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“Buddhist Books for Your Next 50 Years”
one of the best beginner's Buddhist book-lists
online
YOU are only 'expected' to read but one
book for
your Beginner's Meditation Class:
"A Path With Heart".
This BookList is for an enriched good
lifetime of reading
• About 'WORDS' ! - very little reading
expectations
• Your Introduction to BASIC Buddhist
Books
• CORE BOOKS: highly recommended ‘classic’
reading
• Books of POETRY that inspire
Heart-Awakening
• Dharma 'Classics' - early Western
writings
• Sri Ramana Maharshi, J. Krishnamurti
& D.T. Suzuki
the modern 'Godfathers' of the "Inquiry Into The Self "
• FREE Buddhist Readings & Resources,
Links,
Booklets, books, print out FREE Online teachings
• ‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available
Online –
• About "Out of Print" Books;
an endangered species
• Spiritual-oriented Bookstores:
Westside L.A. area
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Buddhist BOOKS - The Classics:
Out of date beautiful Jewels -
recut and reset, and resplendent !
Absolutely Nothing Here
to Sell, Only to ‘Point’ and Inform
the current / next
generation of learners -- Back in
the day of the Late 1970’s - when all we did have was real paper and ink books,
a few taped talks, some articles in a new age magazines and Xerox notices on a ragged
Co-Op bulletin board about up-coming yoga or meditation classes of teachers we
followed. Do you remember Spiritual-oriented bookstores? Well, then came the popular
level of access to having a computer. Media completely changed. Everything
changed. Everything went up online, Our whole notions of time, space, speed, distance
and communication and on-demand ‘accessibility’ to information changed. Totally.
Books were out. We went online to get every kind of instruction on how to
enlighten our selves by ourselves. Yet, the ‘new’ social aspects of social
media outnumbered the readers --and a new balance appeared.Live oral teachings
grew. Our teachers talked us back onto the cushions again, and some of us made
tit to poetry 0--Live ! Life had come nack agai, if you knew to see the opportunity…
David Letterman
quipped about the PC - “Remember kids, it’s still only TV”-- well that’s
the least of it now-- Jay Leno in a
serious interview said “Hey, no matter what the new technology presents to you,
it really always comes down to the significance
of the online ‘content’ -- It’s still all about Meaning -- What Are They Saying ?” Thank you for that Mr. Leno. I use a PC screen
and read on there. I may also try a tablet --but always alongside BOOKS.
So to again pick up a thread -- now back in the day of the late 1990’s -- I started a sorta’
Buddhist Booklist online and naturally, knowing myself, I let it slide over the
last few years -- so the good thing is, it’s become a seminal book list of the early classic, really good ones by
authors back then who are now into their 9th or 10th book
by now -- the early ones revealed a lot of secrets, and probably never to be
reprinted. My mentor would often say: “Teachers are not here to tell you the Way,
but they are here to point.” Street signs or ‘pointers’ on the way for the
wayfarer. Not to be misled, yet no one can have the’ experience’ for you.
So I didn’t
want to delete these pages of goodies -- so here’s a long overdue contribution.
I hope people find these books handed to hand oreven lovingly scattered along the
Path.
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BOOK LIST
“Buddhist
Books for Your Next 50 Years”
"One
of the best beginner's
Buddhist
book-lists online"
•
Buying NEW BOOKS - 'Independent' bookstores !!!
• About
'WORDS' ! - very little reading expectations
•
Introduction to BASIC Buddhist Books
"A
Path With Heart” by Jack Kornfield
• List
of CORE BOOKS:
highly
recommended ‘classic’ reading
• Books
of POETRY that inspire Heart-Awakening
•
Dharma 'Classics' - early Western writings
• Sri
Ramana Maharshi • Krishnamurti • D.T. Suzuki
the modern 'Godfathers' of the "Inquiry
Into The Self "
• Ram
Dass pioneering first Westerner of our generation
•
‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available Online –
• About
"Out of Print" Books, endangered species
• FREE
General Buddhist Readings & Resources,
Booklets, books, print out FREE Online
teachings
•
‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available Online –
• About
"Out of Print" Books, endangered species
•
Spiritual-oriented Bookstores: Westside L.A. area
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( 1 )
"A PATH WITH HEART" by Jack Kornfield – is our Gold-Standard working
'manual' for all classes we offer. A most important, very complete
compendium on meditation to continually 'inform' your evolving Dharma-mind – so
you'll know 'what' IT is you're 'observing' when you sit there in meditation -
and 'what' you're 'experiencing' when you're out there in everyday-life. This book
is a definite 'keeper'. Enjoy ! This
required class-book is for purchase in stores or online.
NEWCOMERS: please start the "PATH" book with reading
focused in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 – with particular attention to Chapter 7. And also begin Chapters 13,14 with
attention to Chapter 14. Try to martk up
your book pages, with pen or Hi-Lite pen. Start your own ‘Index’ on blank back
pages to quickly find stuff.
