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.
literature
Dharma Lessons from The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield
Adapted from The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature
Finding Nirvana in the Classics
In The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature, meditation teacher Dean Sluyter unveils the dharma lessons within different Western classics
George Saunders on What Buddhists Can Offer the World Right Now
The author discusses how reading stories reminds us of the “Previous and Better Selves We Have, Briefly, Been.”
Why I Read Namtars, the Memoirs of Masters
The Tibetan literary tradition tells the inspiring life stories of spiritual devotees.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Why I Wrote a Book about Why I Stopped Writing Books
A writer reconsiders his craft.
Side Effect
My Zen-literary friendship with Philip Whalen
Negative Capability: Kerouac’s Buddhist Ethic
Jack Kerouac’s interest in Buddhism began after he spent some time with Neal Cassady, who had taken on an interest in the local California variety of New Age spiritualism, particularly the work of Edgar Cayce. Kerouac…
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