Every Biographies of Famous People

                                                                                                  Biography of Bodhidharma                          Bodhidharma: Founder of Zen, from India to Shaolin                   Today’s protagonist was born as a Princein a southern Indian kingdom, but he soon discarded his palace life to embrace the studyof Buddhism. As a travelling Master, he journeyed to China,where he gained powerful disciples and founded Dhyana Buddhism, better known in China asChan, and later in Japan as Zen. He is also credited as the first Kung Fu Masterat the Temple of Shaolin. He popularised meditation, introduce...

                                                     Biography of  Metternich  In late 1814, the great powers of Europe gatheredafter the fall of Napoleon to discuss what to do next. At the time, the continent was in ruins. The old order had been exploded as effectivelyas if someone had detonated an atom bomb beneath it. Just as it would in 1945, Europe needed anew roadmap, a blueprint for the future. Designing that blueprint fell to one man:Metternich. The foreign minister of the Austrian Empire,Metternich was a dandy, a womanizer, and a comically pompous fop. He was also one of the greatest diplomatswho ever lived. Under his guidance, post-Napoleon Europe wasforged into a conservative system that would last nearly 100 years. His blueprint ensured the continent’s 19thCentury was far less bloody than either it’s 18th or 20th. Yet Metternich ...

                                                                         BIOGRAPHY OF TUTANKHAMUN On November 26, 1922, egyptologist HowardCarter entered the tomb he discovered just a few weeks prior. After decades of fruitless searching, he foundsomething more amazing than he could have ever hoped for. When asked if he saw anything inside, he simplyreplied “Yes, wonderful things.” Carter had located the tomb of a pharaoh fromthe 18th dynasty who ruled over ancient Egypt during the 14th century BC. More importantly, though, it was a tomb thathad been mostly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. That pharaoh was Tutankhamun, who ascendedto the throne as a young boy and who died when he reached adulthood. His life was short and lacked accomplishments,but that did not matter. For Tutankhamun, death was onl...

                                                                                 The Buddha: The Spiritual Journey that Became a Religion  Twenty-five thousand years ago one’s man’s spiritual journey was the beginning of one of the world’s seven religions -- boasting 376 million followers today. He is simply called “The Buddha,” and he grew up the son of a king…sheltered from the realities of human suffering. When he finally learned the harsh truth, heleft his family and set off on a path to understand life itself -- first as a monk and then as a teacher.                                           Early Life               ...