The Best Buddhist Writing 2011
Melvin McLeod ed.
Shambala, 2011
294.3 B631b
“It’s the juxtaposition of overtly religious essays against explorations of everyday life that makes this volume such captivating reading.”—Booklist
includes:
Karen Miller's story of love, marriage, and dishes
Joanna Macy on the First Noble Truth and healing from the legacy of Chernobyl
Brian Haycock's taxi ride on the Dharma Road
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's manifesto on tolerance
Dzogchen Ponlop on the rebel buddha inside you
An adoption love story by Leza Lowitz
Ira Sukrungruang's humorous meditation on death
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel on finding the courage to live in reality as it is
Susan Piver on the wisdom of a broken heart
Thich Nhat Hanh on healing the wounded child within
Matthieu Ricard's answer to the question: why meditate?
Rick Bass on the lessons of the Gulf oil spill
Pico Iyer's insider's look at the heart of the Dalai Lama