Buddhism in America - once associated with a handful of visionaries, poets and radicals - has undeniably moved into the mainstream in recent years, to the point where its influence is felt in the worlds of literature, psychology, film, politics, science, art, and throughout popular culture. And it has become a source of inspiration for an ever-growing number of insightful thinkers and writers. This book documents the phenomenon by bringing together some of the past year's finest writing influenced or informed by Buddhist practice and philosophy. The forty pieces contained here are wise, thought-provoking, poetic, challenging-even humorous-and they contain seeds for changing the way we look at ourselves and the world.
Best Buddhist Writing 2004, Melvin McLeod, ed., Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 2004, 363pp., $16.95
Melvin McLeod is the editor-in-chief of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma: A Practitioner's Quarterly. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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