A Buddhist scholar reflects on life, death, and the ways we blind ourselves to the inevitable as he confronts his own mortality.
In the winter of 2020 a renowned scholar of Asian religions, lifelong meditator, and novelist accustomed to vigorous health received a terminal diagnosis. By summer his cancer had run its course. In the short time in between, C. W. "Sandy" Huntington faced his own impending death, leading him to reconsider the teachings and practices, as well as philosophy and literature, he had spent a lifetime pursuing. In this, his last book, you'll join Sandy as he traverses the gap between knowledge and true wisdom.
What I Don't Know about Death: Reflections on Buddhism and Mortality, C. W. Huntington, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 174 pp, $16.95
C. W. "Sandy" Huntington, Jr. translated and interpreted classical Sanskrit and Tibetan texts and was a professor at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. He is best known for his books The Emptiness of Emptiness and Maya. Sandy passed away on July 19, 2020, following a six-month struggle with pancreatic cancer.
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CONTENTS: What I Don't Know about Death
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| Prologue |
1
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| What I Don't Know about Death |
7
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| The Life and Death of the Buddha |
21 |
| Dis-ease |
31 |
| Thirst |
41 |
| The Cottage of Darkness |
51 |
| Absence and Presence |
65 |
| Wisdom, Love, and Grief |
77 |
| Waking Up |
93 |
| A Pathless Land |
101 |
| Coming Home |
115 |
| Letting Go |
125 |
| Epilogue |
141 |
| Notes |
143 |
| Bibliography |
155 |
| Index |
161 |
| About the Author |
169 |
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