Book Review
Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness
Imagine a dinner party with the Grateful Dead, Timothy Leary, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and the Dalai Lama … stimulating conversation about the meaning of life, the power of art, and the subtle structures of the universe, a...
Book Review
The Buddha in Your Mirror
If one believes the proposition that “Life is a moment-to-moment battle between one’s Buddha nature and the workings of delusion,” then one will willingly engage in the processes to attain that “Buddha nature.” Considering the...
Book Review
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
“If you want to weed a garden, you have to be able to distinguish the weeds from the flowers.” Such aphorisms fill Gunaratana’s book, expressing the Buddhist sensibility that informs this simple yet profound book. For a reader who...
Book Review
American Diaspora
America has become home to many of the world’s peoples, scattered by war, famine, and economic hardship, drawn here by the desire to live the American dream. According to editors Suarez and Van Cleave, however, recent arrivals as well...
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Oubliette
Emotional poverty and a yearning for freedom are the leitmotivs in Oubliette. The poems delve into the darkness of actual and imagined fears, of loss and isolation, and they propose the possibility of redemption. The title poem of the...
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Buddhism with an Attitude
When Alice fell down the rabbit hole and entered Wonderland, she exclaimed “Curiouser and curiouser.” Perhaps she maintained her equilibrium amongst all the oddity by considering the dreamlike nature of her experience. According to...
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For the Sake of Peace
When John Lennon was gunned down outside the Dakota twenty years ago, it seemed the peace movement was silenced with the gunshots. In the intervening decades, however, Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai International have been articulate...
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