‘A Path with Heart’ is a book for life,
for your continual sitting meditation guidance, encouragement and reference.
Yes, It’s one of those kinda books. Everything else below is a remarkably good
selection of teachings, but really entirely optional reading if you're not a
'reader'. If you are, have the time of your life !
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recommended but optional: 2, 3, 4 are
free online
( 2 ) "THE POWER of MINDFULNESS" by Nyanaponika Thera – ( 40
pages - FREE BOOKLET Online. Wheel No. 121/122 – ISBN : 9552400023 ) The Buddhist Publication Society
- Kandy, Sri Lanka. It's the classic little meditation booklet on developing
Mindfulness & Mindfully-Aware "Bare Attention". An excellent
detailed instruction on Attentive Mindfulness Practice, written by a European
meditation-monk in the late 1950's – it’s a very traditional tutoring in the
'whys' & 'hows' of Awareness-practice – it gives you both practical ‘tips’
on the Practice - and the reasoning as to why we do it. It's a real jewel ! We're mining very ancient treasures here.
It's ‘Recommended’ reading but Optional.
Dip into these Online Readings !
It's FREE Online or was --but probably
best to make your own Free Print-Out – one of these sites may work for you. You
probably may have to copy/paste these addresses in manually into your
'search-bar', if it doesn't click open right away or by using control + click.
When you do open the site - it should then be easy to highlight, copy/paste to
Notepad and then to a clean new Word.doc and print out what you want. These all
seem to be pdf formats, you should choose which version below works for
you. All these sites are non-commercial.
When you open the site, click 'select' and fiddle with the Zoom to get it up to
100% or more for easier reading.
Try these first, the go search.-- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel121.html or - try these two more sophisticated,
readable PDF sites. Use select & zoom functions:
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/powermindfulness.pdf (Times-font)
~ or ~
http://www.saetawwin2.org/~stw2/files/The_Power_of_Mindfulness.pdf (Arial-font)
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5 ) "THE EXPERIENCE OF INSIGHT"
by Joseph Goldstein (preferred) and/or
"INSIGHT MEDITATION: The Practice of Freedom" by Joseph Goldstein
– or – “SEEKING THE HEART OF WISDOM” by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield.
Read ANY of these basic 'practice' books by these two renown, first American teachers
of Theravada-Vipassana Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation in the West during the
‘spiritual’ 70’s & 80’s. Yes, it was all very fresh then! It was All new. A direct spill-over of the
60’s. Not much sorting out to do. Today’s sincere ‘seeking’ takes remarkable
discernment in an over-saturated spiritual as well as therapeutic marketplace.
Choose carefully. Look for kindness merged with intelligence, not fascinating
‘claims’ & rewards.
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( 6 ) "A GRADUAL AWAKENING" by Stephen Levine - another remarkably
clear and caringly written guide from the heart, that speaks about the way
to practice. Again, read anything else by Levine, another of these renown
senior pioneering Western Buddhist meditation-teachers. This book is now also
considered a classic. Stephen passed away, his son Noah Levine is now teaching
world wide !!! AgainstTheStream.org Los
Angeles based.
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( 7 ) "THE IMPACT OF AWAKENING" by Adyashanti – Remarkably
‘Realized’ satsang teaching-dialogues of a supremely good American teacher that
breaches the bounds of conventional Buddhism or even Zen itself !
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( 8 ) "BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS"
by Stephen Batchelor -
Riverhead Books. A chewy, slim book offering a deep understanding of Buddhism
that is extraordinarily contemporary, concise & in a smart, pithy
presentation of the Buddhist Path of personal transformation in a very
straightforward manner that asks us to comprehend and slowly think along with
the written word. We've used this book for Deep Dharma study alongside "A
Path With Heart". Read Stephen’s many crusher books since then… what a mind !
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( 9 ) "The COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM" by
Gary Gach – ( optional means only if
you wish to get it ) - a delightfully rich, chunky, encyclopedic-style tome
that completely covers the entire subject of 'Buddhism' in all it's many
aspects, history, personalities & teachings – in a very readable, graphics format.
It's the kinda' book Buddhist teachers have waited years for – at last, all in
one very intelligent book ! FUN !!! Just
Love It !
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Online Reading & Hand-Outs: Informative,
a bit more academic-style reading Online is always recommended or Handouts will
be occasionally provided free ( or at copying-cost ) as Take-Home reading
materials or quality Online-Links like www.Wikipedia.com -or- http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Category:Buddhist_Meditation
or-
http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Category:Theravada_Buddhism for an amazing selection !
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VERY VERY CORE
BOOKS
recommended
‘classic’ reading:
not listed here in
any particular
order, except by
title length.
