Title: The best Buddhist writing 2013 /
Authors: McLeod, Melvin,; McLeod, Melvin,
Year: 2013
Subjects: RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY / Zen); Buddhism; RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan.; RELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada.; Buddhism
Abstract: An eclectic and thought-provoking collection of Buddhist and Buddhist-inspired writings on a wide range of issues published in North America during 2012. The collection includes writings by Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joseph Goldstein, Natalie Goldberg, Sylvia Boorstein, Dzongsar Khyentse, Sakyong Mipham, Norman Fischer, Philip Moffitt, Karen Miller, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Kay Larson, and Lodro Rinzler, among others. Selected by the editors of the Shambhala Sun, North America's leading Buddhist-inspired magazine, this anthology offers an entertaining mix of writing styles and reflects on a wide range of issues from a Buddhist point of view.
Contents: This Truth Never Fails / David Rynick -- Be Still / Elihu Genmyo Smith -- The Buddha Walks into a Bar / Lodro Rinzler -- How to Meditate / Sakyong Mipham -- Where the Heart Beats / Kay Larson -- If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break / James Ishmael Ford -- Impermanence Is Buddha Nature / Norman Fischer -- Living Fully / Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche -- Not for Happiness / Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse -- The Vagabond Queen of Craigslist / Bonnie Friedman -- The Three Marks of Existence / Sylvia Boorstein -- Booooring ... / Karen Miller -- Playing with Buddha / Ira Sukrungruang -- Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society / Thich Nhat Hanh -- Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change / Pema Chödrön -- Fifty-Nine Ways to Make the Teachings Real / Judy Lief -- Open Heart, Open Mind / Tsoknyi Rinpoche -- Waking Up to Happiness / Natalie Goldberg -- The Long Road to Sitting Still / Pico Iyer -- Emotional Chaos to Clarity / Phillip Moffitt -- Everyday Meditation: A Nine-Minute Daily Practice / Joseph Goldstein -- Breaking Through / Ezra Bayda -- Not Quite Nirvana / Rachel Neumann -- The Power of Gone / Shinzen Young -- The Third Turning of the Wheel / Reb Anderson -- The Heart Attack Sutra / Karl Brunnhölzl -- Uprooting the Seeds of Anger / Jules Shuzen Harris, Sensei -- I Kinda Vow / Genine Lentine.