mahayana_williams-paul.md

title	authors	year	publisher	hidden_url	external_url	olid	course	tags	pages
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations	williams-paul	1989	Routledge	https://web.archive.org/web/20220301024311if_/https://ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Mahayana%20Buddhism_Williams.pdf	https://archive.org/details/mahayanabuddhismthedoctrinalfoundationspaulwilliamsroutledgeseealtruismandreality_202003_445_W/mode/1up	OL10203914M	mahayana	mahayana-canon	320

The authoritative, scholarly introduction to Mahayana Buddhism's vast textual history.

In explaining the nearly impossible diversity of Mahayana texts, the book strikes an admirable balance between respect and skepticism, sticking mostly to the established historical facts. The reader is left to draw her own conclusions about the merits or demerits of the texts themselves.