Buddhaghosa Author

Buddhaghosa was a fifth-century CE scholar and monk who was born in India but spent most of his career in Sri Lanka editing and translating the Pali Buddhist commentaries sacred to the Theravada tradition. His most famous work is The Path of Purification, a meditation manual of morality, contemplation, and insight that aims at bringing about ultimate freedom. Maria Heim is the George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor in Religion at Amherst College. Her books include Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India, How to Feel: An Ancient Guide to Minding Our Emotions, and How to Lose Yourself: An Ancient Guide to Letting Go (with Jay L. Garfield and Robert H. Sharf) (all Princeton).