The Buddha: A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Paul Carus

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.html.images 164 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.epub3.images 141 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.epub.images 141 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.epub.noimages 124 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.kf8.images 322 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.kindle.images 293 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22782.txt.utf-8 129 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/22782/pg22782-h.zip 135 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Carus, Paul, 1852-1919
Title The Buddha: A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes
Note Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Sankar Viswanathan,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "The Buddha: A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes" by Paul Carus is a dramatic work likely written in the early 20th century. The text presents the life story of Siddhartha Gautama, who later becomes known as the Buddha, as he embarks on his spiritual journey to enlightenment. Through a blend of characters—including Siddhartha, King Suddhodana, and Princess Yasodhara—it explores themes of ambition, sacrifice, the nature of reality, and the quest for truth. The opening of the drama introduces us to the royal family in Kapilavatthu, focusing on Siddhartha and his internal struggle with duty and existential contemplation. King Suddhodana and Queen Pajapati express their concerns about Siddhartha's melancholic disposition, contrasting their hopes for him to engage in royal responsibilities with his quests for deeper truths beyond physical pleasures and societal norms. Siddhartha's conversations with friends and family highlight his blooming awareness of life’s transient nature and foreshadow his ultimate decision to seek enlightenment, setting the stage for his transformation into the Buddha. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Gautama Buddha
Subject Buddhism -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 22782
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 88 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!