Gary Donnelly shares a selection of key buddhanature texts to add to your reading list.
Buddhadharma on Books: Fall 2023
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen reviews seven new books for the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Joseph Goldstein: It’s Not Either-Or
In this conversation with Buddhadharma, the Insight Meditation Society cofounder applies the “harmonized understanding” approach championed in his book One Dharma to the idea of buddhanature. In the end, it’s not about who’s right or wrong about it. It’s about what leads us to less clinging.
Read an excerpt from A Fire Runs Through All Things: Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis
An excerpt from Susan Murphy’s new book, A Fire Runs through All Things: Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis — as reviewed in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide
Read “Masculinities Beyond the Buddha,” an excerpt from Buddhist Masculinities
An excerpt of Buddhist Masculinities edited by Megan Bryson and Kevin Buckelew— as reviewed in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide
Meditate with your children with Weather Any Storm author, Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
An excerpt Vanessa Zuisei Goddard’s new book, Weather Any Storm — as reviewed in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide
Read “Gesar the Warrior” an excerpt from Gesar: Tantric Practices of the Tibetan Warrior King
An excerpt of Gesar: Tantric Practices of the Tibetan Warrior King— as reviewed in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide
Read “The Basics of Signless Concentration,” an excerpt from Bhikkhu Analayo’s The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana
An excerpt from Bhikkhu Anālayo’s new book, The Signless and the Deathless: On the Realization of Nirvana — as reviewed in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide
Lion’s Roar September 2023 Book Reviews
From simple healing instructions for daily meditation to a scientific theory of complexity and a thoroughgoing investigation into suicidal ideation, Bonnie Nadzam reviews this season’s latest titles.
Siddhartha’s 100th Birthday
A century after its publication, Randy Rosenthal explores how Hermann Hesse’s classic novel “Siddhartha” came to be amidst the author’s personal struggles and search for life’s deeper meaning.