According to author Michael Carrithers, while there are good reasons to doubt the traditional account, "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death." In writing her biography of the Buddha, Karen Armstrong noted, "It is obviously difficult, therefore, to write a biography of the Buddha that meets modern criteria, because we have very little information that can be considered historically sound... [but] we can be reasonably confident Siddhatta Gotama did indeed exist and that his disciples preserved the memory of his life and teachings as well as they could."[dubious – discuss] COUNT 8
QSN1 Who said "the outline of the life must be true: birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death."? ANS1 Michael Carrithers QSN2 What are some of the outlines of life? ANS2 birth, maturity, renunciation QSN3 Who wrote a biography of Buddha? ANS3 Karen Armstrong QSN4 What do some say is Buddha's real name? ANS4 Siddhatta Gotama QSN5 What are the helpers called that helped Buddha? ANS5 disciples QSN6 Who believes "the outline of the life must be true" in reference to Buddha? ANS6 Michael Carrithers QSN7 Karen Armstrong wrote a biography on who? ANS7 the Buddha QSN8 Karen Armstrong has said that we can be confident who existed? ANS8 Siddhatta Gotama