Il buddhismo mahayana. La sapienza e la compassione

As the back of the book will tell you, the 1989 publication of this work’s first edition made quite a stir and, I quote, “It is still unrivalled.” Indeed, it has become a foundational text for courses on Mahayana Buddhism at the university level, and since almost two decades of burgeoning scholarshi Leggi tutto

My goal was to get a general overview of Mahayana Buddhism, and at first I thought this book was not for me. In fact there are several aspects to the book that I found disturbing: 1. The author, Paul Williams, writes in a cautious, academic style. Almost every sentence is filled with extra clauses th Leggi tutto

At the moment it's the best book I've read about Mahayana Buddhism. It took a while because I read all the notes and tried to get a better picture of this religious phenomenon. Buy this book and read the notes, since a lot of interesting arguments, bibliography, reference and more are in these pages Leggi tutto

Author has since become a Catholic Christian and repudiated his 'buddhism'. Save your money and read a library edition.

Molto dettagliato, sconsigliato ai principianti

Approfondito compendio delle maggiori scuole filosofiche Mahayana, spiegato in modo chiaro.

Se trata posiblemente de la mejor introducción al budismo mahayana disponible. Eso sí, es una lectura que requiere de cierto conocimiento previo del budismo, por lo que no es recomendable si no te has expuesto al budismo hasta cierto punto sea mediante lecturas o práctica en la sangha. A Paul William Leggi tutto