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Buddhist Studies November 19, 2023

The New Saints

From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors

Lama Rod Owens

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Lama Rod Owens is an author, activist, and authorized lama in the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. In his new book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual …
Buddhist Studies November 18, 2023

Saving Time

Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

Jenny Odell

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In her first book, How to Do Nothing, artist Jenny Odell examined the power of quiet contemplation in a world where our attention is bought and sold. Now, she takes …
Buddhist Studies November 17, 2023

The Book of (More) Delights

Essays

Ross Gay

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In 2016, poet Ross Gay set out to document a delight each day for a year. After he published The Book of Delights, his friend asked him if he planned …
Poetry September 19, 2023

The Asking

New and Selected Poems

Jane Hirshfield

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When poet Jane Hirshfield first arrived at Tassajara Monastery nearly fifty years ago, a Zen teacher told her that it was a good idea to have a question to practice …
Environmental Studies September 2, 2023

Not Too Late

Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua

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These days, with catastrophe after catastrophe, it can be easy to turn to despair and to believe that there is nothing we can do. But writer Rebecca Solnit is determined …
Buddhist Studies August 31, 2023

Being Human and a Buddha Too

Longchenpa's Seven Trainings for a Sunlit Sky

Anne Klein

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When Anne C. Klein (Rigzin Drolma) first read that everyone, including her, was already a buddha, she was so shocked that she put down the book she was reading. Now …
Buddhist Studies July 20, 2023

The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays

Tenzin Dickie

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When Tenzin Dickie was growing up in exile in India, she didn’t have access to works by Tibetan writers. Now, as an editor and translator, she is working to create …
Buddhist Studies June 19, 2023

Baptizing Burma

Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom

Alexandra Kaloyanides

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In July 1813, a young American couple from Boston arrived in the Buddhist kingdom of Burma to preach the gospel. Although Burmese Buddhists largely resisted Christian evangelism, members of minority …