How to Be in the World
J. D. Salinger and a Zen koan for authenticity
Books & Media
The Yoga of Creativity
A novelist explains the relationship between meditative practice and the creative journey.
Secular Buddhism?
Confession of a Buddhist AtheistStephen BatchelorNew York: Spiegel & Grau2010, 320 pp., $26.00, cloth What do Buddhist teachings about impermanence and conditionality imply for Buddhism itself? As Buddhism spread throughout Asia, its encounters with different cultures…
Samsara Dogs and Monkey Kings
Books for the junior Buddhist set, reviewed by Olivia Donstov, age 10
Monkey Business
Artist and author Lynda Barry on the power of the paintbrush
Surviving the Dragon
Interview with Arjia Rinpoche
Land of Illusions
Land of Illusions In this scene from AMY TAN‘s latest novel, the cynical ghost of murdered San Francisco socialite Bibi Chen tells the story of her friends’ trip to Burma. CROSSING THE BORDER into Burma, one…
Get Outta My Head
Meditating at an Indian ashram, ELIZABETH GILBERT struggles to keep it together with no help from her brain. The following morning, I arrive right on time for the 4:00 a.m. meditation session that always starts the…
What They’re Reading: Sharon Salzberg
I am reading Jonathan Cott’s book On the Sea of Memory: A Journey from Forgetting to Remembering, an expansive and exciting investigation of memory and its role in forming our sense of self. Cott, a successful…
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