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 matt66
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#1098879 - 11/30/02 06:40 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have a very vague 10 page paper assignment in my Buddhism class where I think I'd like to do a focused study on the illusion of the ego. I'd like a book with a good description of the doctrine from the canon of original eastern literature on Buddhism, and some books simply expounding on the implications of escaping the ego game etc. If anyone knows any books which would be useful for this topic, please post them here. Thanks
el gato grande
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Truth is the daughter of time, time doesn't exist...
Truth cannot exist within the human convention of time- The Goat Hath Spoken
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 Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1098956 - 11/30/02 07:30 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Island by Aldous Huxely. the tibetan book of the dead as well?
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What?
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Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1101074 - 12/01/02 03:35 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Concerning the ego, you might want to look into Osho, or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, which is the same guy, but don't ask me why. He has written a lot on the subject (here's a good one).
Quotes from buddhist scriptures (not only, but also on the ego) can be found here.
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Re: good books [Re: Nomad]
#1101190 - 12/01/02 04:44 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Very helpful Nomad. Thanks. 
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Re: good books [Re: ]
#1101719 - 12/01/02 09:15 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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mr m. you're not an old rajneeshi are you? if so, what are the odds it was swami's sweaty paw at that love fest in '79?  oooh spit on it first please!
actually i think osho has written some very beautiful thoughts.
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Shhhh I never kiss and tell. 
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Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1102153 - 12/01/02 11:55 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://www.totse.com/en/drugs/psychedelics/psychdlc.html
a 65 page online manual based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
You may very well find it useful for more than your report.
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Without everything wouldn't nothing be everything and without nothing wouldn't everything be nothing.I am the beginning and the end,the source and the void, the light and the darkness,i am but a small drop of the ocean yet i am an ocean unto myself
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Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1103228 - 12/02/02 06:48 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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alan watts
the book : on the taboo against knowing who you really are
(&several of his other books, to be sure...)
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Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1105188 - 12/02/02 10:01 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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J. Krishnamurti - "think on these things"
Pema Chodron - "start where you are at"
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Re: good books [Re: matt66]
#1106389 - 12/03/02 06:48 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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robert s de ropp:
the master game
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suzuki roshi:
zen mind, beginner's mind
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