Category: Buddhist Books
“Beyond Thought”: Ram Dass on how we arrive at spiritual understanding
Ram Dass shares his essential teachings for living in the here and now.
Buddha’s Daughters: An interview with dharma teacher and author Judy Lief
Andrea Miller interviews Judy Lief about her teachings in "Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West."
Buddha’s Daughters: An interview with dharma teacher, writer, and editor Carolyn Gimian
Carolyn Rose Gimian has edited many of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s books, including his Collected Works. She’s also a senior teacher in Shambhala International whose teachings are characterized by her down-to-earth wisdom braided with her playful sense of humor. One of Carolyn’s teachings is in my anthology Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in…
Buddha’s Daughters: An interview with Karen Maezen Miller
Karen Maezen Miller on her new teachings in the anthology Buddha's Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West.
Reviews: Milarepa, He Started Like Us
Karl Brunnhölzl reviews "The Yogin & The Madman" by Andrew Quintman, a new biography of Milarepa.
Reviews: How the Buddha Became St. Josaphat
Reviews of "In Search of the Christian Buddha: How an Asian Sage Became a Medieval Saint" by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. and Peggy McCracken.
Book Briefs – Summer 2014
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Summer 2014 issue of the Buddhadharma magazine.
Reviews: Buddhism — A to Z
Rory Lindsay reviews "The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism" by Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Reviews: What did the Buddha really teach?
Rite M. Gross reviews "The Bodhisattva Ideal: Essays on the Emergence of Mahayana", edited by Bhikkhu Nyanatushita.
Book Briefs – Spring 2014
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Spring 2014 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Ram Dass: Being Here
Ram Dass has led a long life of loving and being loved: the patience, humor, and grace of one of our most influential spiritual figures.
Reviews: Investigating the Subtle Body
Willa B. Miller reviews "Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West" and "Training the Wisdom Body: Buddhist Yogic Exercise".
Book Briefs Winter 2013
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Winter 2013 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Wisdom Publications launches new site, expands reach through freshly inked deal with Simon & Schuster
Wisdom Publications has entered into an agreement with Simon & Schuster for the sales and fulfillment of its entire catalog of Buddhist books.
Peter Matthiessen’s new novel draws on “Bearing Witness” meditation retreats at Auschwitz
The next book Zen teacher and social activist Peter Matthiessen draws from his experiences meditating and Bearing Witness at Auschwitz.
From Folk Hero to Deity
Geoffrey Samuels reviews "The Epic Of Gesar Of Ling: Gesar’s Magical Birth, Early Years And Coronation As King".
Book Briefs Fall 2013
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Fall 2013 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Good Friends – an excerpt from Geri Larkin’s new book, Close to the Ground
Nobody seems to talk about this or how much it can hurt, when we lose a best friend, by the simple withdrawal of their friendship.
Review: “Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment”
Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment By Pamela D. Winfield Oxford University Press, 2013 When I was a novice at Shogoji monastery, every day I passed by some framed calligraphy by the main doors of the dharma hall, excerpts from the Ten Examples of Suchness (junyoze). For…
Reviews: Inventing the Buddha
Annabelle Pitkin reviews "From Stone to Flesh: A Brief History of the Buddha", by Donald Lopez, Jr.