Category: Buddhist Books
Swamis, Stars & Six-Packs: Yoga’s Twisted History
Review of Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice and The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America
Holistic or Radical Dzogchen?
Three books on Dzogchen reviewed by Sam van Schaik from Summer 2010.
The Great River of Blessings
The Sakyong Foundation is pleased to announce it is hosting The Great River of Blessings, a new downloadable book by Walker Blaine.
Poems of a Renegade Monk
Review of "In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel, a Bilingual Edition" Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
An Interview with Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion, A Memoir
Interview with Dani Shapiro, author of five novels, about how yoga and meditation helped her reckon with painful questions.
Hidden No More
Joan Sutherland reviews "Zen Women: Beyond Tea-Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters", by Grace Schireson.
Book Briefs – Winter 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Winter 2009 issue of the Buddhadharma magazine.
What Mindfulness Does — An excerpt from Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness
From Deborah Schoeberlein, we learn what mindfulness is, what it isn't, and how the benefits of its practice might show themselves.
The Revolutionary Lotus Sutra
Paul Copp reviews "Readings of the Lotus Sutra", edited by Stephen F. Teiser and Jacqueline I. Stone.
Book Briefs – Fall 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Fall 2009 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Books in Brief: Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The Blooming of a Lotus”
Claire Heisler reviews the revised edition of The Blooming of a Lotus, by Thich Nhat Hanh (translated by Annabel Laity).
Books in Brief – July 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the July 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine.
Shin Buddhism and the power of story
An excerpt from Shin teacher Kentetsu Takamori's new book Something You Forgot… Along the Way: Stories of Wisdom and Learning.
A Japanese folktale: Yaichiro’s battle
Thersa Matsuura's debut collection of short stories, A Robe of Feathers, is a darkly insightful look at how myth and reality can blur.
Would You Help Your Parents End Their Lives?
Damien Keown's book review is a vital discussion: where and how assisted suicide, compassion, and the end of suffering might interrelate.