Buddhism Today Reading Group meets the second Thursday of every month at King's Books. This group is focused on discussing writings about Buddhism in the modern world, as well as Buddhist views on contemporary issues. The group is non-sectarian and open to everyone. The group is co-sponsored by the Tacoma Buddhist Temple. Each month, the selected book is available for purchase at King's Books. To see what we're reading this month, go to the main Events page. If you have questions, please email Erik. for more information.
Previous Reads:
April 2023: The Spring of My Life by Kobayashi Issa, trans by Sam Hamill
March 2023: The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V Magee
February 2023: We Are the Economy by Kai Romhardt
January 2023: The Eightfold Path by Steven Barnes, Charles Johnson, and illustrated by Bryan Christopher Moss
November 2022: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
October 2022: Wake Up to What Matters by Avikrita Vajra Sakya
September 2022: The Shamanic Bones of Zen by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
August 2022: Naked in the Zendo by Grace Schireson
July 2022: This Monk Wears Heels by Kodo Nishimura
June 2022: We Were Made for These Times by Kaira Jewel Lingo
May 2022: America's Racial Karma by Larry Ward
April 2022: Pure Land by Charles B Jones
March 2022: Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick
February 2022: Awakening Together by Larry Yang
January 2022: Feeling Wisdom by Rob Preece
November 2021: Walking the Way by Robert Rosenbaum.
October 2021: Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) by Sallie Tisdale
September 2021: Black and Buddhist, ed. by Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A Giles
August 2021: The Hidden Lamp by Florence Caplow and Susan Moon
July 2021: Happiness Becomes You by Tina Turner
June 2021: Street Zen by David Schneider
May 2021: Be the Refuge by Chenxing Han
April 2021: Songs of Spiritual Experience, ed by Thupten Jinpa and Jaś Elsner
March 2021: Occupy This Body by Sharon A Suh
February 2021: Radical Dharma by angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah
January 2021: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse [trans by Susan Bernofsky]
November 2020: Stars at Dawn by Wendy Garling
October 2020: The Buddhist on Death Row by David Sheff
September 2020: Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
August 2020: In Love with the World by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
July 2020: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
June 2020: Buddha by Deepak Chopra
May 2020: Buddhist Care for the Dying and Bereaved by Jonathan S Watts & Yoshiharu Tomatsu
April 2020: Ethics for the New Millennium by Dalai Lama
February 2020: McMindfulness by Ronald E Purser
January 2020: Green Buddhism by Stephanie Kaza.
November 2019: Buddha Standard Time by Lama Surya Das
October 2019: Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor
September 2019: When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
August 2019: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
June & July 2019: American Sutra by Duncan Ryūken Williams
May 2019: The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross by TK Nakagaki
April 2019: This Precious Life by Khandro
March 2019: The Buddha in Your Mirror by Hochswender, Martin, & Morino
February 2019: Wake Up and Laugh by Daehaeng
January 2019: Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
November 2018: River of Fire, River of Water by Taitetsu Unno
October 2018: The Dharma of the Princess Bride by Ethan Nichtern
September 2018: Buddhist Biology by David P Barash
August 2018: Bones of the Master by George Crane
July 2018: The Road Home by Ethan Nichtern
June 2018: Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
May 2018: What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
March & April 2018: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
February 2018: Time to Stand Up by Thanissara
January 2018: Mindful Tech by David M Levy
December 2017: Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
November 2017: Interconnected by Ogyen Trinley Dorje Karmapa
October 2017: Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism by Reza Shah-Kazemi
September 2017: Radical Dharma by angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah
