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Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $10.00 USD. 175610 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on April 24, 2011. .

This book contains nearly complete record of the teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche during a Medicine Buddha retreat in the fall of 2001. The sections are short, on topics such as making offerings to the buddhas and the nature of mind. The retreat was held less than two months after the 9/11 attacks, and Lama Zopa's teachings are full of references to terrorism, war, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
'Buddhish': The Unfeeling Doctor's Freefall into Buddhism, Grief and Grace    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $5.99 USD. 40340 words. Published by Olo Books on December 9, 2011. .

So how did this agnostic emergency doctor first find Buddhism, or Buddhish-ness? I had started practicing medicine while pregnant with my first child. Then my life shattered. At 20 weeks, I delivered a stillborn baby girl. A local priest said, "You need to forgive yourself, and I can't help you with that." This is the story of Buddhism leading me on my path to forgiveness.