The teachings of the Buddha have brought enlightenment, spiritual guidance, and comfort for many centuries. The Lion's Roar: The Wisdom of Buddhism by Joel Hopkinson explores Buddhist history, beliefs, practice, its rich traditions, and its secular evolution, noting that wisdom and compassion are timeless and...

In writing Avalokana: The Way of the Flow, artist and poet Avalok introduces readers to the ancient art of conscious observation. The title is derived from the Sanskrit word for deep and mindful viewing. The author describes the 10 phases of life, from birth, through...

Better Than Rubies: Nuggets of Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs by Lakella Lavette Davenport is a devotional that takes you through thirty-one days of lessons straight from Proverbs. At its core, the book highlights how much we need wisdom from God, wise elders, and...

In Remembering Freedom, Connor Curley asks a question that will keep readers thinking: What if everything we call freedom is actually a cage? This is the question behind a work that illustrates how the West has lost its grip on the truth and how to...

For readers whose minds are on the fast track and battle to unwind, The Monkey Who Thought Too Much by Serena Choo will provide an oasis of peace and provoke a more mindful look at achieving a life without clutter. Monkey lives in a temple...

Fragments of the Invisible by Ferdinando Emilio Abbate is a collection of aphorisms that are designed to tease the reader while providing an alternative look at life, love, and humanity. They are divided into five categories that examine great matters, the trivial and the hidden,...

Do our belief systems imprison our minds and result in us losing our individuality? Pratesh John Mathew enters the debate with Diabolos Bible: Aphorisms on Individual Sovereignty. He believes that we are handed down sets of rules by our parents, teachers, and political and religious...

Mīrkhwānd’s The Garden of Purity recounts the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the traditions preserved in a fifteenth-century Persian chronicle. The history begins with his ancestry among the Quraysh, a powerful Arab tribe based in Makkah, where the Kaʿbah stands as the sacred...

When Barbara, a friend of Christine's, asked for help finding her son's misplaced key, Christine simply asked her guides, and they told her the location of the key. But when they checked and did not find it there, they felt disappointed. A few days later,...

We live in a world that assigns labels to everything. This habit is the result of conditioning by our parents, teachers, and society. Siobhán Bridget Kennedy questions whether this serves us in Before the Labels. She reflects that we love to put others in boxes,...