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[curt]

I don't know of any reviews by either Buddhists or Buddhologists, but 
you might try reading two other books by Williams: "Mahayana Buddhism" 
which he wrote while apparently still "happily" a Buddhist, and compare 
it to the book "Buddhist Thought", which he "co-authored" with Anthnony 
Tribe (but Tribe actually only wrote the final chapter). The second book 
was written while Williams was "in transit", so to speak, and the 
differences between the two books are striking. In my opinion one can 
clearly see (in "Buddhist Thought") that Williams had already decided 
that Buddhism was inherently "nihilistic" (in a bad way).

I have found that pretty much anything written by Williams is well worth 
reading - I also have (but have so far only skimmed) his little book on 
"Buddha Nature" (right now I can't even remember the title). I even 
liked "Buddhist Thought" very much, but that would not be a book I could 
honestly recommend for its stated purpose, as a general high-level 
introductory text for "Buddhist Studies" - simply because the book needs 
some kind of disclaimer on it: "Warning! Author is a Recovering Buddhist".

- Curt

Mikael Aktor wrote:
> Dear list members,
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> Can some on this list direct me to reviews of Paul Williams' The Unexpected Way - particularly from a buddhological point of view (i.e. addressing Williams' critique of buddhist doctrines).
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> Best regards,
> mikael
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