{"id":1604,"date":"2023-10-16T05:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:54:21","slug":"enlightened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/enlightened\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlightened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/enlightenedfc-595x898.jpg?resize=525%2C792&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"792\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Enlightened<\/em><br \/>\nby Sachi Ediriweera (Author \/ Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46Qc7FU\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781665903103\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> In this first-of-its-kind graphic novel retelling of the life of Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, the young prince lives in a beautiful palace in the heart of Kapilavastu. His father, the king, ensures that he has the best of everything&#8211;he just can\u2019t go outside. He is locked up away from the city, away from anything that might cause him pain. He knows nothing of illness, aging, sorrow, or death, yet Siddhartha feels the pain regardless, and it instills a burning curiosity to understand the world outside&#8211;and the nature of human suffering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20339\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/enlightenedint900x.webp?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlightened by Sachi Ediriweera (Author \/ Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: In this first-of-its-kind graphic novel retelling of the life of Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, the young prince lives in a beautiful palace in the heart of Kapilavastu. His father, the king, ensures that he has the best of everything&#8211;he just can\u2019t go &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/enlightened\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Enlightened&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-pS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/review-votes-for-women-american-suffragists-and-the-battle-for-the-ballot\/","url_meta":{"origin":1604,"position":0},"title":"Review: Votes for Women! 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