A review by whoischels
The Buddha and His Teachings by

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

I read this over the course of a year. In hindsight, that wasn't a great way to approach this book. Its strength lies in using essays and primary sources to delineate the differences between Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana buddhism, and extrapolate on how to use key focuses of each in your life, with some helpful introductions and annotations for the primary source texts. I would remember more of the specifics and be able to describe these things had I approached it like a textbook and taken notes. I found some helpful constructions for meditation and different ways to think about what I am trying to achieve when I meditate.