An excerpt from Chapter 4 of The Making of American Buddhism by Scott A. Mitchell. Copyright © 2023 by Scott A. Mitchell provided courtesy of Oxford University Press.
Finding the Dharma at the Library
Librarian Eileen Ybarra explores how her practice and librarianship work together to serve her community through deep listening, mindfulness, and compassion.
The Capacity to Care About More Than Ourselves
Susan Bauer-Wu explains that in order to find solutions to the climate crisis, we must first prioritize compassion.
Buddhadharma on Books: Summer 2023
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen reviews eight new books for the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “Sangha of Boundless Life,” an excerpt from “Living Nembutsu: Applying Shinran’s Radically Engaged Buddhism in Life and Society”
An excerpt from Jeff Wilson’s new book, “Living Nembutsu: Applying Shinran’s Radically Engaged Buddhism in Life and Society” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “The Buddha Amitābha in the Himitsu nenbutsu shō,” an excerpt from “Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism”
An excerpt of chapter 7 of Aaron P. Proffitt’s new book, “Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “Two Realities,” an excerpt from Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey Through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality
An excerpt of chapter 16 of Andy Karr’s new book, “Into the Mirror” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “Seventh Mind Training,” from Being Human and a Buddha Too: Longchenpa’s Sevenfold Mind Training for a Sunlit Sky
An excerpt from Anne Carolyn Klein’s new book, “Being Human and a Buddha Too” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “Erroneous Imaginations,” an excerpt from The Zen Way of Recovery
An excerpt from chapter 14 of Laura Burges’ new book, “The Zen Way of Recovery” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.
Read “Indian Epistemology,” an excerpt from Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 4: Philosophical Topics
An excerpt from “Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 4: Philosophical Topics” — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.