Category: Buddhist Books
Book Briefs (Summer 2012)
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Summer 2012 issue of Buddhadharma.
An Ambitious and Unorthodox Pioneer
Review of "White Lama: The Life of Tantric Yogi Theos Bernard, Tibet’s Lost Emissary to the New World", by Douglas Veenhof.
Shambhala Publications acquires Snow Lion
Shambhala Publications has announced that Tibetan Buddhist publisher Snow Lion Publications is "a part of the Shambhala Publications family."
Book Briefs Winter 2012
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from Winter 2012, reviewed by Michael Sheehy.
Books in Brief (May 2012)
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the May 2012 issue of Lion's Roar.
Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan talks about “A Mindful Nation”
Via Mindful.org: It isn't every day that we hear a U.S. congressman talking about mindfulness, much less in these terms:
“There Is No Pizza in Nibbana” — Mirka Knaster and Robert Pryor on Anagarika Munindra
An interview by Danny Fisher with the authors of Living This Life Fully, a book reviewed earlier this year in Buddhadharma.
The Writer’s Way
Ruth Ozeki reviews "Writing as Enlightenment: Buddhist American Literature Into the Twenty-First Century".
Pico Iyer on Graham Greene, the Dalai Lama, and “The Man Within My Head”
Pico Iyer's name is likely familiar to you; he's been a frequent contributor to Lion's Roar, writing about the Dalai Lama, music, travel.
Steve Silberman asks, “What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?”
The discussion of the Steve Jobs/Buddhism connection continues, and now Steve Silberman has weighed in with a contribution.
Two poems from Leza Lowitz’s “Yoga Heart”
Two poems from Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections, by Leza Lowitz.
Book Briefs Fall 2011
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Fall 2011 issue of Buddhadharma.
Not Even Past: A Q&A with Lisa See
Andrea Miller interviews author Lisa See about her novel, Dreams of Joy, a historical fiction set in China during the Great Leap Forward.
The Mindful Way to Self-Compassion
A review of The Mindful Way Through Anxiety and True Belonging: Mindful Practices to Help You Overcome Loneliness
Whose Book of the Dead?
A review of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography" by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Interview: Sharon Salzberg talks happiness, possibility, Twitter, and more with Danny Fisher
Danny Fisher and Sharon Salzberg discuss mindful twitter, happiness and more.
Does a Dog Have Buddhanature? Well, Yes and No
A review by Steven Heine on "The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen’s Most Important Koan", edited by James Ford and Melissa Blacker.