Reading Garry Shandling’s “Zen Diaries”
HBO’s new documentary shows the troubled comedian searching for authenticity in his work and meditation.
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Review: In the Body of the World Refuses to Look Away from Women’s Suffering
In her latest play, Buddhist feminist and activist Eve Ensler examines the links between personal and collective trauma.
Top Five Meditation Timer Apps for iOS
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Review: The Venerable W is an “Unsettling Self Portrait” of Burmese Buddhist Monk and Hate-monger Ashin Wirathu
The film is a very personal lament from a man in a state of shock that his beloved Theravada Buddhism is being used to fuel race hatred and genocide, writes New York Film Festival Director Kent…
Review: The Last Dalai Lama
Much has changed for the Tibetan Buddhist leader over the past 25 years, but as Mickey Lemle’s latest film reveals, His Holiness is still the world’s greatest exemplar of compassion in action.
The Buddhist Lessons in The Princess Bride
In Ethan Nichtern’s new book, The Dharma of the Princess Bride, the Shambhala Buddhist teacher explains that everything he knows about relationships comes from two sources: Buddhism and this 1980s cult classic.
A New Path Into the Past
Stars at Dawn integrates forgotten stories of influential women into the Buddha’s time-honored biography.
Not a Simple Story
A review of Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s new book Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging.
Review: “In Search of Buddha’s Daughters”
The foreign correspondent’s new book explores both the solitude and the community of monasticism for women.
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