
Books
Want to read more books about Buddhism? Explore the best Buddhist books for beginners as well as books for practitioners of any experience level. Peruse book excerpts and book reviews, catch up on the latest in Buddhist publishing, and find out what the Tricycle editors are reading.

Stephen Batchelor discusses what the Buddha and Socrates can teach us about leading just and dignified lives in an unstable, contingent world.

Writing in Exile
Writer and translator Bhuchung D. Sonam discusses why he views writing as an act of resistance—and how literature can help hold and build the idea of Tibet.

IdeasMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Facing Unreality
An excerpt of a conversation between Ocean Vuong and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen

CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Voice for the Voiceless
The Dalai Lama’s new book offers a searing political account of Tibet’s fate—and a vision of compassion-based resistance.

CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books, Reviews
Buddhist Compassion on a Global Scale
A new book tells the story of Tzu Chi and the Buddhist nun behind one of the world’s largest humanitarian movements.

CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Fragments of a Dharma Bum
Collected works from Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist years show a writer seeking clarity in chaos.

CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
How to Raise a Little Bodhisattva
In Taiwan, a new generation of children’s books quietly transforms Buddhist family life.

CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing

The Work of Not Knowing
Pulitzer Prize winner Marie Howe discusses how poetry can help us cultivate attention and devotion to the ordinary.

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