[Buddha-l] NYTimes Article and its Author Garfinkel

[Franz Metcalf]

Dan et al.,

Thanks, Dan, for the link to the NYTimes article <http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/travel/escapes/10buddhism.html?pagewanted=all 
 >. I found it surprisingly good. The author, Perry Garfinkel, knows a  
thing or two about contemporary Buddhism. In fact, the only sentence  
on Buddhism that made me involuntarily frown was the one claiming  
Thich Nhat Hanh founded engaged Buddhism in the 1970s. I realize that  
any generalization about such a diffuse movement can both be critiqued  
and defended, but I think this is giving too much credit to the good  
monk, saintly though he may be.

Has anyone here read Garfinkel's book, _Buddha or Bust: In Search of  
Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All_?

http://www.amazon.com/Buddha-Bust-Search-Meaning-Happiness/dp/140008217X

Franz