"Faces of Compassion captures the poignant truth that that a bodhisattva may appear in the form of a pirate or a spiritual leader and modernizes it, bringing the bodhisattva ideal into the present."

– Tricycle

"In his wonderful book Leighton animates the history of Buddhism and offers insight into human nature and contemporary culture."

– Turning Wheel

"What Leighton offers is the living tradition of Mahayana Buddhism: diverse, mysterious, vibrant, real."

– Journal of Buddhist Ethics

"Edifying and imaginative..A modern spiritual classic."

– Spirituality and Health

"Faces of Compassion is a wonderful resource and source of guidance and teaching…an invaluable companion to our lives."

– Joan Halifax Roshi, Head Teacher, Upaya Institute

"The lay reader will take from the book an appreciation for the complexity of Buddhist doctrine as well as a sense that bodhisattvas may well be living amongst us."

– Foreword magazine

"Vigorous and inspiring, Faces of Compassion guides the reader into the awakening life within our contemporary world. An informative, useful, exhilarating work."

– Jane Hirshfield, author of Women in Praise of the Sacred

"A clear-as-a-bell introduction to Buddhist thought."

– Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and author of Benedict's Dharma

"Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition."

– John Daishin Buksbazen, author of Zen Meditation in Plain English

"This is useful as a fine axe...the perfect antidote to today's spiritual materialism."

– Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall