Untying the Knots in Buddhism: Selected Essays

Hardbound Edition 

About The Book:

The field of non-Tantric Buddhism still has many problems and debated issues. The present volumes included numerous solutions to these problems by the senior author Alex Wayman. The categories of the Twenty-four essays are Heroes of the system, Theory of the Heroes, Buddhist Doctrine, Buddhist Practice and Hindu-Buddhist Studies. Among these essays is one of his earliest from the late 1950s.

About the Author(s)

ALEX WAYMAN, formerly Professor of Sanskrit, Columbia University, New York is at the forefront of Western Buddhist Scholarship through his series of books in both tantric and non-tantric Buddhism based on over thirty years of research. He employs both the Sanskrit and Tibetan languages in his books and articles. He has authored well over a hundred articles for professional journals and honorary volumes in various countries and in recent years almost exclusively by invitation. His authorship of various seminal works on Buddhist Tantra ensures that the present collection of tantric essays conforms to high standards of authoritative texts and dependable citations.