140220: i will reread this, now having read garfield’s translation and commentary on [book:The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā|1048288] ... after several buddhist texts i have with me, after i get home from vacation. ‘fundamental wisdom...’ is great vacation reading...
more: [book:The Vimalakirti Sutra|868424]
110214: i think i will read more Sangharakshita, as he is accessible, extensive, well-read, easy to read transcript of conversations on several important sutras i had read of before. i read here extensive and exact translations, subtlety of meanings of terms, arguments, assertions. heart sutra, diamond sutra, greater mandala. coherent and close reading, stanza by stanza...