“ZEN LIFE” by D.T. Suzuki
"AS IT IS" by Tony Parsons
"ONE DHARMA" by Joseph Goldstein
"EMPTINESS DANCING" by Adyashanti
"LOVING-KINDNESS" by Sharon Salzberg
"A PATH WITH HEART" by Jack Kornfield
"THE IMPACT of AWAKENING" by Adyashanti
"THE MYTH of FREEDOM" by Chogyam Trungpa
"A GRADUAL AWAKENING" by Stephen Levine
"WHEN THINGS FALL APART" by Pema Chodron
"WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT" by Walpola Rahula
"BUDDHISM WITHOUT
BELIEFS" by Stephen Batchelor
"AFTER THE ECSTASY, THE
LAUNDRY" by Jack Kornfield
"Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts
Unknown" by Alan Watts
"MINDFULNESS in PLAIN
ENGLISH" by Henepola Gunaratana
"TURNING TO THE SOURCE" by Dhiravamsa
ISBN 0931892201
"THE HEART OF BUDDHIST
MEDITATION" by Nyanaponika Thera
"Mindfulness With Breathing" A
Manual by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
"CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL
MATERIALISM" by Chogyam Trungpa
"SEEKING THE HEART of WISDOM"
by Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield
"This Is It" (and Other Essays
on Zen and Spiritual Experience) by Alan Watts
"The Wisdom of Insecurity: A
Message for an Age of Anxiety" by Alan Watts
"THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH: Way to
the End of Suffering" by Bhikkhu Bodhi
"SELF-REALIZATION" by Byron Katie - a tiny jewel of a book that
truly says it all
"THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to
UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM" by Gary
Gach
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... and any books
by any of these
author / teachers ...
Look for book and shop by AUTHOR…
"Ask The Awakened" by Wei Wu Wei
"Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach
"Doing Nothing" by Steven Harrison
"The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
“Breath by Breath” by Larry Rosenberg
"Total Freedom: The Essential.
Krishnamurti"
“After the Ecstasy, the Laundry” by Jack Kornfield
"Everyday Zen: Love &
Work" by Charlotte Joko Beck
"Wherever You Go, There You
Are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Going to Pieces" &
"Open to Desire" by Mark
Epstein
"I Am That" Satsang transcriptions of Nisargadatta
Maharaj
"Journey to Ixtlan" &
"Tales of Power" by Carlos
Casteneda
"Instinct for Freedom" by Alan Clements (a political dharma)
“Don't Just Do Something....”, “It's
Easier Thank You Think”,
“That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist”
by Sylvia Boorstein,
“Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art
of Happiness ~and~
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg
"The Essential Ken Wilber: An
Introductory Reader" by Ken Wilber
“Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment” by Thaddeus Golas (1971)
"Intro to Zen Buddhism" “Zen
Life” D.T. Suzuki (Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
"Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen
Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki" by
David Chadwick and original Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
( Be Careful, there's 2 Suzuki’s )
"Living With the Devil: A
Meditation on Good and Evil" by Stephen Batchelor
"Dharma Punx" &
"Against The Stream" by Noah Levine ~ Buddhist Recovery
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The Books of POETRY that inspire Heart-Awakening is awesome !
Here are just some. A tiny few. Start
with anthologies to whet your taste for the
wide range of words that is called
Poetry. Most L.A. book stores still only carry a
small section of Poetry. Specialty
"literature" stores are best, and a poetry book
is something you would want to hold and
browse in your hand first before buying:
Dutton's in Brentwood ( FYI now closed )
The Bodhi Tree in West Hollywood.( FYI
now closed )
Of course, you certainly may want to
order thru your local ‘artsy’ independent book
store, that’s what keeps them in
business! What is here is a short, sweet
beginning.
"A GRATEFUL HEART" – edited by
M.J. Ryan - Conari Press – has great blessings
"THE ESSENTIAL RUMI" – by
Coleman Barks - the best Rumi poetry translations
"THE RAG & BONE SHOP of THE
HEART" – by Robert Bly – a great anthology
"LIFE PRAYERS" – inspiring
anthology of sacred poetry from around the world
edited by Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon – also their 1st
collection:
"EARTH PRAYERS" – if choosing
only one: certainly get "Life Prayers".
"THE ENLIGHTENED HEART" –
translated by Stephen Mitchell
a beautiful selection of multicultural inspiring sacred poetry
"THE KABIR BOOK" – translated
by Robert Bly
"CHUANG TZU" – by Thomas
Merton
There are many small poetry sites out
there,
search and ye shall find – here is just
one:
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/
and
home-site
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/
and about their free daily poetry
sign-up.
Worth having!
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The Asian Pioneers
. . . east meets west
Sri Ramana Maharshi – J. Krishnamurti – and
D.T. Suzuki - three of the most renown Wisdom-Teachers of the first half of
the 20th century. They were sort of the three major 'Godfathers' of a modern
non-duality, an uncompromised 'Inquiry Into The Self ' – as was The Buddha
himself of long, long ago ~ and were able to bring it to all of us, intact . .
.
