The Naked Buddha : A Practical Guide to the Buddha's Life and Teachings (Paperback)

from wrmjr66

This is a short introduction to Buddhism that is not an attempt to cover the main tenets, but is rather intended to answer some questions and whet the appetite. The most interesting part is the first section which gives a brief biography of Siddhartha Gautama and his teachings. The longest sectio...

from mommablogsalot

There was nothing wrong with this book, in fact I enjoyed what I read, but I kind of felt like I'd gotten out of it what I wanted to and decided to focus my energies on the many other books I had on my shelf instead - like the ones I'm reading for a review and the fiction books that I'm really en...

from madcatnip72

Structured in a basic Q&A format, Adrienne Howley's "The Naked Buddha" is a fairly good introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism, although I felt like she was biased a bit towards the Theravada variant. Like countless other "book Buddhist" works for a middle-class Western audience, it provide...