writing

Great news about my writing

Exciting things have been happening recently. In the space of just a week or so I was been offered two…

August 13, 2024

Self-compassion for writers (and other tortured souls)

I was talking to a Buddhist friend recently who’s a wonderful writer. She creates amazing blog posts that usually start…

June 12, 2014

Bringing accountability to your practice

I'm just getting over a bad habit relating to meditation that's plagued me for over thirty years. It was reading…

April 16, 2014

Transcendental Science Fiction and the magic of contrast

‘..that quest for new and relevant cultural expressions of the Dharma is of the foremost importance if Buddhism is to…

January 9, 2013

“The Best Buddhist Writing 2010,” edited by Melvin McCloud

When I began reading mainstream Buddhist writings and familiarized myself with the prominent Buddhist teachers in the United States, I…

March 31, 2011

“The Writing Warrior: Discovering the Courage to Free Your True Voice,” by Laraine Herring

Woody Allen once joked that 95% of the work is in turning-up. This book is about that 95% and what…

February 6, 2011

“Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants,” by Arnie Kozak, PhD

A delightful, readable, and humorous book offers 108 images to help us understand the intangible qualities of mindfulness practice. This…

May 3, 2010

Freedom on the inside

People behind bars are often open to change, as Suvarnaprabha discovers when teaching prisoners to meditate. There is a series…

May 5, 2009

The Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, and Uncommon Insight

Title: "The Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, and Uncommon Insight" Author: edited by Barbara Gates and…

March 23, 2009

Self-exploration is key to finding the spiritual in your work (The Arizona Republic)

Socrates was right: "The unexamined life is not worth living." But for 21st-century Americans, self-examination is unnatural. Some people, especially…

April 10, 2004