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Sri Ramana Maharshi was probably the most
profound Indian sage of the 20th century. He was
renowned for his saintly life, simplicity and the depth & completeness of
his self-realization. There are a multitude of websites and free downloads,
excerpts of his teachings - a true surfing of consciousness is available to you
!
http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/books.htm FREE online -when there, click on: "Who
Am I?" - "Self Enquiry" - "Spiritual Instruction" -
"Bhagavan Ramana"
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Sri Ramana Maharshi ( 1879–1950 ) born
to a middle-class Hindu Brahmin family in Tamil Nadu, India. After having
attained a sudden moksha 'spiritual liberation' at the age of 16, he left home
for Arunachala, a small mountain considered sacred by Hindus, at
Tiruvannamalai, and lived there for all the rest of his life.
That was it. Sri Ramana always
maintained that the purest form of his teachings was the powerful 'silence' which
radiated from his presence and quieted the minds of those attuned to it. He gave verbal teachings only for the benefit
of those who could not understand his 'silence'. His verbal teachings were said
to flow from his direct experience of Consciousness as the only existing
Reality. When asked for advice, he strongly recommended
"Self-Inquiry" as the fastest path to freedom. Though his primary teaching is associated
with Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga, he also highly recommended
devotional Bhakti and also
Theravada Buddhism – and gave his approval to a variety of other
intelligent, quality paths and practices. The renown Buddhist teacher Bhante
Ananda Maitreya of Sri Lanka was an early 20th century student. ( also see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi )
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J. Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti said:
"The description is not the described." –
and "It is the
Truth itself that frees, not your 'effort' to be free."
Krishnamurti ( 1895–1986 ) was born in Madras into a Telugu Brahmin family in
then colonial India. He was subsequently raised on the grounds of the
prestigious Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras under the
tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, who believed him to be the
'vehicle' as an expected "World Teacher". As a young man, he
disavowed this idea and dissolved The Order of the Star, a world-wide
organization. He spent the rest of his
life traveling the world as an individual speaker. He authored a hugely
prolific number of books, among them 'The First and Last Freedom', 'The Only
Revolution', and 'Krishnamurti's Notebook'. At age 90, he addressed the United
Nations on the subject of peace & awareness, and was awarded the 1984 UN
Peace Medal. He died at his home at The Oak Grove School in Ojai,
California. "K" got us to
question everything.
His dedicated supporters, working
through several non-profit educational foundations, oversee a number of very
sophisticated independent schools
centered on his progressive views on education – in India, England and the
United States – and continue to transcribe and distribute many of his thousands
of audio talks, group and individual discussions with scientists, statesmen and
philosophers, and other writings, publishing them in a variety of formats
including print, audio, video and digital formats as well as online, in many
languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Krishnamurti
"Total Freedom: The Essential.
Krishnamurti" 1996 - a starter, big
anthology
"Freedom From The Known" by J.
Krishnamurti
–
he's a slow deep read
The Krishnamurti Foundation:
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org
His history & quotes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti#Quotations
A talk on 'Contradiction' -
http://www.werobot.com/jk/contradiction.htm
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D.T. Suzuki ~ the quiet little oriental
professor . . .
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ( 1870–1966 ) famous Japanese professor,
author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were remarkably
instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Far Eastern philosophy in
general to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese,
and Sanskrit literature. The wonderfully notrious Alan Watts was his brilliant
disciple.
... also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._T._Suzuki for a start
"Intro to Zen Buddhism" and
also “Zen Life” both by D.T. Suzuki (Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
A ZEN LIFE ~ a wonderful D.T. Suzuki
bio-documentary.
http://www.azenlife-film.org/top.htm
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Ram Dass our pioneering, dear Wisdom Elder & Friend – bridging Old
India to New America. Ram Dass ( Richard Alpert, PhD ) The first Westerner of
our generation to really, truly offer us a totally contemporary, relatable
spiritual Heart-Language – pointing to a wise, truhful, authentic Compassion
and Love to actually Practice it through one's own experiences ! READ or LISTEN to absolutely anything at all
you may find by Ram Dass. Just like Alan Watts, he’s one of ‘us’, speaking to
us directly in our own post-60’s language. Sort of a brilliant rock star of the
Spirit ! http://www.ramdasstapes.org/index.htm Listening to Ram Dass on CDs is the way to
begin..."The main thing about our Baba Ram Dass is he's authentic! Ram Dass is a real person" "I See" said The Blind Man”
'Cause we haven't really 'seen' before,
only just 'Believed' – We DO need words,
seminars, CD's, books, talks, mentoring, teachers, classes & retreats, and
lots of awareness applied to everyday-life Practice. We need a deeply
re-cultured and re-schooled intelligence to correctly 'inform' us of What is
Real.
An ancient formula for healing
obscurations & inner-blindness is:
“ Gerunding Forwarding Forward “
That is >>THAT<<” - Which IS - Just As It Is”
It’s all 'is-ing' – It’s all 'verb-ing' – It’s all 'now-ing'
It's ALL Being . . . ( ahh, that's what it is ! )
You have to be very quick n' aware
to glimpse it all in the Now.
