Book Review: Hakuin’s Song of Zazen
Raymond Lam
14 March 2024
Zen teacher Yamada Mumon Rōshi’s series of essays on Hakuin’s poem receives a rich and faithful English translation
Book Review: Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
6 March 2024
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores a new volume detailing practices associate with the 21 Taras
Praise for a Hopepunk Psalm
Dexter Cohen Bohn
19 February 2024
Review of an earthy book for those weary of our wired world without a soul but determined to nurture candles of hope nonetheless
Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
1 February 2024
A thoughtful and heartfelt dialogue between one of our time’s great ethicists and a pioneering Taiwanese Buddhist nun
Book Review: Until Nirvana’s Time: Buddhist Songs from Cambodia
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
3 January 2024
Nachaya Campbell-Allen reviews a remarkable volume of Khmer verse and spirituality
Book Review: Red Tara: The Female Buddha of Power and Magnetism
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
7 December 2023
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores a deeply personal journey into the world of the tantric deity Tara.
Book Review: Yin Mountain: The Immortal Poetry of Three Daoist Women
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
15 November 2023
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores the beauty and poignant insights of this remarkable and historic poetry collection
The Monk and the Gun – New Film from Director Pawo Choyning Dorji
Sarah C. Beasley
13 October 2023
BDG columnist Sarah C. Beasley reviews the latest film from Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji, about Bhutan’s transition to a democracy in 2006
Book Review: The Way of Ch’an
Raymond Lam
20 September 2023
David Hinton’s new book is a creative but historically flawed assessment of the literary and spiritual connection between Daoism and Chan
Book Review: Jhana Consciousness: Buddhist Meditation in the Age of Neuroscience
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
5 September 2023
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores Paul Dennison’s remarkable new book on jhana meditation.
Book Review: The Making of American Buddhism
Hozan Alan Senauke
26 August 2023
Hozan Alan Senauke explores the insights and implications for Buddhism in the US raised in a remarkable new book by Scott A. Mitchell
“Compassion Is How to Begin, Wisdom Is How to Develop, and Dignity Is How to Be”
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
8 August 2023
Nachaya reviews Awakening Dignity: A Guide to Living a Life of Deep Fulfillment by Phakchok Rinpoche and Sophie Wu