The Best Buddhist Writing 2004

by MCLEOD, MELVIN

• ISBN13: 9781590301890
• ISBN10: 1590301897
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-10-19
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

The Best Buddhist Writing 2004 is a thoughtful, inspiring, and often humorous collection of writings from a Buddhist perspective. Selected by the editors of theShambhala Sun, North America's leading Buddhist-inspired magazine,The Best Buddhist Writing 2004features selections from the Dalai Lama; Thich Nhat Hanh; Pema Chouml;drouml;n; Natalie Goldberg, author ofWriting Down the Bones;novelist and journalist Pico Iyer; Huston Smith, America's most respected writer on comparative religion; MacArthur Award winner Charles Johnson; Random House editor-in-chief Dan Meneker; and many others. This collection offers an entertaining mix of writing styles and re?ects on a wide range of issues from a Buddhist point of view: thoughtful meditations on nature and the environment, the edgy experiences of hip twenty-somethings, wise reflections on illness and end-of-life issues, light-hearted looks at the spiritual life, and deep insights into the truths of Buddhist philosophy and practice. The collection includes: The Dalai Lama on how to find satisfaction in your job Barbara Gates on love, home, and spirit Phillip Moffitt on the difference between goals and intentions Is it hip to be enlightened? Noah Levine and Brad Warner on bohemian Buddhism Thich Nhat Hanh's techniques for creating peace Sakyong Mipham on making your mind into an ally It's your karma, man: Dan Meneker's humorous look at fashionable Buddhist terms

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Man Who Woke Up	1	(10)
Huston Smith
Philip Novak
This Is It	11	(12)
Aram Saroyan
Mama Raccoon	23	(13)
Barbara Gates
Butterfly Kiss for the Buddha	36	(5)
Anne Cushman
The Wordless Proclamation	41	(8)
Jakusho Kwong
Canyons in a Cup	49	(3)
Steve Hagen
Everything Confirmed in an Instant	52	(12)
Brad Warner
Spacing Out	64	(3)
Diana Winston
Turning the Mind into an Ally	67	(8)
Sakyong Mipham
The Lama in the Lab	75	(16)
Daniel Goleman
The Test of Truth	91	(7)
Larry Rosenberg
A Path of Radical Sobriety	98	(15)
Daizui MacPhillamy
Pointing-Out Instruction	113	(3)
Elegy for Everything	116	(3)
Martha Beck
The Human Factor	119	(11)
Howard C. Cutler
The Heart's Intention	130	(10)
Phillip Moffitt
In Buddha's Kitchen	140	(9)
Kimberley Snow
Only Love Dispels Hate	149	(8)
Geri Larkin
A Deeper Maturity	157	(11)
Norman Fischer
Attending to the Deathless	168	(15)
Ajahn Amaro
Like a Mirror, Like a Rainbow, Like the Heart of the Sun	183	(13)
Dilgo Khyentse
The Great Spring	196	(9)
Natalie Goldberg
The Threshold	205	(10)
Bonnie Myotai Treace
A Deep Inquiry into the Meaning of Freedom	215	(11)
Charles Johnson
Depression's Truth	226	(9)
Traleg Kyabgon
I Don't Want to Kill Bambi	235	(10)
Noah Levine
How We Get Hooked	245	(8)
Pema Chodron
Empty Your Cup	253	(5)
Dennis Genpo Merzel
Annie Mirror Heart	258	(24)
Maura O'Halloran
Trying to Speak: A Personal History of Stage Fright	282	(8)
David Guy
Radical Acceptance	290	(4)
Tara Brach
Forgiveness Meditation	294	(10)
Ezra Bayda
Listening Deeply for Peace	304	(10)
Thich Nhat Hanh
Prayer Flags and Refugees	314	(11)
Pico Iyer
Proof of Our Goodness	325	(4)
Robert Thurman
A Mind Like Sky	329	(6)
Jack Kornfield
Buddhism Is Not Self-Help	335	(8)
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Across the Fragrant Field	343	(6)
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
So You Want to Be a Buddhist?	349	(4)
Daniel Menaker
Contributors	353	(12)
Credits	365