Category: Reviews

Meeting Myozan Ian Kilroy: Author of Do Not Try to Become a Buddha

Rev. Myozan describes how he came to practice Zen, introduces the basics of Zen philosophy, and recalls the challenges of establishing a Zen Buddhist community in Catholic-dominated Ireland. He also explores the rituals and practices that Zen brings to everyday life, from holidays to weddings to birth ceremonies to funerals.

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Forget the Stages, Find a Path: Review of The Poetry of Grief, Gratitude, and Reverence, edited by John Brehm

John Brehm’s lovely The Poetry of Grief, Gratitude, and Reverence is a collection of work by people who get it and know how to share it.

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Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds by Ethan Nichtern {Book Review}

Nichtern can teach about these subjects in ways that some of the elder leaders of the mindfulness community can’t because he’s lived them and is still living them.

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The Wisdom of No Escape and The Path to Loving-Kindness by Pema Chödrön {Book Review}

Pema Chödrön is a well-known author and teacher, and I have many of her books. But it was with this book—The Wisdom of No Escape (and the Path of Loving-Kindness)—that I came to see her, not as A teacher, but as MY teacher.

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