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The Buddha And The Terrorist: The Story Of Angulimala
The Buddha And The Terrorist The Story Of Angulimala Author:Satish Kumar, Allan Hunt Badiner Once upon a time in northern India, there lived a violent and fearsome outcast called Angulimala ("necklace of fingers"). He terrorized towns and villages in order to try to gain control of the state, murdering people and adding their fingers to his gruesome necklace. The Buddha set out to meet Angulimala, and with the power of love and compa... more »ssion he persuaded him to renounce violence and take responsibility for his past actions. Thus Angulimala was transformed. The Buddha and the Terrorist brings a message for our time about the importance of looking for the root causes of violence and finding peaceful means to end terror.« less