*Buddha* by Karen Armstrong

I just finished reading *Buddha* by Karen Armstrong, and I really liked it.

From my limited knowledge of the scholarship of Buddhist history, I think Armstrong did a decent job of writing a book for the general public in 187 pages (a Penguin paperback) and still keeping a historian’s objectivity and covering many important topics. I was pleasantly surprised. It should do well informing curious Western readers about the founder of Buddhism, his historical context and his message.

-Zenwind.