211216: very good. perhaps only three. but there are some good chapters, particularly 3- nature of reality, 4-mechanism of bondage, in...

211208: maybe not five because it becomes repetitive. when he is on, he is great. i might prefer [book:Freedom from the Known|143877] as...

180220: excellent introductory textbook to an entire tradition of philosophical thought little known in the ‘west’. rather than the core...

200628: reading second time...note again, the result of opposing thought-systems etc is not median, not synthesis, not relatively, but...

200805: years (decades...) since first reading. this might be first buddhism book i read, very concise, great translations, clear and...

Challenging Brahmanism and Caste 280819: just had reminder from efriend Abhijit that buddhism is not itself always free of violence,...

Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age 180916: this is a very interesting take on buddhism. at the beginning the author describes in his...

Michael K Laidlaw About 2 500 words #406 3524 31st NW Calgary, Canada T2L 2A5 Email: 4451moana@gmail.com ‘Water and Twilight’ or...

280120: reading essay on buddhist logic https://aeon.co/essays/the-logic-of-buddhist-philosophy-goes-beyond-simple-truth and another book...

210317: i have decided i read this too quickly, too superficially, after several other texts on jaina philosophy. i have hence decided to...

seem to have lost review, so here is blurb. did greatly enjoy it: This is a manifesto for a more active, compassionate, and socially...

An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought 180220: excellent introductory textbook to an entire tradition of philosophical thought...

??? 2000s?: this is the best commentary i have read on the eightfold path.

200620: in the mahayana interpretation of buddhist thought, i must note the vital difference between the terms ‘nothingness’ and...

Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nāgārjuna, Jay L. Garfield (Translator) 110220: i have been reading this, studying actually, going back...

Burton Watson(Translator) 130219: five. english translation of chinese translation of sanskrit original. one of the easiest sutras i have...

A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism 230417: excellent work unifying, contrasting, mutually aiding, feminism and...

200805: years (decades...) since first reading. this might be first buddhism book i read, very concise, great translations, clear and...

160513: this is a book i have had for years, i read now, in chapter reads a day each, but not studying. this could be an excellent text...

140220: i will reread this, now having read garfield’s translation and commentary on [book:The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way:...