The Border States of Compassion
Akil Kumarasamy’s debut novel asks how we can truly understand another’s pain—and at what cost.
Books
Jarvis Jay Masters Continues His Fight for Freedom
The most famous Buddhist on death row, author of two books and numerous articles, prepares to take his case for exoneration to federal court.
Can Language Shape Human Experience?
A new book considers 177 classical Indian terms for emotions—from simmering wrath to six kinds of compassion—to explore how Buddhist texts expand our capacity to feel.
Review: “The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse”
Twenty-six centuries of poets exploring the divine
The Difference Between Attachment and Love
In her new book, The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion, Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo explains a difficult distinction.
Time in Exile: A Review of “We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies”
In her debut novel, Tibetan-Canadian writer Tsering Yangzom Lama asks if the only cure to exile is a return home.
How Death Gives Meaning to Our Lives
In her new book, Alive Until You’re Dead, Susan Moon helps us confront our fears around death and shows us why we should be grateful for our own mortality.
The Best Buddhist Books for Beginners
A comprehensive list of beginner-friendly books across the Buddhist traditions
A Case for ‘As-If Agnosticism’ as an Approach to Rebirth
In his new book, Roger Jackson details the prevailing perspectives on rebirth, including one for those who find the traditional rational, empirical, or faith-based arguments problematic but do not reject the idea outright.
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