Böcker av Ajantha Seneviratne

King Suddhodana, the loving father of Lord Buddha, is a prominent figure in the historyof the Buddhist order. He is a character who went through many setbacks and traumas in hislife because of his overflowing love for his son. He was able to finally discover the reality of life, right through all such challenges. This novel beautifully portrays King Suddhodana's character, utilizing the faculties of meaningful imagination. And "grace of expression" is manifest in manyinstances as the story gradually climaxes. As an excellent work of literature, it deals with atheme of permanent and universal interest since the story is webbed around one of the>The main challenge in recreating King Suddhodana's life story into a novel is the rarity oflife-related facts about him, other than the stories usually heard within the life story of Buddha.The book has overcome those challenges by carefully selecting and arranging the available factsin proper order and has beautifully reconstructed them into a narrative of rare distinction. Thenovel transforms the character of Suddhodana from a mundane position culminating step bystep into a higher level of spiritual attainment in a fascinating manner. The ultimate outcome is>King Suddhodana was considered eighty-five years old at the time of his death. That wasfive years after the Supreme Buddha's Enlightenment. Therefore, it is important to rememberthat the king was approximately eighty years old at the time of Prince Siddhartha'senlightenment. He was seventy-four years old at the time of the Great Renunciation, and forty-five years old at the time of Prince Siddhartha's birth. These are all valuable information in>How sensitive a father is in his affection for his son is evident only when you delve intohis life. Unfortunately, not enough has been written about it. The life story of the great KingSuddhodana, which stands as a symbol of a father's love for his son, gives such an>"Of course, at first, I wanted to make you a universal king... It was a sentiment thatemerged from my ego. And a sentiment that arose in thinking about the dynasty... Forgive me...Today, you are a greater person than that. The number of people who have found happinessthrough your Dhamma is immeasurable. I'm now a victim of both aging and sickness, which Itried to hide from you in your childhood. I'll die soon... Even in your household days, you toldme that there is no escape for people from this truth. I did not accept them then. Now, I realize>Near his death, this confession made by King Suddhodana is like a mirror reflecting howhis life was transformed by his love for his son, the Buddha.