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    Reviews & Books In Brief Paid Member

    How to say goodbye to the world with peace? How accept everything around us, including the fact that “us” itself is something of an illusion, and certainly about to be no longer? How take leave of things with light?...More »
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    Pocket Poets Paid Member

    By Andrew Schelling
    LOVE LYRICSAmaru and Bhartri-hari, translated by Greg BaileyBilhana, edited and translated by Richard GombrichClay Sanskrit Library: New York University Press, 2005380 pp.; $22.00 (cloth) More »
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    Across Cultures Paid Member

    By Dan Zigmond
    View the print version of this article in PDF format Sky Burial XinranNew York: Doubleday, 2005224 pp.; $18.95 (cloth) More »
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    No Prisoners Paid Member

    By Cullen Couch
    View the print version of this article in PDF formatBuddha's WarriorsMikel DunhamNew York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2004434 pp.; $29.95 (cloth) Tibet appears to most of the world as a docile, isolated country that succumbed meekly to the historical imperative of Chinese domination. The assumption is easy enough. Tibet is the most Buddhist of nations, one whose spiritual traditions go back thousands of years and whose leader, the Dalai Lama, espouses nonviolence with mirthful humility. But appearances do deceive, and in fact the Tibetan people fought the Chinese with a level of rage, tenacity, and violence that one can hardly associate with Buddha's “middle way.” More »
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    Have it Your Way Paid Member

    By Eliot Fintushel
    View the print version of this article in PDF format Grizzly ManWerner Herzog, DirectorLions Gate Films, 2005 More »
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    In the Wonka Bardo Paid Member

    By Dean Sluyter
    View the print version of this article in PDF format Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryTim Burton, DirectorWarner Bros. Pictures, 2005 More »