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Book Review of Jay Garfieldโ€™s Engaging Buddhism โ€” Extended Version

When the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (AJP) asked me to review Jay Garfieldโ€™s (2015) book Engaging Buddhism I didnโ€™t realize that they have a 400-word limit for โ€œBook Notesโ€. Thatโ€™s the book-review equivalent of a haiku, which posed an interesting challenge, but which also required cutting 90% of the things I have (or want) to say about Garfieldโ€™s book. This โ€œextended versionโ€ of my review includes both the pre-publication version of my โ€œBook Noteโ€ for AJP and a some additional, more detailed comments. pre-publication version of my โ€œBook Noteโ€ for AJP In the preface of his book Garfield observes that...