What’s Fiction?
Linda Leaming
13 August 2026
As Bhutan prepares to raise 108 stupas in a single day, Linda Leaming reflects on what happens when legend becomes reality
Book Review: Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Raymond Lam
7 May 2025
This enthralling collection of time-warping tales about the Tangut Empire is a hypnotic and feverish, yet ultimately tender masterpiece
American Writer Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist Beliefs Brought to Forefront in New Publication
Raymond Lam
23 January 2025
A new compilation of semi-autobiographical stories, reflections, and poems promises to enrich understanding of the Beat Generation author
Once Upon a Time – Storytelling as a Means of Healing and Social Reconnection
Sarah C. Beasley
10 May 2022
Storytelling as a way of reframing our lives and transcending barriers
God of the Unknown: The Buddha in Chilean Magazines at the Turn of the 20th Century
María Elvira Ríos
29 September 2021
The history of early representations of Buddhism in Chile
Beginner’s Mind: Three Watches: A Short Story
Andrew Rule
3 March 2021
A meditation on time, impermanence, and possibility
The Tibetan Suitcase: A Global Novel from a Tibetan Perspective
Raymond Lam
22 January 2020
A unique novel about contemporary Tibetan identity..
Science Fiction: The Creative Battlefront for Human Dignity
Raymond Lam
22 March 2019
Meeting the evolving challenges of an increasingly…
How to Want What You Already Have: A Practice for Taking Life As Granted Rather than For Granted
Seth Shugar
14 November 2018
Embracing the Now
The Fiction of the Self: Ruth Ozeki
Caitlin Dwyer
24 February 2017
“Ultimately, all the creative arts are testaments to the foundational truths of Buddhist principles,” says Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki. Whether tracing the themes of interdependence
Buddhistdoor View: Illusion and Insight in Secular Literature
Buddhistdoor Global
10 July 2015
Last Saturday, 4 July, was the 239th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. But it was also the 150th anniversary of something far more whimsical:
Stories of the Moment: Buddhist-inspired Fiction
Caitlin Dwyer
30 April 2015
A Tale for the Time Being, a vibrant novel with strong Buddhist themes, wants the reader to pay attention: “Hi!” the book begins, mimicking a