The Best Buddhist Writing 2011

by Melvin McLeod (Editor), Editors of the Shambhala Sun (Editor)

Overview

A thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year. 

The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 includes:

   • Karen Miller's story of love, marriage, and dishes
   • Joanna Macy on the First Noble Truth and healing from the legacy of Chernobyl
   • Brian Haycock's taxi ride on the Dharma Road
   • His Holiness the Dalai Lama's manifesto on tolerance
   • Dzogchen Ponlop on the rebel buddha inside you
   • An adoption love story by Leza Lowitz
   • Ira Sukrungruang's humorous meditation on death
   • Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel on finding the courage to live in reality as it is
   • Susan Piver on the wisdom of a broken heart
   • Thich Nhat Hanh on healing the wounded child within
   • Matthieu Ricard's answer to the question: why meditate?
   • Rick Bass on the lessons of the Gulf oil spill
   • Pico Iyer's insider's look at the heart of the Dalai Lama
   • And much more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590309339
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	09/20/2011
Series:	A Shambhala Sun Book
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.54(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

MELVIN MCLEOD is the editor-in-chief of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is also the author of Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place.

Editorial Reviews

It’s the juxtaposition of overtly religious essays against explorations of everyday life that makes this volume such captivating reading.”—Booklist

“Sit with it patiently and without expectation, and great things will emerge.”—Yoga International

From the Publisher

McLeod (editor in chief, Shambhala Sun) and his colleagues deliver their 2010 picks for annual anthology. They present 31 selections addressing issues of everyday life viewed through the lens of Buddhist practice, just over half extracted from books, the remaining articles taken almost exclusively from Tricycle: The Buddhist Review or Shambhala Sun. Contributors, with women making up more than half, reflect a broad spectrum from unknown lay practitioners to emerging Western-born teachers (e.g., Bonnie Myotai Treace and Enkyo Pat O'Hara) as well as the well known and prolific (e.g., the Dalai Lama, Jack Kornfield, and Thich Nhat Hanh). Readers will find their own favorites, discovering new authors and stimulating further reading, and may even experience an epiphany or two. This reviewer found the overall compilation (even his usual favorites, the personal accounts) less inspiring than previous editions. Nevertheless, several favorites did emerge, including Pico Iyer's "Heart of the Dalai Lama," Brian Haycock's "Dharma Road," Susan Moon's "This Is Getting Old," and Rodney Smith's "Undivided Mind." VERDICT Recommended for those seeking an enjoyable tour—and indicator of the state—of contemporary Western Buddhist thought and practice.—James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of North Carolina at Asheville Lib.

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