So stop tying up
your personal
‘identity’
in All & Every Thing.
It’s ALL still too small.
The Universe still
can’t match it . Give up.
Only Now – now as
we're just learning to 'see' The Now
quite clearly – later on, we can
lovingly give all these 'words'
away - and be Free, as now those words
have become ME -
(which Isn’t) - and pass on those
wonderful wisdom-provoking
books on & on - or even, go ahead,
and kill-off The Buddha.
So be very patient & perceptive in
your Awakened-Stillness.
Read something profound that's a Much
Ado about Nothing.
Be vigilant of the biased comfort-zones
of 'Spiritual Extremes'.
Of too much comatose, fructose, hidden
idealism or nihilism
– then you'll come through appreciative,
kind, clean & empty.
But just don't ever lamely say the
Buddha ate my homework.
But my teacher loves me 'cause I know
now at least I'm Lovable.
Gosh, I'm just fakin' it - til I ‘make
it’. It's called ‘Practice’.
Everything is a Practice Opportunity
! No Exceptions !
~ poet Billy Bo Sat
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_www.dharmaseed.org LISTEN FREE !
LISTEN YOUR WAY to AWAKEN.MENT !
is the best Audio 'Master Course' in
Buddhist Vipassana Insight Meditation
!!!
http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/
~ the whole site is an absolute Jewel
!!!
The Best-rated Buddhist E-zines . . .
Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review – http://www.tricycle.com/ simply the number one, independent voice of
Buddhism – published by The Buddhist Peace Fellowship
The Shambhala Sun –
http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php
Buddhism • Culture • Meditation • Life • North America’s oldest and most
widely-read Buddhist magazine,
Buddhadharma: the practitioner's quarterly – http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/index.php The journal for
Buddhists of all traditions who wish to deepen their practice & study of
the dharma.
The Middle Way: Journal of The Buddhist Society UK –
http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/aboutus/index.html
- by far the oldest (1924) and most venerable.
Adyashanti ~ www.adyashanti.org
'live' satsangs & leads retreats in the Bay area.
Cafe Dharma / Radio Adyashanti –
Adyashanti's teachings feel like a smooth blend of Zen & Advaita
Non-Duality sensibilities at a profoundly deep but accessible level. Here's a
growing library of full-length "Impact of Awakening" satsang
recordings. At their audio library
you'll always find some satsangs to download for free! www.adyashanti.org/cafedharma to download full-length satsangs
and listen to them on your computer or
your mp3 player.
SOUNDS TRUE: Audio Wisdom for
the Inner Life, Sounds True is a publisher of more than 1600 audio programs
featuring the leading spiritual teachers, healers, thinkers, and visionary
artists of our time – with tools and teachings to spark your inner evolution
... www.soundstrue.com really has the best !
The rest of what's below is some great
print-teachings and some audio-links.
www.Wikipedia.com is an
absolutely great print resource – a gem !
Start with these ~ and then see where the journey of 'links' takes
you . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuddhIsm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness
http://www.accesstoinsight.org ~ Access
to Insight:
Readings in Theravada Buddhism a wide variety
of contemporary
Buddhist authors as well as Asian
traditional ‘orthodox’ sources.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel121.html ~ Meditation Instruction
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bpslist.html ~ Buddhist Publication Society titles offered
FREE
http://www.buddhanet.org high-end ‘traditional’ formal
Dharma-teachings of both major classical schools.
NOTE 2 different organizations: both are
Asian-sponsored web-sites bridging to the West; .org & .net
http://www.buddhanet.net/sitemap.htm site map to navigate
http://www.buddhanet.net/index.html all sorts of user-friendly corners to
quietly consider & contemplate
http://www.buddhanet.net/books/main.htm a marvelous initial attempt to simplify
Buddhist ideas, practical
‘practice’ approaches to make
relate-able an everyday daily-Dharma of enlightened living in our lives Now.
http://www.buddhanet.net/xmed3.htm an informed ~meditation~ itself is the focus
here.
The two founding Theravada Buddhist
Vipassana Insight Meditation Centers in the USA
Insight Meditation Society
Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg
Barre, MA 01005 ( western Mass. )
http://dharma.org/ims/index.php
http://dharma.org/ims/mr_audio.html
http://dharma.org/ims/mr_glossary.html
gloss of Buddhist Terms to help you read
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Jack Kornfield, Silvia Boorstein
Woodacre, CA 94973 ( near Fairfax west
Marin )
http://www.spiritrock.org/
http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?catid=3&pageid=13
both centers can link you up to
Vipassana meditation practice groups
nation-wide
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The Buddhist Publication Society – is a
non-profit whose goal is to clearly explain & spread the original early
Theravada teachings of the Buddha. Founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by the
late Nyanaponika Maha-Thera. Books,
booklets & many FREE print-outs Online. The language is somewhere between
popular & academic.
http://www.bps.lk/index.html -or-
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bpslist.html
great stuff !
