The Best Buddhist Writing 2011

A thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year.

The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 includes:

* Karen Miller’s story of love, marriage, and dishes

* Joanna Macy on the First Noble Truth and healing from the legacy of Chernobyl

* Brian Haycock’s taxi ride on the Dharma Road

* His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s manifesto on tolerance

* Dzogchen Ponlop on the rebel buddha inside you

* An adoption love story by Leza Lowitz

* Ira Sukrungruang’s humorous meditation on death

* Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel on finding the courage to live in reality as it is

* Susan Piver on the wisdom of a broken heart

* Thich Nhat Hanh on healing the wounded child within

* Matthieu Ricard’s answer to the question: why meditate?

* Rick Bass on the lessons of the Gulf oil spill

* Pico Iyer’s insider’s look at the heart of the Dalai Lama

* And much more