Set Free: A Life-Changing Journey from Banking to Buddhism in Bhutan describes how the author, Emma Slade (Pema Deki) , went from being a financial high-flyer to a Buddhist nun. Emma now spends much of her time running a charitable organisation for … [Continue reading]
Saint Badass
Saint Badass: Personal Transcendence in Tucker Hell by Doug Carnine is based on a series of letters which were exchanged between the author and four prisoners at Tucker Maximum Security Prison in Arkansas. Doug is a meditation teacher and lay … [Continue reading]
The Sweeper: A Buddhist Tale
The Sweeper: A Buddhist Tale is a picture book for children which is written and illustrated by Rebecca Hazell. It tells the story of a young slave girl called Padme, who spends all her time sweeping the house of her master. The girl is unhappy with … [Continue reading]
Boundless Heart
Boundless Heart by Christina Feldman is a remarkable guide to the cultivation of kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity – relational qualities which are traditionally referred to as the brahma viharas or the Four Immeasurables. Christina Feldman … [Continue reading]
The Buddha before Buddhism
The Buddha before Buddhism by Gil Fronsdal has the subtitle Wisdom from the Early Teachings, and provides a new translation, with commentary, of the Atthakavagga, or ‘Book of Eights’. Whilst the Atthakavagga isn’t the best known of Buddhist texts, it … [Continue reading]
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