Interesting. I’ve generally had the position that while the Buddha was no doubt a great innovator, he was still just one guy who lived thousands of years ago. And that it’d probably be a better use of time to read all the more recent meditation teachers who can draw on the thousands of years of progress since then, and can synthesize the most valuable pieces of Buddha’s teaching with the things that have been learned since then.
Nevertheless, your challenge made me interested and I got a copy of “In the Words of the Buddha” now. It does seem interesting.
Interesting. I’ve generally had the position that while the Buddha was no doubt a great innovator, he was still just one guy who lived thousands of years ago. And that it’d probably be a better use of time to read all the more recent meditation teachers who can draw on the thousands of years of progress since then, and can synthesize the most valuable pieces of Buddha’s teaching with the things that have been learned since then.
Nevertheless, your challenge made me interested and I got a copy of “In the Words of the Buddha” now. It does seem interesting.