Full name: Why Buddhism?: Westerners in Search of Wisdom

Author: Vicki Mackenzie Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads

Vicki Mackenzie, bestselling author of Cave in the Snow, investigates this question with the insight of a journalist who has explored Buddhism for 25 years. Among those who speak candidly about the effects of Buddhism in their lives are counselors and writers, a woman lama, a terminal cancer patient, a diamond merchant, composer Philip Glass, Professor Robert Thurman, and Buddhist luminaries Sharon Salzberg and Stephen Batchelor. The stories present intriguing responses to the Buddhist way -- to its ideas about consciousness and compassion, work and worldly success, family and relationships, nature and death, reincarnation, and other faiths. At a time when Western culture seems overwhelmed by materialism and individualism, Buddhism is attracting thoughtful people seeking a wiser way to live, inspiring them with tolerant and practical ethics and joyful spirituality. Similar books: Cave In The Snow by Vicki Mackenzie Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson Jesus Today by Sarah Young Four Blood Moons by John Hagee Jesus Always by Sarah Young Falling Upward by Richard Rohr Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller Whisper by Mark Batterson Everybody, Always by Bob Goff The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul Wicca by Scott Cunningham The Spiral Dance by Starhawk Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler Praying the Names of Jesus by Ann Spangler My Journey to Heaven by Marvin J. Besteman