**Penguin's yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality.** Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work on spirituality published in the past year. Featuring a splendid and varied selection
The Best Buddhist Writing 2012
β Scribed by McLeod, Melvin
- Book ID
- 109179296
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780834828056
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β¦ Synopsis
A treasury of the most notable, profound, and thought-provoking Buddhist-inspired writing published in the last year.
The Best Buddhist Writing 2012 includes:
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama on cultivating a universal ethic of kindness
- Sharon Salzberg on getting your meditation practice started
- Pema Chodron on how to smile at fear
- The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi on analyzing global problems through the lens of traditional Buddhist teachings
- Bruce Rich on the enlightened model of government of the Buddhist monarch King Ashoka
- Thich Nhat Hanh on fidelity in loving relationships
- Michael A. Stusser's determined--and hilarious--effort to speak--and tweet--no evil
- Norman Fischer on a new and more open understanding of language
- Barry Boyce's fascinating survey of the life and teachings of the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
- Michael Stone and David Loy on...
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