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OfflineAndy21
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Buddhism book
    #6246052 - 11/04/06 05:11 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Hey guys, I feel kind of isolated and stuck spiritually. I just wanted to know what spiritual/buddhist books have helped you to feel that compassion and connection to other people. I can't shroom right now because I am busy at work and gotta keep my shit together.

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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6246080 - 11/04/06 05:41 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

as cheesy as it sounds, the book "Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz changed my life... or rather, got my first foot in the door.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6246081 - 11/04/06 05:41 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Charlotte Joko Beck is a Zen teacher in the United States and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey in 1917, she studied music at Oberlin College and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher. She opened the San Diego Zen Center in 1983 and served as its head teacher until July of 2006. She now lives in Precott, Arizona, where she teaches part time


anything by joko beck is extremely humanizing


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249078 - 11/05/06 02:04 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

I agree with the above suggestion for a Beck book. Also, try out "Turning the mind into an ally" or "Zen mind, beginner's mind." Anything by thich nhat hanh also rocks.

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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249093 - 11/05/06 02:11 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Osho has helped and still is helping me a great deal. I think his postmodern outlook on spirituality really fits into this world that isolates us so much from the other.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: thegoat191]
    #6249201 - 11/05/06 03:56 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Thanks guys, I already read Turning the mind into an Ally last year, I was having serious panic attacks and anxiety at the time because I was about to move back to the UK from the US and I reeeeally did not want to go. That book really helped me to get my shit together.

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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249541 - 11/05/06 08:50 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Buddhism Plain and Simple by Paul O'Hagan

Small book, simple introduction to Buddhist principles. Its pretty good, but perhaps you are a little further down the line than it reaches.

Or perhaps it is just what you need! Simple book, simple mind. Maybe.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249545 - 11/05/06 08:51 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Be Here Now by Ram Dass was by far the most spiritual book I have ever read.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: PowerTrip]
    #6249581 - 11/05/06 09:18 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

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PowerTrip said:
Be Here Now by Ram Dass was by far the most spiritual book I have ever read.




Yes!

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Re: Buddhism book [Re: blo0mz]
    #6249716 - 11/05/06 10:53 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)



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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Cherk]
    #6249724 - 11/05/06 10:58 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Check out "Turning toward the Mystery" By Stephen Levine


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249735 - 11/05/06 11:03 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Check out the Bodhicaryavatara, a famous Buddhist text written Shantideva, a Buddhist monk in the 8th century. It's a guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6249747 - 11/05/06 11:07 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

Andy21 said:
Hey guys, I feel kind of isolated and stuck spiritually. I just wanted to know what spiritual/buddhist books have helped you to feel that compassion and connection to other people. I can't shroom right now because I am busy at work and gotta keep my shit together.






Haha.

The Book - Alan Watts

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Re: Buddhism book [Re: PowerTrip]
    #6249846 - 11/05/06 11:50 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

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PowerTrip said:
Be Here Now by Ram Dass was by far the most spiritual book I have ever read.




Definitely the book with the deepest understanding of what's "going on" that I've read  :thumbup:


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: redgreenvines]
    #6260693 - 11/08/06 06:56 AM (17 years, 4 months ago)

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Charlotte Joko Beck is a Zen teacher in the United States and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey in 1917, she studied music at Oberlin College and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher. She opened the San Diego Zen Center in 1983 and served as its head teacher until July of 2006. She now lives in Precott, Arizona, where she teaches part time


anything by joko beck is extremely humanizing




i got this in the mail a couple days ago, 50 pages in and i love it


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: bobjones]
    #6266125 - 11/09/06 04:36 PM (17 years, 4 months ago)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead (green cover edition)
The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama

Try those two. There are tons of great Buddhist books out there, check out your library or Barnes and Nobles.


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Andy21]
    #6266421 - 11/09/06 06:02 PM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Journey to Ixtlan by Castaneda


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #6266478 - 11/09/06 06:15 PM (17 years, 4 months ago)

:yesnod:  :lol:


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Icelander]
    #6266514 - 11/09/06 06:28 PM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Yes?


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Re: Buddhism book [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
    #6266555 - 11/09/06 06:39 PM (17 years, 4 months ago)

Yes. All one.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

Edited by Icelander (11/09/06 06:39 PM)

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