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The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva: An Ho...

Last Updated: October 2026. Added the section on the body-disgust passages and on how the self-and-other practice can go wrong. Quick Answer Chapter six is worth the whole book, and...

The Rites of Passage by Arnold van Gennep: An H...

Last Updated: October 2026. Added the section on what modern transitions are missing and the note on the book's colonial-era sources. Quick Answer One of the few genuine discoveries in...

The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman: An ...

Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the section on the self-refutation objection and on what the book does not license. Quick Answer Two thirds of this book is a serious scientific...

The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: An Honest Review o...

Last Updated: October 2026. Added the section on which methods are unsuitable for unsupervised practice. Quick Answer One hundred and twelve doors, each described in a sentence. This ninth-century Kashmiri...

I and Thou by Martin Buber: An Honest Review

Last Updated: October 2026. Added the section on the translation dispute and on Levinas's objection. Quick Answer One idea, stated in a hundred difficult pages, that permanently changes how you...

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan: An H...

Last Updated: September 2026. Expanded the section on what has happened to the evidence base since publication, including the 2024 regulatory decision. Quick Answer The most consequential thing about this...