Category: Buddhist Books
Review: “You Belong: A Call for Connection”
We review "You Belong: A Call for Connection" by Sebene Selassie.
Review: “Without Ever Reaching the Summit”
We review "Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Journey" by Paolo Cognetti.
Review: “Dreams of Light”
We review "Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming" by Andrew Holecek.
Review: “An Artful Path to Mindfulness”
We review "An Artful Path to Mindfulness: MBSR-Based Activities for Using Creativity to Reduce Stress and Embrace the Present Moment" by Janet Slom.
Review: “The Barefoot King”
We review "The Barefoot King: A Story about Feeling Frustrated" by Andrew Jordan Nance; Illustrated by Olivia Holden.
The Problem with Calling Buddhism a Science
Michael Sheehy reviews "Why I Am Not a Buddhist," by Evan Thompson.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Summer 2020
Book reviews by Joie Szu-Chiao Chen from the Summer 2020 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly.
The Longstanding Debate over Vegetarianism in Tibet
In his review of Geoffrey Barstow’s "The Faults of Meat," Rory Lindsay examines the little-known teachings around vegetarianism in Tibetan Buddhism.
They Called Us Enemy
In his graphic novel, They Called Us Enemy, actor/activist George Takei tells his own story of growing up in a World War Two internment camp, shining a light on how it must feel to be in an immigration detention center today. Read an excerpt below.
Along Came a Tigress
Sara Lewis reviews "Inseparable Across Lifetimes: The Lives and Love Letters of Namtrul Rinpoche and Khandro Tare Lhamo," translated by Holly Gayley.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Winter 2019
Daigengna Duoer reviews "The Life of Jamgom Kongtrul the Great" by Alexander Gardner, "The Circle of the Way" by Barbara O'Brien, and more for the Winter 2019 issue of Buddhadharma.
Review: Spring and Autumn Annals
Spring and Autumn Annals is the vibrant story of a decade-long friendship, interspersed with the author's memories of her childhood in Brooklyn.
Review: “The Magnanimous Heart”
We review "The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion & Love, Loss & Grief, Joy & Liberation" by Narayan Helen Liebenson.
Heart of Glass: J.D. Salinger & the Bodhisattva Ideal
After the launch of the New York Public Library's J.D. Salinger exhibit, Rod Meade Sperry reflects on how the famed author and his characters reckoned with Buddhism and spirituality.
Review: The Little Book of Being
In "The Little Book of Being," Diana Winston—using straightforward, secular language—explains how to cultivate natural awareness.
Review: The Most Important Point
We review "The Most Important Point: Zen Teachings of Edward Espe Brown" edited by Danny S. Parker.
Zen Buddhist poet and novelist Ocean Vuong awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant”
The Vietnamese-American Zen Buddhist poet and novelist Ocean Vuong has been named one of the 2019 fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.
Review: Matters of Vital Interest
We review "Matters of Vital Interest: A Forty-Year Friendship with Leonard Cohen" by Eric Lerner.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Fall 2019
Daigengna Duoer reviews "Love on Every Breath" by Lama Palden Drolma, "Green Buddhism" by Stephanie Kaza, "Just Enough" by Gesshin Greenwood, and more.
The World’s Most Peaceful Religion?
Matthew Gindin reviews "If You Meet the Buddha On the Road: Buddhism, Politics and Violence" by Michael Jerryson.