Books in Brief July 2010

Brief of Buddhist books from July 2010.

Garth Stein on Billy Collins’s “I Chop Some Parsley….”

Garth Stein on Bill Collins poem, "I CHOP SOME PARSLEY WHILE LISTENING TO ART BLAKEY'S VERSION OF "THREE BLIND MICE".

Earth Dharma: “Blame Game in the Gulf”

After President Obama's address to the nation last night, Shambhala Sun "Earth Dharma" blogger Jill S. Schneiderman had mixed feelings.

Poems of a Renegade Monk

Review of "In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel, a Bilingual Edition" Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Like Oil and Water

There is a quality of pure awareness that is not fazed by fleeting thoughts, emotions, or sense impressions, explain Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. Even when they are together, pure awareness and the conditioned realm are always separate.

Book Briefs Summer 2010

Briefs of Buddhist Books from Spring 2010.

Spin and the Gulf Oil Spill

It's time, says Zen teacher Ian Prattis, to examine our minds, consumption patterns, and personal culpability in the BP oil disaster.

Top chef Eric Ripert dishes up Buddhism

Eric Ripert is a Vajrayana Buddhist and an award-winning chef at the prestigious restaurant, Le Bernardin, in New York.

radar of compassion Lion's Roar Buddhism Pico Iyer Dalai Lama Shambhala Sun Aspen Institute Symposium on Tibetan Arts and Culture Colorado

Radar of Compassion

Pico Iyer on the Dalai Lama’s unerring ability to home in on those who most need his love.

Love Makes the Difference

The Dalai Lama draws lessons for all of us from his own experience dealing with difficult times. A conversation with Mary Robinson, Pico Iyer.