Sarah Anderson’s spiritual text "The Lost Art of Silence" explores the power of silence throughout history as seen in art, literature, nature, and war. Covering the nooks and... Read More

In "How We Live Is How We Die", Pema Chödrön contemplates the spiritual, psychological, and physical aspects of death from a reasoned, resonant Buddhist perspective. Chödrön... Read More

Looking back over his fifty-year career as a psychotherapist in California, David Richo notes that “one issue has come up with clients more often than any other: staying too... Read More

"Ordinary Wonder" collects the transformational wisdom of renowned, Western-born Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck. Beck’s work was foundational in developing communities of Zen... Read More

Wendy Garling’s "The Woman Who Raised the Buddha" fills a gap in historical accounts of the origins of Buddhism, which, like most major religions, has erased or devalued the... Read More

Sam Van Schaik’s historical investigation "Buddhist Magic" reveals the significance and historical roots of magic in modern Buddhism. In 1900, a walled-up shrine was... Read More

Words can hurt, and they can heal. We need only look around us these days to see how the words we use, and the ways we use them, can create or destroy individuals, families,... Read More

Liam, one of Kate Inglis’s premature twins, died in her arms shortly after his birth. Multiple medical interventions had been unable to save him; had he survived, it would... Read More

Zen loves a good story, especially one without a beginning or an end. Zen also likes stories that end before they begin. Zen likes commitment, wants you to work very diligently,... Read More

Memoir of Zen Buddhist debunks myth of the monk as a person who has sacrificed a “juicy” life, with dark humor and an exploration of anger and deviance. This slender... Read More

The River Brahamaputra runs from the Himalayas in Tibet, through India, and on through Bangladesh, winding its way through numerous languages, cultures, and three great... Read More

“I thought that if I practiced Judaism according to my heart, my children would follow… ,” Rosenzweig notes in her journal-like search, written with far more profundity... Read More