I was asked by RebindAi to write the life story of the Buddha, which will be published with commentary by Deepak Chopra. It was one of the best writing experiences I’ve had, trying to walk in the footsteps of Siddhartha and really think about what he experienced.
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When a child told me that a certain politician was rotten I was tempted to say “yes, he is!” But I stopped because I realized this child was simply parroting something they heard at home and not thinking for himself. So I asked “what makes you think that?” Which led…
I was asked by the Natural History Museum and curator Randy Rosenberg to write and edit 79 essays about artists who work with the environment. The result was Art In Action: Nature, Creativity, and Our Collective Future. I spent nearly a year working on the text. I am not listed as…
My essay about Bodhgaya was selected by Philip Zaleski for The Best Spiritual Writing 2012, published by Penguin. From Amazon: Penguin’s yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality. Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work…
I wrote a chapter on Buddhism in Bhutanese schools in this book edited by Jacqueline Watson, Marian de Souza, Ann Trousdale for Routledge (2014). From their website: In recent decades, and around the world, much attention has been given to the role of spirituality in the education of children and young people. While…
Here is another book I was asked to write and spent a year toiling over but am not credited for. But it’s OK it was pretty fun to write. While on set in Bhutan shooting Travellers and Magicians in 2002, Rinpoche told me to write a book about the making…