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This book is at its best in moments of playful spontaneity. I could do without all the historical essays and with more exploration of the characters.

Modern Buddhism goes to great pains to present the doctrine of anatta as a foil to the Vedic Atman. I have a suspicion this is completely unnecessary and want to read someone who might agree.

Modern Buddhism goes to great pains to present the doctrine of anatta as a foil to the Vedic Atman. I have a suspicion this is completely unnecessary and want to read someone who might agree.

Again, not the complete upanishads. Just this brilliant little edition.

I usually don’t pay attention to the specific edition or ISBN number of the books I read. This case is different, as this rendering of the work is a mere 400ish pages while the original is over 5800. Also, my Sanskrit is not strong enough to read the original... yet!

For now, I am content with this shorter version which is proving sufficient for my “purposes.”

Cheap-commodity culture has monstrously transformed the brilliant horror of this novel into a shallow, dismal pop-fairytale.

The humor and phenomenal writing alone make this text worth the read. The subject matter, I am sure people will make their own radical opinions of.

The humor and phenomenal writing alone make this text worth the read. The subject matter, I am sure people will make their own radical opinions of.

I have many thoughts on this text but must summarize as follows: If you ask “What is yoga?” as in philosophical, historical yoga, this book will only answer 1/3 of your question. It will answer, “What is possible with yoga?” but not “how to” nor the “why” of yoga.

It does reference good sources for the latter questions, and its overwhelming determination & sincerity in answer to the first makes the book worthwhile.