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Buddhist BOOKs Talk - The
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the current / next generation
of learners
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Buddhist
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Out of
date beautiful Jewels -
recut
and reset, and resplendent !
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the
current / next generation of learners
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( 14 ) The Big BOOK List & Book
Archive:
Aesthetic
& Artist & Activist & Ascetic & Altruist -- all good people
in a very profound special relationship
with the world around them
“Buddhist Books for Your Next 50 Years”
one of the best beginner's Buddhist book-lists
online
YOU are only 'expected' to read but one
book for
your Beginner's Meditation Class:
"A Path With Heart".
This BookList is for an enriched good
lifetime of reading
• About 'WORDS' ! - very little reading
expectations
• Your Introduction to BASIC Buddhist
Books
• CORE BOOKS: highly recommended ‘classic’
reading
• Books of POETRY that inspire
Heart-Awakening
• Dharma 'Classics' - early Western
writings
• Sri Ramana Maharshi, J. Krishnamurti
& D.T. Suzuki
the modern 'Godfathers' of the "Inquiry Into The Self "
• FREE Buddhist Readings & Resources,
Links,
Booklets, books, print out FREE Online teachings
• ‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available
Online –
• About "Out of Print" Books;
an endangered species
• Spiritual-oriented Bookstores:
Westside L.A. area
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Buddhist BOOKS - The Classics:
Out of date beautiful Jewels -
recut and reset, and resplendent !
Absolutely Nothing Here
to Sell, Only to ‘Point’ and Inform
the current / next
generation of learners -- Back in
the day of the Late 1970’s - when all we did have was real paper and ink books,
a few taped talks, some articles in a new age magazines and Xerox notices on a ragged
Co-Op bulletin board about up-coming yoga or meditation classes of teachers we
followed. Do you remember Spiritual-oriented bookstores? Well, then came the popular
level of access to having a computer. Media completely changed. Everything
changed. Everything went up online, Our whole notions of time, space, speed, distance
and communication and on-demand ‘accessibility’ to information changed. Totally.
Books were out. We went online to get every kind of instruction on how to
enlighten our selves by ourselves. Yet, the ‘new’ social aspects of social
media outnumbered the readers --and a new balance appeared.Live oral teachings
grew. Our teachers talked us back onto the cushions again, and some of us made
tit to poetry 0--Live ! Life had come nack agai, if you knew to see the opportunity…
David Letterman
quipped about the PC - “Remember kids, it’s still only TV”-- well that’s
the least of it now-- Jay Leno in a
serious interview said “Hey, no matter what the new technology presents to you,
it really always comes down to the significance
of the online ‘content’ -- It’s still all about Meaning -- What Are They Saying ?” Thank you for that Mr. Leno. I use a PC screen
and read on there. I may also try a tablet --but always alongside BOOKS.
So to again pick up a thread -- now back in the day of the late 1990’s -- I started a sorta’
Buddhist Booklist online and naturally, knowing myself, I let it slide over the
last few years -- so the good thing is, it’s become a seminal book list of the early classic, really good ones by
authors back then who are now into their 9th or 10th book
by now -- the early ones revealed a lot of secrets, and probably never to be
reprinted. My mentor would often say: “Teachers are not here to tell you the Way,
but they are here to point.” Street signs or ‘pointers’ on the way for the
wayfarer. Not to be misled, yet no one can have the’ experience’ for you.
So I didn’t
want to delete these pages of goodies -- so here’s a long overdue contribution.
I hope people find these books handed to hand oreven lovingly scattered along the
Path.
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“Buddhist
Books for Your Next 50 Years”
"One
of the best beginner's
Buddhist
book-lists online"
•
Buying NEW BOOKS - 'Independent' bookstores !!!
• About
'WORDS' ! - very little reading expectations
•
Introduction to BASIC Buddhist Books
"A
Path With Heart” by Jack Kornfield
• List
of CORE BOOKS:
highly
recommended ‘classic’ reading
• Books
of POETRY that inspire Heart-Awakening
•
Dharma 'Classics' - early Western writings
• Sri
Ramana Maharshi • Krishnamurti • D.T. Suzuki
the modern 'Godfathers' of the "Inquiry
Into The Self "
• Ram
Dass pioneering first Westerner of our generation
•
‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available Online –
• About
"Out of Print" Books, endangered species
• FREE
General Buddhist Readings & Resources,
Booklets, books, print out FREE Online
teachings
•
‘Book-Lovers’ USED BOOKS available Online –
• About
"Out of Print" Books, endangered species
•
Spiritual-oriented Bookstores: Westside L.A. area
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( 1 )
"A PATH WITH HEART" by Jack Kornfield – is our Gold-Standard working
'manual' for all classes we offer. A most important, very complete
compendium on meditation to continually 'inform' your evolving Dharma-mind – so
you'll know 'what' IT is you're 'observing' when you sit there in meditation -
and 'what' you're 'experiencing' when you're out there in everyday-life. This book
is a definite 'keeper'. Enjoy ! This
required class-book is for purchase in stores or online.
