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Books in Brief Winter 2005
In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali CanonBhikkhu Bodhi, Ed. & Trans.Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005496 pp.; $18.95 (paper) Wisdom Publications' hefty translations of the Pali canon have, for many practitioners, been books to own and admire rather than read and absorb. With this new selection, editor/translator Bhikkhu Bodhi clears the way for the modern reader to connect directly with the words of the Buddha. Featuring clear introductions to ten thematic chapters—including “The Human Condition,” “Deepening One's Perspective on the World,” and “The Path to Enlightenment”—the book's efficient structure makes the teachings accessible despite their volume, aided also by a low price and a paperback binding. More » -
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In the cacophonous world of audio publishing, a sixteen-year-old Colorado-based company, Sounds True, is a clear voice of dharma. Its list includes nearly every English-speaking Buddhist teacher of note and this fall, Sounds True is offering its entire Buddhist inventory in a new catalog, Dharma Talk, that mixes feature articles and staff recommendations with product descriptions... More » -
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The Price of Faith
Stay too far away from a spiritual teacher, the Tibetans famously warn us, and you cannot feel the heat; draw too close, and you get burned. The fire warnings grow especially urgent when that teacher attracts students through her warmth, and all the more so when the students, in turn, try to put words to the burning they feel around them. That is one reason why lucid and balanced accounts of spiritual communities are so hard to come by: the fires of emotional surrender tend to be so intense on every side-among those who have staked their lives on a community, and on making it work, and among those who've turned their backs on it, and defined themselves by that rejection-that the ensuing stories have the unsettling fervor of depositions in a divorce court. “I'll love him forever.” “He ruined my life.” More » -
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DREAMING IN THE LOTUS Buddhist Dream Narrative, Imagery, & Practice Serinity Young Wisdom Publications: Boston, 1999 296 pp.; $18.95 (paper) MARK EPSTEIN, M.D. More » -
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Right Film
How are we to think about the relationship between the dharma and popular culture? What are we Buddhists to do about our daily interactions with the media? Is it possible to live off the grid, away from the siren call of TV, radio, and film? Or must practitioners consider mass culture, if only because it raises issues of right speech? More »
