Book Review: Buddhism without Nirvana, or Nirvana without Buddhism?: Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture by Jeff Wilson; The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw by Erik Braun
1. Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture. By Jeff Wilson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. viii + 280, 1 illustration. Hardcover, $31.95.
2. The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw. By Erik Braun. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. xvi + 280, 6 halftones. Paper $27.00, Cloth $45, E-book $10.00–$27.00.
