Category: Buddhist Books
Flip through “The Story of Mu,” a book about your child’s true nature
In The Story of Mu, author James Cordova proposes the classic starter koan Mu for your kids' contemplation.
Review: Stephen Batchelor’s “After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age”
In his latest and most ambitious work, "After Buddhism," Stephen Batchelor makes a sustained and serious attempt to argue for his vision of a more secular Buddhism.
Neurotribes: The New Diversity
Steve Silberman’s book, "Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," is changing the way we think about cognitive differences.
Book Briefs for Winter, 2015
Rory Lindsay reviews "A Historical Atlas of Tibet," "The Buddha on Wall Street," "Buddhisms: An Introduction," "The Chan Whip Anthology," and more.
The Beat of Philip Whalen
Steve Silberman reviews "Crowded by Beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen," by David Schneider.
Anne Waldman receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The poet Anne Waldman has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in this year's American Book Awards.
Making the Buddha’s Perfections Our Own
As a young child, I loved to play with “magic seeds.” I’d drop them into a glass of water, and they would suddenly swell into huge and exotic paper flowers.
Review: Pico Iyer explores slowing down
At age twenty-nine, Pico Iyer had an apartment on Park Avenue, a fascinating job, and the freedom to take long vacations in any corner of the globe.
Books in Brief November 2014
A roundup of reviews including Sam Harris’s <em>Waking Up</em>, Thich Nhat Hanh’s <em>How to Eat</em> and Karen Speerstra and Herbet Anderson’s <em>The Divine Art of Dying</em>.
Ruth Ozeki’s musings on herself — and no-self
Andrew Sullivan, prolific blogger and former editor the The New Republic, gave a shout-out to award-winning novelist, filmmaker, Zen priest (and, Shambhala Sun contributor) Ruth Ozeki on Sunday. Sullivan noted how Ozeki weaves Buddhism into her writing in natural, subtle ways, and also her “shifty” concept of self. The interview, from the LA Review of Books,…
All the Rage: Buddhism Wisdom on Anger and Acceptance — Read the intro and Sylvia Boorstein’s contribution, “No Blame”
You would never peg me as someone who’d get in a fistfight, and you’d be right. But all the same, there was this one time more than a decade ago.
“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.