Tag: Buddhist philosophy

Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Philosopher Strikes Gold

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Mon, 15 Oct, 2018 - 13:19

Philosopher Strikes Gold

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Mon, 15 Oct, 2018 - 13:19

Another review – this time by myself (Dhīvan) on an excellent new history of Buddhist philosophy in India:

The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

by Jan Westerhoff

Oxford University Press, 2018, 326pp £30 hb

 review by Dhīvan

In a customary gesture in books like this one, [1] Jan Westerhoff asks in his introduction what the purpose might be in his writing another history of Buddhist philosophy, given that those already available were written by such eminent scholars. In this case, the eminent scholars are Volker Zotz (writing in...

Western Buddhist Review
Western Buddhist Review

Approaching the Middle Way

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Sat, 24 Aug, 2013 - 19:37

Approaching the Middle Way

By Dhivan Thomas Jones on Sat, 24 Aug, 2013 - 19:37Nāgārjuna’s Middle Way: Mūlamadhyamakārikā, trans. Mark Siderits and Shōryū Katsura
Wisdom Publications, Boston, USA, 2013, 351pp., $28.95 pback, also in ebook

Review by Dhīvan Thomas Jones

This is a very welcome new translation of Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhayamakakārikā. Mark Siderits and Shōryū Katsura, two seasoned scholars of Indian philosophy, explain in their preface that they have been working on their translation since 1999, and the book comes across as carefully considered. They provide a short introduction that puts Nāgārjuna’s...