East-West Fire: Schopenhauer's Optimism and the Lankavatara Sutra . By Charles Muses. Indian Hills, Colo.: Falcon's Wing Press, 1956. 67. Appendices, Bibliography. $2.00.

Abstract

perhaps less rewarding than some of the preceding, more historical sections. Also, Professor Glasenapp seems more at home in considering Hinduism and Buddhism than he is in his study of Chinese Universalism or of Christianity and Islam. On the whole, his remarks on Christianity, if at times interesting, tend to be somewhat standard and his treatment of the sects of an extremely summary nature. His chapter of Islam is certainly more a portrait historique than a succinct synthesis of his thinking and that of other scholars on the subject. But despite the inevitable inequalities in treatment, which must characterize a work of this scope, Professor Glasenapp succeeds in bringing under one cover a useful summary of five of the great religions of the world. His remarks are those of an experienced scholar who has thought profoundly on man's speculation as it is reflected in his religious systems, and for this, students of the Far East as well as those of comparative religions are grateful.