This paperback is part of an eight-volume series from Morning Light Press published in association with Parabola magazine and dedicated to the world's great sacred traditions. Editor Philip Novak has selected 25 authors who explore the depths of Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. Among them are Robert Thurman, Philip Kapleau, Robert Aitkin, Pema Chodron, and Frederick Franck. The book also contains a splendid color section of images, two interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, poems, and folklore. The material is organized into eleven chapters:

• Turning Points
• A Well-Trained Mind
• Nonduality and Freedom
• On the Middle Way: Buddhist Economics
• Teacher and Student
• Pulling Weeds
• Upon Awakening: Buddhist Ethics
• Tibetan Blessings
• Buddha-Fields
• On Pilgrimage
• All Things Must Pass: Buddhism and Death