Buddhism
epub |eng | | Author:Pema Chodron [Pema Chödrön]

61 Widening the Circle of Compassion IT’S DARING not to shut anyone out of our hearts, not to make anyone an enemy. If we begin to live like this, we’ll ...
( Category: Tibetan August 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Schneider, David

FIGURE 11. Philip in army uniform with his sister, Velna, 1944–45. Estate of Philip Whalen, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. After a last scare about European deployment in November ...
( Category: Buddhism August 23,2015 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2015-07-13 | Author:Yamada Koun [Koun, Yamada]

The Mode of Accomplishment without Accomplishment The Mode of Accomplishment without Accomplishment is the eventual outcome of the former stage. The one who has attained the stage of Mode of ...
( Category: Philosophy August 4,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Rinzler, Lodro [Rinzler, Lodro]

SPEEDY-BUSYNESS Counter to what we normally perceive as laziness is our second main obstacle: speedy-busyness. I first heard this term used by my teacher, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and it seems ...
( Category: Meditation June 21,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-27 | Author:Stephan Talty [Talty, Stephan]

After a few hours of exchanging gunfire with the Chinese at the transport station, Soepa realized the PLA was winning. “Their bullets were finding their mark and many were killed ...
( Category: China June 12,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ajahn Brahm

Now you know why we humans have difficulty finding peace of mind. Most of us have monkey minds, which say: I will just get this one thing out of the ...
( Category: Inspirational June 11,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2003-05-27 | Author:Brad Warner

WHY SHOULD YOU BELIEVE in any of this? Why should you care? No reason. No reason at all. There’s nothing I can possibly tell you that could communicate this state ...
( Category: Philosophy June 11,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-01-17 | Author:Burton Watson

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE EMERGENCE OF THE TREASURE TOWER At that time in the Buddha's presence there was a tower adorned with the seven treasures, five hundred yojanas in height and ...
( Category: Buddhism June 11,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2006-10-10 | Author:Shunryu Suzuki

Here is a kind of frog koan for you. Baso was a famous Zen master called the Horse-master. He was the disciple of Nangaku, one of the Sixth Patriarch's disciples. ...
( Category: Spirituality June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-10 | Author:Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

PROBLEM 6: BOREDOM It is difficult to imagine anything more inherently boring than sitting still for an hour with nothing to do but feel the air going in and out ...
( Category: Theravada June 11,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sister Dang Nghiem [Nghiem, Sister Dang]

Chapter Five REVERENCE AND RESPECT Reverence is the nature of my love. —From a calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh When we realize that we’re the product of all of our ...
( Category: Spirituality June 9,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-13 | Author:Ezra Bayda [Bayda, Ezra]

In Our Darkest Moments Sometimes, however, our emotions can feel so overwhelming that no matter what we do we remain entrenched in them. When we experience these dark moments, even ...
( Category: Philosophy June 9,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1996-01-19 | Author:Damien Keown

Mahāyanā Virtues The Six Perfections (pāramitās) of a Bodhisattva are: 1. Generosity (dāna) 2. Morality (sîla) 3. Patience 4. Courage (vīrya) 5. Meditation (samādhi) 6. Wisdom (prajñā). Bodhisattvas who had ...
( Category: Buddhism June 7,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Kittisaro [Thanissara and Kittisaro]

TEACHINGS FROM THE DEPTH Develop a mind, which rests on nothing whatsoever. —Huang Po The Diamond Sutra states, “All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dewdrops and ...
( Category: Theravada June 2,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn [Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn]

We all run up against social borders in our lives that can seem as wide as oceans, or as narrow as creeks. Eventually we are compelled to cross into unknown ...
( Category: Philosophy June 2,2015 )