Title: Obfuscatory? Probably
Product review: Wayman's translation is a noble effort, and has probably been of some use to academics and fearless students of the Lam rim tradition.However, his approach to the translation of a part of the Lam-rim chen-mo (quite possibly the most important text on spiritual paths ever written) is questionable in approach and methodology; often Wayman uses inappropriate occidental paradigms, and also misses idiomatic phrases, which would have been clarified if he had relied more upon the active interpretations availiable in the Tibetan academic community. Secondly, the grammar and sentential structure of his English text is not particularly clear, and although considerably better than his translations of the concentration and wisdom chapters (ASIN-0231044046), the text remains pretty obfuscatory.As a rule, I would heartily recommend the new translation as an alternative- ASIN-1559391669.Or even better, to learn Tibetan and read it in the original.
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