Book Reviews

The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective On The Teachings Of Jesus

The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of JesusHis Holiness the Dalai Lama Wisdom Publications: Boston, 1996.207 pp., $24.00 (hardcover). In 1994, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took part in the john Main…

By The Reverend Jane S. Lancaster

Spring 1997

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Manchu Palaces

Machu PalacesJeanne LarsenHenry Holt and Company,Inc.:New York,1996342 pp., $25.00 (hardcover) In China during the Qing dynasty, when hard-riding warriors from Manchuria ruled the vast lands “between the passes,” Beijing’s new gentry altered the rules of architecture.…

By Patrick Rogers

Spring 1997

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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…

By David Guy

Spring 1997

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Mountains And Rivers Without End

Mountains And Rivers Without EndGary SnyderCounterpoint: Washington, D.C., 1996 165 pp., $20.00 (hardcover) Wet and covered with pine needles, Gary Snyder’s new book arrived at my door on a rare rainy day in Los Angeles. Perhaps…

By Russell Leong

Spring 1997

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Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution

A Review by Jeffrey McIntyre

By Tricycle

Winter 1995

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Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior

Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty Hyperion: New York, 1995. 256 pp., $22.95 (cloth) On Phil Jackson’s first trip to New York as a professional basketball player, he was…

By Tricycle

Winter 1995

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Living Buddha, Living Christ

Living Buddha, Living Christ Thich Nhat Hanh Riverhead Books: New York 1995. 208 pp., $20.00 (cloth) Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was a friend and spiritual brother of Thomas Merton’s, has come to…

By Dan Wakefield

Winter 1995

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The Green Buddha

The Green Buddha Christopher Titmuss Insight Books: Totnes, UK, 1995. 299 pp., $18.00 (paper). One might be surprised that the restless and fervent voice of Christopher Titmuss in The Green Buddha belongs to a former Buddhist…

By Tricycle

Winter 1995

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The Shining Shining Path

The Shining Shining Path Carroll Dale Short Black Belt Press: Montgomery, Alabama, 1995. 400 pp.,$25.00 (cloth). Like light, Buddhism is refracted by the cultures it passes through, emerging in a rainbow of forms, yet retaining its…

By Tricycle

Winter 1995