NEWCOMERS: please start the "PATH" book with reading
focused in Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 – with particular attention to Chapter 7. And also begin Chapters 13,14 with
attention to Chapter 14. Try to martk up
your book pages, with pen or Hi-Lite pen. Start your own ‘Index’ on blank back
pages to quickly find stuff.
‘A Path with Heart’ is a book for life,
for your continual sitting meditation guidance, encouragement and reference.
Yes, It’s one of those kinda books. Everything else below is a remarkably good
selection of teachings, but really entirely optional reading if you're not a
'reader'. If you are, have the time of your life !
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recommended but optional: 2, 3, 4 are
free online
( 2 ) "THE POWER of MINDFULNESS" by Nyanaponika Thera – ( 40
pages - FREE BOOKLET Online. Wheel No. 121/122 – ISBN : 9552400023 ) The Buddhist Publication Society
- Kandy, Sri Lanka. It's the classic little meditation booklet on developing
Mindfulness & Mindfully-Aware "Bare Attention". An excellent
detailed instruction on Attentive Mindfulness Practice, written by a European
meditation-monk in the late 1950's – it’s a very traditional tutoring in the
'whys' & 'hows' of Awareness-practice – it gives you both practical ‘tips’
on the Practice - and the reasoning as to why we do it. It's a real jewel ! We're mining very ancient treasures here.
It's ‘Recommended’ reading but Optional.
Dip into these Online Readings !
It's FREE Online or was --but probably
best to make your own Free Print-Out – one of these sites may work for you. You
probably may have to copy/paste these addresses in manually into your
'search-bar', if it doesn't click open right away or by using control + click.
When you do open the site - it should then be easy to highlight, copy/paste to
Notepad and then to a clean new Word.doc and print out what you want. These all
seem to be pdf formats, you should choose which version below works for
you. All these sites are non-commercial.
When you open the site, click 'select' and fiddle with the Zoom to get it up to
100% or more for easier reading.
Try these first, the go search.-- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel121.html or - try these two more sophisticated,
readable PDF sites. Use select & zoom functions:
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/powermindfulness.pdf (Times-font)
~ or ~
http://www.saetawwin2.org/~stw2/files/The_Power_of_Mindfulness.pdf (Arial-font)
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(
5 ) "THE EXPERIENCE OF INSIGHT"
by Joseph Goldstein (preferred) and/or
"INSIGHT MEDITATION: The Practice of Freedom" by Joseph Goldstein
– or – “SEEKING THE HEART OF WISDOM” by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield.
Read ANY of these basic 'practice' books by these two renown, first American teachers
of Theravada-Vipassana Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation in the West during the
‘spiritual’ 70’s & 80’s. Yes, it was all very fresh then! It was All new. A direct spill-over of the
60’s. Not much sorting out to do. Today’s sincere ‘seeking’ takes remarkable
discernment in an over-saturated spiritual as well as therapeutic marketplace.
Choose carefully. Look for kindness merged with intelligence, not fascinating
‘claims’ & rewards.
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( 6 ) "A GRADUAL AWAKENING" by Stephen Levine - another remarkably
clear and caringly written guide from the heart, that speaks about the way
to practice. Again, read anything else by Levine, another of these renown
senior pioneering Western Buddhist meditation-teachers. This book is now also
considered a classic. Stephen passed away, his son Noah Levine is now teaching
world wide !!! AgainstTheStream.org Los
Angeles based.
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( 7 ) "THE IMPACT OF AWAKENING" by Adyashanti – Remarkably
‘Realized’ satsang teaching-dialogues of a supremely good American teacher that
breaches the bounds of conventional Buddhism or even Zen itself !
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( 8 ) "BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS"
by Stephen Batchelor -
Riverhead Books. A chewy, slim book offering a deep understanding of Buddhism
that is extraordinarily contemporary, concise & in a smart, pithy
presentation of the Buddhist Path of personal transformation in a very
straightforward manner that asks us to comprehend and slowly think along with
the written word. We've used this book for Deep Dharma study alongside "A
Path With Heart". Read Stephen’s many crusher books since then… what a mind !
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( 9 ) "The COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM" by
Gary Gach – ( optional means only if
you wish to get it ) - a delightfully rich, chunky, encyclopedic-style tome
that completely covers the entire subject of 'Buddhism' in all it's many
aspects, history, personalities & teachings – in a very readable, graphics format.
It's the kinda' book Buddhist teachers have waited years for – at last, all in
one very intelligent book ! FUN !!! Just
Love It !
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Online Reading & Hand-Outs: Informative,
a bit more academic-style reading Online is always recommended or Handouts will
be occasionally provided free ( or at copying-cost ) as Take-Home reading
materials or quality Online-Links like www.Wikipedia.com -or- http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Category:Buddhist_Meditation
or-
http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Category:Theravada_Buddhism for an amazing selection !
