Category: Buddhist Books
Review: “Enlightened Vagabond”
We review "Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche" by Matthieu Ricard.
Review: “Zen Master Raven”
We review "Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird" by Robert Aitken.
Review: “The Monastery and the Microscope”
We review "The Monastery and the Microscope: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality."
Review: “Walk with Me”
We review the documentary film "Walk with Me: A Journey Into Mindfulness featuring Thich Nhat Hanh," directed by Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh.
Review: “The Lost Art of Good Conversation”
We review "The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life" by Sakyong Mipham.
Buddhists Helping Buddhists
Pamela Ayo Yetunde reviews "A Thousand Hands: A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community." From the Summer 2017 issue of Buddhadharma.
Dzogchen Explained
Roger Jackson reviews "Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection," Vol. 1 by B. Alan Wallace.
Book Reviews for May 2017
We review a graphic novel about the life of the Dalai Lama, titled "Man of Peace," "The Mind Illuminated" by Culadasa and Matthew Immergut, and more.
Book Reviews for March 2017
We review "May Cause Love" by Kassi Underwood, "The Awakening Body" by Reginald Ray, Khyentse Norbu's latest film, and more.
Artist/author Rima Fujita to be honored for new book, “Tibetan Identity”
On December 22, Rima Fujita's book, "Tibetan Identity," will be inaugurated by Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration.
Book Reviews for January 2017
We review Mary Oliver's "Upstream," Samuel Bercholz's "A Guided Tour of Hell," Charles Johnson's "The Way of the Writer," and more.
Book Briefs for Winter 2016
We review "When Awareness Becomes Natural," "Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara," "Passing Through the Gateless Barrier," and more.
Book Reviews for November 2016
We review David Nichtern's "Awakening from the Daydream," Marianne Williamson's "Tears to Triumph," Norman Fischer's "Experience," and more.
Book Briefs for Fall 2016
Rory Lindsay reviews "Dream Yoga," "Gods of Medieval Japan," "The Spirit of Tibetan Buddhism," and more.
Book Reviews for September 2016
We review Orgyen Chowang's "Our Pristine Mind," Shinzen Young's "The Science of Enlightenment," a Zen poetry book, and more.
The First Noble Misunderstanding
There's a lot of misunderstanding about meditation. In fact, that's pretty much all that meditation is — the process of seeing how very much you've misunderstood about it and everything else.
Getting started with “Dream Yoga”
Lindsay Kyte reviews the new book by Andrew Holecek. Plus: Holecek's own explanation of dream yoga, and how to do it.
Book Reviews for July 2016
We review Mark Gerzon's "The Reunited States of America," Dzogchen Ponlop's "Emotional Rescue," a Buddhist baby book, and more.
The Thief Who Stole the World
Steve Antinoff remembers his first teacher, an intimidating Zen monk whose every gesture seemed charged with the Absolute.
Book Briefs for Spring 2016
David M. DiValerio’s The Holy Madmen of Tibet (Oxford 2015) examines some of Tibetan history’s most fascinating figures. Diving straight into the grotesque for which these fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Kagyu “madmen” became known, DiValerio begins by describing Tsangnyon Heruka’s use of human remains as clothing and Drukpa Kunle’s verse about paying homage “not to the Buddha,…