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American Zen Retold
How koans and autobiographical narratives reveal the evolution of Zen practice in America
David Guy
David Guy is the author of six novels, including Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence and Hank Heals: A Novel of Miracles, the first two volumes of his Zen trilogy. He co-authored Breath by Breath and Living in the Light of Death with his first meditation teacher, Larry Rosenberg. Now retired from Duke University, he divides his time between Durham and Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more at www.davidguy.org.
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His Life Is Your Life
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Trying to Speak: A Personal History of Stage Fright
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Zig Zag Zen
David Guy reviews a new book that explores the ethical and doctrinal considerations at the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics.
Christmas Humphreys
[Humphreys and his wife] ran the Buddhist Lodge from their flat . . . where they had made a hideaway with a bright fire, Persian rugs, incense, golden Buddhas, and a library of magical books which…
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The Hermit Who Owned His Mountain
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The Tale Of The Incomparable Prince
The Tale of the Incomparable Prince Mdo Mkhar Tshe Ring Dbang Rgyal Translated by Beth Newman HarperPerennial: New York, 1997 319 pp., $13.00 (paperback). It’s not surprising that The Tale of the Incomparable Prince—which its publisher…
The Mysterious Madame Blavatsky
The famed psychic, mystic, and founder of Theosophy
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