reviews

“The Buddha’s Apprentice at Bedtime,” By Dharmachari Nagaraja

Three years ago I walked into a bookstore in Vancouver, where I was doing a book launch, and literally the…

November 25, 2013

“Room to Breathe” — A documentary film about mindfulness in a troubled middle school

Room to Breathe is a documentary about teaching mindfulness to students of the troubled Marina Middle School in San Francisco,…

September 21, 2013

“No Ordinary Apple,” by Sara Marlowe and Philip Pascuzzo

Title: No Ordinary Apple: A Story About Eating Mindfully Author: Sara Marlowe, Philip Pascuzzo (illus.) Publisher: Wisdom Publications ISBN: 1-61429-076-8…

September 3, 2013

“There Is No God and He Is Always with You,” by Brad Warner

Brad Warner is an unconventional American Zen teacher, who seems sincerely to believe that he has found God, that God…

August 27, 2013

The power of appreciative words: “Mishan’s Garden,” by James Vollbracht & Janet Brooke

"The greatest gift you can ever give another is to see what is best and unique about them." This morning…

June 15, 2013

The Dhammapada: “one of the greatest psychological works ever written”

Jonathan Haidt, who studies morality and emotion at the NYU-Stern School of Business, discusses the Buddhist classic, The Dhammapada, on…

June 12, 2013

“Journeys on the Silk Road” by Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters

Marc Aurel Stein was a superstar of his time. When he returned from the Taklamakan and Gobi desert in central…

March 15, 2013

“Know yourself, Forget Yourself: Five Truths to Transform your Work, Relationships, and Everyday Life,” by Marc Lesser

As a rule, I am not a fan of self-help books. They are often big on promises but small on…

February 25, 2013

“Eating Mindfully” by Susan Albers

This book landed on my doormat from Bodhipaksa at an extremely opportune moment: the holiday period between Christmas and the…

February 18, 2013

“The Five Keys to Mindful Communication,” by Susan Gillis Chapman

I first started reading The Five Keys to Mindful Communication while waiting for my daughter at the airport. At the…

February 4, 2013