Wise and witty, heartfelt and profound, this third volume in an annual series brings together the year’s most notable prose inspired by Buddhist practice and insight. Compiled by the editors of North America’s oldest and most widely read Buddhist
magazine, the collection offers a lively array of styles, perspectives, and concerns of contemporary Buddhists.
The talented contributors include familiar favorites as well as some surprising voices who will delight and enlighten the reader, with pieces ranging from personal memoir, short stories, and social commentary, to advice for practitioners and wisdom teachings from the masters.
Among this year’s outstanding selections are:
- John Welwood on the perfection of love but the imperfection of relationships
- The Dalai Lama on the two sciences of mind - meditation and neuroscience
- Pema Chödrön on how to free ourselves from the powerful spell of emotional afflictions
- Award-winning author Charles Johnson’s short story “Dr. King’s Refrigerator,” on how a late-night snack led Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to discover the concept of interdependence
- Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche on facing ourselves honestly
- Jon Kabat-Zinn on the power of mindfulness
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche’s fascinating memoir of life in old Tibet
- Thich Nhat Hanh on spirituality and community in the twenty-first century
