The Buddha Way

by William Corlett, John Moore

Discusses the essential beliefs of Buddhism--that suffering is inherent in life but one can be liberated from it through self-purification--and explains the accepted paths to enlightenment and Buddhahood

146 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1980

About the author

William Corlett (8 October 1938 - 16 August 2005), was an English children's writer, best known for his quartet of novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.

Corlett was born in Darlington, County Durham. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, then trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as an actor while embarking on a literary career during the 1960s, and wrote plays and adult novels as well as the children's novels for which he is particularly remembered. Several of his works were adapted for the screen.

Later in life he came out as gay, and it was from his partner, Bryn Ellis, that he gained some of his inspiration for The Magician's House. Corlett died of cancer at Sarlat in France.

Reviews

[Rohan Islam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book came into my life after I had found it on the streets of Brighton being given away with a vast array of other things for free. Honestly I’ve had to give it 5 stars because the book came to me in a time of need and I always seemed to pick it up when my mind needed some clarity as well as when my mind needed to be rested. Compared to other books of the same genre, this book is very good at guiding you towards a way of thinking without confusing you with a jumble of Buddhist jargon.

[Sue Dounim]

Still working on it at present. I really like the way the authors did this. It's really done in the form of half of a Platonic dialog: it's a connected series of questions and discussion points. Obviously they have points of view they are probably attempting to lead you to, but it's done in a completely open way. You're free to disagree with any conclusion at any time, replace it with one of your own, and so forth.

It's apparently one of a series of 6 books in the same style with the overarching title "Questions: A series of explorations". I think they're all out of print but I might make it a project to get used copies of each, since comparative religion has always been a big interest of mine.

[Muneeb Khan]

plz let me read

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was alright it answered a lot of questions, so it was Ok.