Historians of Buddhism face a difficult task, since the further we go back in time the sketchier the evidence of Buddhism is. Before about ...

This is my 600th essay on this blog. Thanks to all my readers over the last 17 years. Although I've slowed down in order to focus on pu...

Edward Conze is still considered by many to be the doyen of the field of Prajñāpāramitā Studies. He is still described in superlative ter...