Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the May 2009 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine.
Q&A with Eve Ensler: “Just Tell the Truth”
An interview with Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues” and feminist activist.
Wisdom for Difficult Times, from our May 2009 issue
Wisdom for difficult times from Pema Chödrön, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, and other teachers.
Thinking (or Not) About Art
Review of “True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art” by Chögyam Trungpa and “Drawing is Thinking” by Milton Glaser Overlook.
Loving-Kindness is the Best Medicine
The mind that is calm, joyful, and deeply loving, says Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, is the foundation of true health and healing.
Parents, Leave Your Home
The best way to help your children and family, says Karen Miller, is to follow the way of the monastics, and leave your egocentric home.
Smile at Fear
Carolyn Rose Gimian looks at what we can learn from the examples of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa, the spritual forebears of the Kagyu Lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Anxiety Soup
For times troubled with everything from Wall Street to very inconvenient truths, Alice Walker gives us her recipe for finding equanimity.
Applied Dharma
Norman Fischer sees the many ways the dharma is being applied in helping others and helping ourselves as Buddhism’s greatest gift to our time.
The Place Beyond Fear and Hope
In difficult times it takes effort to stay grounded in the present, but it is only there that we will find a place unclouded by hope and fear.







