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Re: Recommended reading
by ancientbuddhism » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:54 pm
The Origin of Insight Meditation, by L.S. Cousins
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Library
A Handful of Leaves
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A Handful of Leaves
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Re: Recommended reading
by Javi » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:50 am
Tons of free ebooks from various Ajahns (Sumedho, Chah, Maha boowa, etc) on the Abhayagiri monastery website Lots of good stuff here
Free ebooks from various Ajahns on dhammatalks.org
Ajahn Chah on meditation - just clear cut instructions
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu on anapanasati
Ajahn Brahm - Mindfulness bliss and beyond, Chapters 1-5 includes basic meditation instructions
Ven Sujiva - For the stilling of volcanoes
Bhante Vimalarimsi - Anapanasati sutta guide
Free ebooks from various Ajahns on dhammatalks.org
Ajahn Chah on meditation - just clear cut instructions
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu on anapanasati
Ajahn Brahm - Mindfulness bliss and beyond, Chapters 1-5 includes basic meditation instructions
Ven Sujiva - For the stilling of volcanoes
Bhante Vimalarimsi - Anapanasati sutta guide
"If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires." ― Epicurus
"You cannot step twice into the same rivers; for fresh waters are always flowing in upon you." ― Heraclitus
I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions... ― David Hume
"You cannot step twice into the same rivers; for fresh waters are always flowing in upon you." ― Heraclitus
I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions... ― David Hume
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Re: Recommended reading
by SamKR » Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:56 am
bodom wrote:The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna : A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, With an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali by Nyanaponika
I found this book is also available online for free in google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=UaIuXn ... e&q&f=true
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Re: Recommended reading
by pulga » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:18 pm
I've been considering ordering the latest edition of Ven. Ñanavira's Clearing the Path. I have the first edition published in 1987, but would like to know how it compares with the newer, unedited version. If anyone has had the chance to compare the two, I'd be appreciative of your comments. Thank you.
"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost." Fernando Pessoa
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Re: Recommended reading
by daverupa » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:56 pm
pulga wrote:I've been considering ordering the latest edition of Ven. Ñanavira's Clearing the Path. I have the first edition published in 1987, but would like to know how it compares with the newer, unedited version. If anyone has had the chance to compare the two, I'd be appreciative of your comments. Thank you.
You can read the Editor's Foreword in the 2003 edition here (.pdf, page ix).
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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Re: Recommended reading
by pulga » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:10 pm
daverupa wrote:You can read the Editor's Foreword in the 2003 edition
This is the same Editor's Foreword as the 1987 edition. I believe the most recent edition includes the drafted letters in their entirety. While I trust that Ven. Bodhesako included all that was relevant in his edition, I'm still intrigued by what anecdotal information the manuscripts have to offer. I may be disappointed of course: the 2010 edition may have little to offer me, but I'm inclined to ascertain that for myself.
"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost." Fernando Pessoa
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Re: Recommended reading
by daverupa » Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:35 pm
I hadn't heard of a later edition, so this is interesting news.
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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