January 2021 list by Holly Whistler
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Black & Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, & Freedom
by Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles
Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. What does it mean to be black and Buddhist? In this powerful collection of writings, African American teachers from all the major Buddhist traditions tell their stories of how race and Buddhist practice have intersected in their lives.
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Genius & Anxiety
by Norman Lebrecht
An expert on Jewish intellectuals, writers and scientists describes the many visionaries who changed the world, from the well-known—like Marx, Freud, Einstein and Kafka—to the lesser known—like Karl Landsteiner, Paul Ehrlich and Rosalind Franklin.
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Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience
by Dzigar Kongtrul
An introductory guide to cultivating patience and opening your heart to difficult circumstances from leading Buddhist teacher, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Based on the teachings of the sixth chapter of Shantideva's The Way of the Bodhisattva, Peaceful Heart explores how Buddhist teachings on patience can help you work with whatever disturbances arise in your life and in your mind.
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