Buddhism
epub |eng | | Author:Noah Levine

UNDERSTANDING DEATH Death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, said the Buddha. But who or what dies? Yes, the body dies, and the brain as we have ...
( Category: Buddhism July 2,2018 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2005-06-10 | Author:Bhikkhu Bodhi [Bodhi, Bhikkhu]

( Category: Buddhism June 30,2018 )
epub |eng | 2009-06-23 | Author:Vicki Mackenzie

Through these advanced practices of Dzogchen, accomplished practitioners can bring their lives to an extraordinary and triumphant end. As they die they enable their body to be reabsorbed back into ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 23,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2018-05-02 | Author:Akira Sadakata [Sadakata, Akira]

7. The Buddha and the Cosmos As we have seen, pre-Mahayana Buddhism makes a distinction between the realm where the Buddha dwells and the realm of delusion. Although Mahayana Buddhism ...
( Category: Buddhism June 21,2018 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2018-06-05 | Author:Daniel Ingram [Ingram, Daniel]

You have my sympathy. The x-axis is the jhanas and subjhanas, from 1.1 to 4.4, or 1.1.1 to 4.4.4 if you want to go into subsubjhanas (which would involve adding ...
( Category: Buddhism June 21,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Susan Piver

Laxity or elation It’s possible that at some point in your meditation, you’ll fall asleep. Or if not fall asleep, you’ll drowse instead of practice. Or you may apply the ...
( Category: Alternative Medicine June 15,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Robert A.F. Thurman

PART 4 PRAISES, PRAYERS, AND A MYSTIC CONVERSATION It is well known that Tsongkhapa had a special connection with Mañjuśhrī, in fact can be thought of as an emanation of ...
( Category: Buddhism June 13,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-20 | Author:Martin Hakubai Mosko

EVALUATE THE DESIGN AND ADAPT IT TO THE VISION Once the vision of the design manifests as a working document, everyone can see it, examine it, imagine it, and evaluate ...
( Category: Architecture June 8,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:James Ishmael Ford

19 Three Koans from the Gateless Gate MY FAVORITE ANTHOLOGY of Zen’s koans is the Wumenguan, the Gateless Gate. It is the first of the traditional books we encounter in ...
( Category: Buddhism June 5,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-05-29 | Author:Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

* * * Compassionate power of the three jewels, Reliable refuge that never deceives, Calming all illusions of meaningless saṃsāra Bless our minds to turn to the dharma. Whatever we ...
( Category: Buddhism May 29,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Shohaku Okumura

We need faith in ourselves. To teach this Linji used shouting or hitting — a very direct, violent, and dynamic way. What Dōgen taught through poetry, using the image of ...
( Category: Buddhism May 28,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-13 | Author:Allan J. Hamilton

10.10 The concept of baby steps: every global objective needs to be broken up into smaller component parts, which can always be broken into even smaller steps. 10.11 A horse ...
( Category: Buddhism May 28,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-02-18 | Author:Ajahn Brahm [Brahm, Ajahn]

Pacification and theInsights that Follow ! 71 Pacifying Sensory Diversity When you’re ready to go further, the next step is to focus. Why do you have to watch the breath? ...
( Category: Worship & Devotion May 26,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Dzigar Kongtrul

6 CLINGING TO THE SELF: THE ROOT OF ALL IMPEDIMENTS In the Dharma, we often speak about the “self” or “ego.” Clinging to this self is said to be the ...
( Category: Alternative Medicine May 22,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cynthia Kane

Scarcity As we saw in the previous section, society is constantly sending us messages about who we should be and what we should have in order to be happy. Another ...
( Category: Motivational May 21,2018 )