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Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You – HIGHLIGHT
Edited by Nick Hayes & Jon Moses Book Recommendations by Gregory Webster Wild Service is a new collection of writings from the English Right to Roam movement. Responding to—and essentially rubbishing—the longstanding assertion that monied landowners are responsible stewards of the countryside, these essays chart other possibilities which resoundingly ... continuePosted February 12, 2025 by Jillian_Johnson
One Madder Woman, by Dede Crane – HIGHLIGHT
Long time sangha member, Dede Crane, has a new book out! “These madmen — and one madder woman — paint as if suffering seizures! One cannot make heads or tails of the work without taking ten paces back.” From the author: One Madder Woman is an historical novel set ... continuePosted September 22, 2020 by archives-staff
Spacious Minds by Sara E. Lewis – HIGHLIGHT
From Cornell University Press Review by Shastri Steve Gleich Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up and live in a Buddhist culture? Would you view the truths of the dharma as common sense? One would be indeed fortunate to be part of a ... continuePosted June 16, 2020 by archives-staff
Book Review: In Love With the World – HIGHLIGHT
In Love With the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov Reviewed by Christine Heming If you do not recognize the truth of impermanence, you cannot attain genuine realization. You must allow the illusion of ego to die. ... continuePosted August 20, 2019 by archives-staff
More “Hot Summer Reads” – HIGHLIGHT
Retired Shastri Rebecca Hazell is already well known for her award winning books for children. If you love sweeping adult epics with a spiritual element, try her historical trilogy, set in the thirteenth century. In The Grip of God, set during the Mongol invasions (the Sakyong ... continuePosted July 26, 2014 by