On Being Buddha (Suny Series, Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Religions)
What is it like to be a Buddha? Is there only one Buddha or are there many? What can Buddhas do and what do they know? Is there anything they cannot do and cannot know? These and associate questions were much discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India, and a complex and subtle set of doctrinal positions was developed to deal with them. One Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood is the first book in a western language to treat these doctrines about Buddha from a philosophical and thoroughly critical viewpoint. On Being Buddha's analysis is based almost entirely upon original sources in their original languages. All extracts discussed are translated into English and the book is accessible to nonspecialists, while still treating material that has not been much discussed by western scholars.  --Midwest Book Review