Peter Clothier
The Huffington Post
Maybe you're a bit like me. Maybe you think you have a good, serviceable mind, but know that you don't possess that kind of brain that snaps to and remembers everything that comes its way. Maybe you have a more than passing interest in Buddhism, have read some of the literature and attended a couple of retreats. And maybe you're just as muddle-headed as I am when it comes to all those lists -- the four of this and the seven-fold that...and so on.
If you're a bit like me in these respects, there's help for you in the form of a neat little book called Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of the Buddha, by Paul Gerhards, recently published by Parami Press in Vancouver, Washington. Gerhards sets out to provide "a visual guide to the teachings -- more a map than a text," with the recognition that "The Buddha said that a map is not a territory; it is merely a tool of discovery. ...Read the the rest...