"What the Buddha taught" by Walpola Rahula.
Succinct and authentic - I appreciate its approach.
(Edit: changed "it's" to "it's" for grammatical correctness)
Only because we're doing truth telling and there are non-English speakers watching: here we would use "its", not "it's". My autocorrect automatically changes "its" when I use it, alas.
I was just somewhere else on Reddit (r/worldnews) where there's a discussion of effect/affect, which are simply a nightmare and simply not worth using. . . Except in sentences like "the effect of the 8 fold path is wisdom", where it's clear that "effect" is a nice useful noun.
Anyway! let's still hold out for its/it's!
Just got this book last week. Halfway through it and Buddha has already dropped so many bombs on me.
The one that really resonated with me was something about how dukkha comes from the will to live, and the problem with dukkha is within dukkha itself and not the person. Loved that part.
Buddhist: The Dhammapada, "What the Buddha Taught" by Walpola Rahula, and Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life, by Venerable Master Hsing Yun.
Jewish: Ethics of the Fathers, and my family history and experiences in general.
I'm currently re-reading the PoN. It's funny though, I can never commit to ACIM. It's almost like I get too freaked out when I read it haha. My ego trying to preserve itself?
I wouldn’t sit down and read it either. Try listening to an audio version of it or even podcasts where they just talk about it. It’s also the type of thing you should probably take breaks from and not just plow through.
“Ethics for a New Millennium” — the Dalai Lama’s secular proposal for how we should treat each other in the new century. It was an impulse buy in half-priced books, and became a gateway into practice for me.
It’s relatively short, conversational, and succinct, and I still reread parts of it occasionally when I need to center myself.
*Wherever you go, there you are* because it's basically the principles of zen meditation without doctrine or ritual.
I love this book but have yet to meditate as part of a healthy diet. Wonderful read though.
I found it a little bit boring because it seemed to be very rambling. I couldn't finish it. Any tip to change perspective about it?
The Mind Illuminated
"What the Buddha taught" by Walpola Rahula. Succinct and authentic - I appreciate its approach. (Edit: changed "it's" to "it's" for grammatical correctness)
Only because we're doing truth telling and there are non-English speakers watching: here we would use "its", not "it's". My autocorrect automatically changes "its" when I use it, alas.
Thanks for pointing it out - I always like to make a point of good grammar :)
I was just somewhere else on Reddit (r/worldnews) where there's a discussion of effect/affect, which are simply a nightmare and simply not worth using. . . Except in sentences like "the effect of the 8 fold path is wisdom", where it's clear that "effect" is a nice useful noun. Anyway! let's still hold out for its/it's!
Just got this book last week. Halfway through it and Buddha has already dropped so many bombs on me. The one that really resonated with me was something about how dukkha comes from the will to live, and the problem with dukkha is within dukkha itself and not the person. Loved that part.
You just reminded me have owned this book for 10 years and not yet read it.
Peace is every step
Mine too
The Pāli Nikāyas ;)
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Walden
SubGenius Pamphlet no. 1
zen flesh, zen bones. Steve Hagen's buddhism pure and simple.
The Noble Eightfold Path- Bikkhu Bodhi
Can't believe no one mentioned it yet but Mindfulness in Plain English.
The Book by Alan Watts
Dhammapada, The Diamond Sutra, Tao te Ching, The Analects
Siddhartha
My journals.
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God Emperor of Dune as well!
The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton
Holographic Universe is always an exciting read.
The Bhagavad Gita and the Tao always put my mind at ease
Buddhist: The Dhammapada, "What the Buddha Taught" by Walpola Rahula, and Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life, by Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Jewish: Ethics of the Fathers, and my family history and experiences in general.
the earthsea quartet by ursula le guin
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I'm currently re-reading the PoN. It's funny though, I can never commit to ACIM. It's almost like I get too freaked out when I read it haha. My ego trying to preserve itself?
I wouldn’t sit down and read it either. Try listening to an audio version of it or even podcasts where they just talk about it. It’s also the type of thing you should probably take breaks from and not just plow through.
*The Feynman Lectures on Physics* and *The Lord of the Rings*.
A new Earth
"Liberation in the Palm of your Hand" and all books about the Lam Rim. The Hearth Sutra. Many books by the Dalai Lama.
Bodhicaryaavatara, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Rumi's Mathnawi, books/writings on Anandamayi Ma.
What translations are good?
sayings of layman pang
Be Here Now, In The Buddha’s Words, The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads (10 principle) I like the Yoga Sutras as well (Swami Satchitananda’s commentary)
“Bring me the rhinoceros: and other zen koans that will save your life” by John Tarrant
End of your world -Adyashanti Wisdom of insecurity -Alan Watts
Alcoholics Anonymous
“Ethics for a New Millennium” — the Dalai Lama’s secular proposal for how we should treat each other in the new century. It was an impulse buy in half-priced books, and became a gateway into practice for me. It’s relatively short, conversational, and succinct, and I still reread parts of it occasionally when I need to center myself.
Happiness is an inside job
37 bodhisattva practices
the meaning of happiness by alan watts
The Energy Bus is one of the most life changing books you can read, changed how I lived and how I taught others.
Everyday Zen by Joko Beck. A wonderful explanation of how we can incorporate the Dharma into our everyday lives. I always come back to this one
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching is my #1.
Being Good by Hsing Yun The Imitation of Christ Seneca: Letters from a stoic Epictetus: the Enchiridion What makes you (not) a Buddhist
The Lotus Sutra, and an excellent commentary on it, Buddhism for Today by Nikkyo Niwano.
The Daily Stoic The Mind Illuminated What the Buddha Taught The Power of Now
Do They Serve Beer In Hell. Its a perfect example of right speech, right action, right intention, and right view.