Reviews
Wednesday August 3, 2005
This page contains a selection of book reviews that I have written over the years. The reviews collected here are those that relate in one fashion or another to Buddhism: you can find more book reviews by visiting my personal website.
Some of the reviews published here are reprinted from Dharma Life magazine, and others are written especially for this site.
Monday January 21, 2008
A review of Charles Taylor’s monumental book A Secular Age
Tuesday October 30, 2007
Aidan Delgado on Buddhism, ethics and the war in Iraq.
The Twilight of Atheism or the End of Faith?
Monday March 6, 2006
Are we witnessing the end of faith… or the twilight of atheism?
Wednesday August 3, 2005
An account of the early life of the 17th Karmapa, and a collection of his teachings…
Tuesday August 2, 2005
The bloody story of a freelance samurai.
Tuesday August 2, 2005
A novel in which a Scottish radio operator leads an entire Tibetan village into exile.
The Life of Shabkar: The autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin
Tuesday August 2, 2005
The anarchic autobiography of a Tibetan yogin.
Monday August 1, 2005
Free-form haiku from the cantankerous wandering poet, Taneda Santoka.
The Buddha and the Sahibs: Review
Monday August 1, 2005
Charles Allen goes in pursuit of the British orientalists
Longing for Certainty: Meditation Book Review
Friday July 29, 2005
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano’s poetic reflections on meditation.
Zen and Philosophy: Book Review
Friday July 29, 2005
A review of Michiko Yusa’s impressive book on the life of Nishida Kitaro.
