Andre Bareau

Born in Paris, André Bareau forged a career in the interpretation of Buddhist doctrine from textual sources that led him to become a professor at the Collège de France and a world authority on early Buddhism. He published several books, including several definitive volumes on the biography of the Buddha taken from the S tra and Vinaya collections of the Buddhist canon, and more than one hundred scholarly articles.

Born in Paris, André Bareau forged a career in the interpretation of Buddhist doctrine from textual sources that led him to become a professor at the Collège de France and a world authority on early Buddhism. He published several books, including several definitive volumes on the biography of the Buddha taken from the S tra and Vinaya collections of the Buddhist canon, and more than one hundred scholarly articles. See less