by Christmas Humphreys · Thorsons · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780042941134
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«Exploring Buddhism» is Christmas Humphreys's essay on Buddhism, published by Thorsons in paperback (192 pages, in English).
The author clearly and accessibly presents the three great schools of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. The journey combines theory and practice to offer an overview of Buddhist thought, with a personal approach that brings these teachings closer to the Western reader.
The 1980 edition includes a new introduction and reflections by the author; the work was originally published in 1974.
Intended for the general public interested in spirituality and Buddhism who want an overview.
Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC was a British jurist who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and who later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He also wrote a number of works on Mahayana Buddhism and in his day was the best-known British convert to Buddhism. In 1924 he founded what became the London Buddhist Society, which was to have a seminal influence on the growth of the Buddhist tradition in Britain. His former home in St John's Wood, London, is now a Buddhist temple. He was an enthusiastic proponent of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship.
