is the history of Buddhism in India from the time of the Buddha until the end of the twelfth century, when for many centuries thereafter, India lost touch with this important part of its heritage.

480 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 1992

About the author

Elizabeth Cook was born in Gibraltar in 1952, spent her childhood in Nigeria and Dorset, and now lives in East London. She is the editor of the Oxford Authors John Keats and author of Achilles (Methuen and Picador USA), a work of fiction acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. Her poetry, short fiction and critical reviews have appeared in many journals including Agenda, The London Review of Books, Poetry London, Stand and Tears in the Fence. She was a Hawthornden fellow in 2003