Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention. Tezuka himself was a humanist rather than a Buddhist, and his magnum opus is not an attempt at propaganda. Hermann Hesse’s novel or Bertolucci’s film is comparable in this regard; in fact, Tezuka’s approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humor.

Comics & Graphic Novels

Osamu, Tezuka

Manga

HarperCollins, Publishers

The fourth book in the classic eight volume graphic novel series retelling the story of buddha, from the godfather of the genrein book four, unfulfilled by the teachings of renowned ascetics, siddhartha agrees to follow dhepa into the forest of trials but the final ordeal of little assjai proves to be his most poignant lessonas siddhartha searches his heart and yearns for his family, the kosalans discover the true caste of their queen - a despised shudra, disguised as a noble kshatriya for the insult, the buddha's homeland will pay dearlyoriginated in the 1970s, buddha is osamu tezukas unparalleled rendition of the life and times of prince siddharthatezukas storytelling genius and consummate skill at visual expression blossom fully as he contextualizes the buddhas ideas; with an emphasis on, action, emotion, humour and conflict as prince siddhartha runs away from home, travels across india and questions hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppressionrather than recommend resignation and impassivity, tezukas buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering ones life sensibly, his approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that western commentators often eschew, namely, humour

Buddha, Vol. 4: The Forest of Uruvela

Harpercollins

The eighth book in the classic eight volume graphic novel series retelling the story of Buddha, from the godfather of the genre. In book eight, Buddha finally travels home to Kapiluvastu to teach and inspire more followers. There, in the beautiful garden of Jetavana, he explains the original parable of the self-immolating rabbit and reveals the keystone of his philosophy. Originated in the 1970s, the 'Buddha' series is Osamu Tezuka's unparalleled rendition of the life and times of Prince Siddhartha. Tezuka's storytelling genius and consummate skill at visual expression blossom fully as he contextualizes the Buddha's ideas; with an emphasis on, action, emotion, humour and conflict as Prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka's Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one's life sensibly, his approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humour.

Buddha

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Buddha 6 Ananda [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Tezuka Osamu

The fifth book in the classic eight volume graphic novel series retelling the story of buddha, from the godfather of the genre.

Deer Park (Buddha)

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Buddha 7 Prince Ajatasattu [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Tezuka, Osamu

Jetavana (Buddha)

The third book in the classic eight volume graphic novel series retelling the story of buddha, from the godfather of the genrein the third of the buddha series, as siddhartha embarks on his journey towards enlightenment, he encounters many influences; some forceful, like the monk dhepa who believes that purity is only attained through ordeals of the flesh, and some inspirational, like the strange young acolyte, assajimeanwhile, devadatta, the young orphaned son of bandaka, is forced along a cruel path choosing to reject humanity and compassion, devadatta’s journey will mould him into buddha’s greatest adversaryoriginated in the 1970s, buddha is osamu tezukas unparalleled rendition of the life and times of prince siddharthatezukas storytelling genius and consummate skill at visual expression blossom fully as he contextualizes the buddhas ideas; with an emphasis on, action, emotion, humour and conflict as prince siddhartha runs away from home, travels across india and questions hindu

Buddha 3 Devadatta [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Tezuka Osamu

Buddha 4 The Forest of Uruvela

Kapilavastu (Buddha)

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