Buddhism
epub |eng | 2017-10-17 | Author:Sakyong Mipham

True Listening It is said that when the Buddha first taught, two deer approached, knelt down, and raised their ears. They symbolize the act of listening, a sublime way of ...
( Category: Philosophy November 11,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:John Miksic

One of Sudhana's Good Friends; a scene from the Gandavyuba. A human is shown in royal attire, seated in a pavilion with a chest beneath him, symbolizing wealth, (panel II.88) ...
( Category: Asia November 11,2017 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2004-03-15 | Author:Joan Halifax [Halifax, Joan]

Yes, stories are threads that draw one back into the fabric of the Earth. Bright fibers that join worlds, stories illumine our deep past and our origins, our ancestors and ...
( Category: Buddhism November 9,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-11-07 | Author:Yael Shy

THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE When I was growing up, my parents were often exasperated with my seemingly endless demands. “Yael, stop whining!” was a refrain I heard repeatedly. I was ...
( Category: Spiritual November 9,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2007-01-30 | Author:Coleman, Graham & Padmasambhava [Coleman, Graham]

Nevertheless, with the exception of certain persons who have experience of this [equanimity] it is difficult [for beings] to sever themselves from the deep-seated and long-lasting disease of negative habitual ...
( Category: Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Natalie Goldberg [Goldberg, Natalie]

What? “These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.” We aren’t going to understand this with our brains. The moment we hear it, we think, ...
( Category: Spiritual November 8,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Guy

12 THE THING I LIKE about the Mexican place near Central Square is that it’s not like the American idea of Mexican. Blazing hot salsas and gobs of cheese on ...
( Category: Buddhism November 8,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-28 | Author:Watson, S J [Watson, S J]

A hand touched my arm. I flinched as if stung. A voice. ‘Christine? Are you OK? Dr Wilson is here.’ I opened my eyes, looked around. A woman wearing a ...
( Category: Psychological November 6,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Thich Nhat Hanh; Sherab Chodzin Kohn; Melvin McLeod

FOUR Healing Our Wounds and Pain Here is a practice poem that you can use in everyday life, at any time, no matter where you are: In; out. Deep; slow. ...
( Category: Buddhism November 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-17 | Author:Mark Epstein [Epstein, Mark]

part three EMBRACING releasing your heart The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas (enlightened heroes and heroines)—it ...
( Category: Buddhism November 5,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-03 | Author:Bob Olson [Olson, Bob]

DAVE ARRIVED to pick up Mary for her lunch break. He walked into Jankowitz Jewelers and was immediately surprised at how elegant it appeared inside. It was an unexpected contrast ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 28,2017 )
epub |eng | 2004-02-01 | Author:Kaiten Nukariya [Nukariya, Kaiten]

"Idle thoughts come and go over unenlightened minds six hundred and fifty times in a snap of one's fingers," writes an Indian teacher,[FN#260] "and thirteen hundred million times every twenty-four ...
( Category: Classics October 24,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-29 | Author:Jerryson, Michael K. [Jerryson, Michael K.]

Race/Ethnicity in Thai Studies An examination of race and ethnicity illuminates systemic and hegemonic processes that cut deep into the economic, political, and social domains of the country. Race and ...
( Category: Buddhism October 23,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-05 | Author:James Kingsland [Kingsland, James]

Guided Meditation: The Warm Glow Many years ago, when I was a regular churchgoer, I would sometimes be asked to lead the congregation in prayers of intercession. As I prepared ...
( Category: Alternative Medicine October 22,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-25 | Author:Graham Coleman [Coleman, Graham]

If the deceased does indeed recognize this essential nature of reality, he or she will attain liberation and avoid roaming further among the six classes of beings. But, on account ...
( Category: Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts October 20,2017 )