A New York Times bestseller, BUDDHA is a beautiful story told by one of the world's most inspirational writers.

Buddha is synonymous with the term 'enlightenment'. Although we see him as a calm, benevolent figure, the actual life story of Buddha was tumultuous and dramatic. No other human being has lived such a life. What better way to grip the reader than to tell Buddha's story from the inside? Chopra carries the reader from Buddha's birth to the time of enlightenment - how he experienced such depths of despair and heights of ecstasy, renounced love in favour of spiritual perfection, and contained in one body enough wisdom to change the world.

"... sewn together through the use of incident and event [this book] illuminates the iconic figure whose name is synonymous with enlightenment." - Times Literary Supplement

"Fast and easy-to-read ... teaches without being didactic. Chopra scores a fiction winner." - Publisher's Weekly

"So fresh and unpretentious... Bravo Deepak!" - James O'Dea, President, Institute of Noetic Sciences

"**** This is a very clever, very readable book." - Prediction Magazine

"An astonishing narrative, a veritable literary feast..." - Brian Grazer, Emmy-award winning producer of A Beautiful Mind

"Outstanding!" - Arvind Sharma, Professor of Comparative Religion, McGill University