Exploring Buddhism

by Christmas Humphreys

A scholarly but understandable overview of the three main schools of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 1975

About the author

Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC was an English barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He also wrote a number of works on Mahayana Buddhism and in his day was the best-known British convert to Buddhism.

Reviews

[Yanacka Lukashevich · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst things my eyes have seen.

[Judy]

Although the author gets into his own doctrines and ideas, he does a good job of explaining the different sects and ideas of Buddhism and its spread into the West.