About the Book: The Buddha: An Alternative Narrative of His Life and Teaching
The physical is central to an understanding of the psychological and the
spiritual: a fact that traditional religious discourses have failed to grapple
with. Drawing from various sources such as the Pali canon, Mahayana texts, Zen
Buddhism, J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, U.G. Krishnamurti, Nietzsche,
post-modernist thinkers and biological sciences Mukunda Rao tells the story of
the Buddha and discusses his teachings in physiological terms. He tackles such
questions as: What was the Buddha like? How was he different from other
religious masters? Was he a 'superman? Was he a 'mutant, an avatar,