Buddha in Redface

It's been really hard to pick up and start another book after I finished Buddha in Redface. Almost as if I didn't know where to start or if there are other books to read after it. The story and message of this book is profound and rattling enough that it dispossesses you from where you thought you w......more

Spoilers ahead! Who recommended this to me? I remember someone specifically saying I should read it, and it was probably around the time I was working in the plutonium part of the Lab and freaking out about my ethics around nuclear war, but I don't know who it could have been. The story is about a ps......more

I understand why this book is not popular-it’s difficult to read because it throws a lot of stuff at reader that doesn’t make sense. My advice is to surf on top of that s**t and mine the jewels that are in the wisdom which is spoken. It does a good job of pulling together what connects different fai......more

I enjoyed the exchange between Buddhism, Aboriginal spirituality and scientific rationale. The physical "reality" doesn't play much of a role and so also seems to lack a bit of depth on the story telling aspect. However the overall effect for me was an enjoyable read that cuts right to the essence o......more