An End to SufferingMishras book is in the best tradition of Buddhism, both dispassionate and deeply engaged, complicated and simple, erudite and profoundly humane The New York Times An accomplished history of the Buddha, An End to Suffering is also a deeply personal story the story of Pankaj Mishras search for meaning, for truth and peace in the modern world and, specifically, in a postcolonial, independent India. As he describes his travels to unearth the origins of