This book review covers five books which I’ve recently completed reading. At first, the common thread was unintentional. But after discovering that I was in the middle of reading three books by authors who are Buddhist, I added two more. Just because they are Buddhist authors, that does not necessarily mean that the topics …
The editors of Shambhala Sun recently listed the ten dharma books every Buddhist should have in their library (and I would assume have read at least once). Two of them (When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron and Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki) are in my library and I certainly would recommend them. …
I read a recent article by Melvin McLeod, editor-in-chief of Shambhala Sun, on the growing numbers of Americans who do not identify themselves as a member of any religion. He writes that the “spiritually but not religious” group of Americans are ” the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S. Generally, they’re educated, liberal, and open-minded, with a deep …
Do Haeng Michael Kitchen 