Author and spiritual guru Deepak Chopra discusses the origin story of the Buddha, and identifies several principal fundamentals of Buddhist thought.

About the life of the Buddha:

• born a prince
• mother died shortly after his birth
• astrology prediction was that he would either rule the world or become a monk
• father didn’t want him to be a monk so surrounded him with pleasure and prevented him from ever experiencing pain
• when he finally encountered illness and death, his anguish set him off on his deep spiritual journey

Overall Rating (1-5): 5 Interesting introduction to Buddha and Buddhist thought.

Entertainment Rating: 5

Interesting introduction to Buddha and Buddhist thought.

Instructional Rating: 5

Contains well-structured and useful teaching about Buddhism

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