Roger R. Jackson reviews “Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, and Enchantment Through the Ages” by Sam van Schaik.
About Roger R. Jackson
Dare We Update the Dharma?
Buddhist teachings have been changing and evolving from the beginning, says scholar Roger R. Jackson. He suggests some ways they can be updated to reflect modern values and knowledge.
What the Animals Taught
Roger Jackson reviews “Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination” by Reiko Ohnuma.
Dzogchen Explained
Roger Jackson reviews “Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection,” Vol. 1 by B. Alan Wallace.
Review: Stephen Batchelor’s “After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age”
In his latest and most ambitious work, “After Buddhism,” Stephen Batchelor makes a sustained and serious attempt to argue for his vision of Buddhism.
Was the Buddha Ecumenical?
Roger R. Jackson reviews “The Buddha and Religious Diversity” by J. Abraham Vélez de Cea.
The Tibetan Leonardo
Kongtrul’s works have deeply influenced modern Kagyu and Nyingma thought and practice, and The Treasury of Knowledge is the most influential of all.
Whose Book of the Dead?
A review of “The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography” by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Poems of a Renegade Monk
Review of “In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel, a Bilingual Edition” Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Review of “No Time to Lose”
“No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva” by Pema Chödrön, reviewed by Roger Jackson.