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VERY VERY CORE
BOOKS
recommended
‘classic’ reading:
not listed here in
any particular
order, except by
title length.
“ZEN LIFE” by D.T. Suzuki
"AS IT IS" by Tony Parsons
"ONE DHARMA" by Joseph Goldstein
"EMPTINESS DANCING" by Adyashanti
"LOVING-KINDNESS" by Sharon Salzberg
"A PATH WITH HEART" by Jack Kornfield
"THE IMPACT of AWAKENING" by Adyashanti
"THE MYTH of FREEDOM" by Chogyam Trungpa
"A GRADUAL AWAKENING" by Stephen Levine
"WHEN THINGS FALL APART" by Pema Chodron
"WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT" by Walpola Rahula
"BUDDHISM WITHOUT
BELIEFS" by Stephen Batchelor
"AFTER THE ECSTASY, THE
LAUNDRY" by Jack Kornfield
"Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts
Unknown" by Alan Watts
"MINDFULNESS in PLAIN
ENGLISH" by Henepola Gunaratana
"TURNING TO THE SOURCE" by Dhiravamsa
ISBN 0931892201
"THE HEART OF BUDDHIST
MEDITATION" by Nyanaponika Thera
"Mindfulness With Breathing" A
Manual by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
"CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL
MATERIALISM" by Chogyam Trungpa
"SEEKING THE HEART of WISDOM"
by Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield
"This Is It" (and Other Essays
on Zen and Spiritual Experience) by Alan Watts
"The Wisdom of Insecurity: A
Message for an Age of Anxiety" by Alan Watts
"THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH: Way to
the End of Suffering" by Bhikkhu Bodhi
"SELF-REALIZATION" by Byron Katie - a tiny jewel of a book that
truly says it all
"THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to
UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM" by Gary
Gach
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... and any books
by any of these
author / teachers ...
Look for book and shop by AUTHOR…
"Ask The Awakened" by Wei Wu Wei
"Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach
"Doing Nothing" by Steven Harrison
"The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
“Breath by Breath” by Larry Rosenberg
"Total Freedom: The Essential.
Krishnamurti"
“After the Ecstasy, the Laundry” by Jack Kornfield
"Everyday Zen: Love &
Work" by Charlotte Joko Beck
"Wherever You Go, There You
Are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Going to Pieces" &
"Open to Desire" by Mark
Epstein
"I Am That" Satsang transcriptions of Nisargadatta
Maharaj
"Journey to Ixtlan" &
"Tales of Power" by Carlos
Casteneda
"Instinct for Freedom" by Alan Clements (a political dharma)
“Don't Just Do Something....”, “It's
Easier Thank You Think”,
“That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist”
by Sylvia Boorstein,
“Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art
of Happiness ~and~
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg
"The Essential Ken Wilber: An
Introductory Reader" by Ken Wilber
“Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment” by Thaddeus Golas (1971)
"Intro to Zen Buddhism" “Zen
Life” D.T. Suzuki (Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
"Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen
Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki" by
David Chadwick and original Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
( Be Careful, there's 2 Suzuki’s )
"Living With the Devil: A
Meditation on Good and Evil" by Stephen Batchelor
"Dharma Punx" &
"Against The Stream" by Noah Levine ~ Buddhist Recovery
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The Books of POETRY that inspire Heart-Awakening is awesome !
Here are just some. A tiny few. Start
with anthologies to whet your taste for the
wide range of words that is called
Poetry. Most L.A. book stores still only carry a
small section of Poetry. Specialty
"literature" stores are best, and a poetry book
is something you would want to hold and
browse in your hand first before buying:
Dutton's in Brentwood ( FYI now closed )
The Bodhi Tree in West Hollywood.( FYI
now closed )
Of course, you certainly may want to
order thru your local ‘artsy’ independent book
store, that’s what keeps them in
business! What is here is a short, sweet
beginning.
"A GRATEFUL HEART" – edited by
M.J. Ryan - Conari Press – has great blessings
"THE ESSENTIAL RUMI" – by
Coleman Barks - the best Rumi poetry translations
"THE RAG & BONE SHOP of THE
HEART" – by Robert Bly – a great anthology
"LIFE PRAYERS" – inspiring
anthology of sacred poetry from around the world
edited by Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon – also their 1st
collection:
"EARTH PRAYERS" – if choosing
only one: certainly get "Life Prayers".
"THE ENLIGHTENED HEART" –
translated by Stephen Mitchell
a beautiful selection of multicultural inspiring sacred poetry
"THE KABIR BOOK" – translated
by Robert Bly
"CHUANG TZU" – by Thomas
Merton
There are many small poetry sites out
there,
search and ye shall find – here is just
one:
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/
and
home-site
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/
and about their free daily poetry
sign-up.
Worth having!
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The Asian Pioneers
. . . east meets west
Sri Ramana Maharshi – J. Krishnamurti – and
D.T. Suzuki - three of the most renown Wisdom-Teachers of the first half of
the 20th century. They were sort of the three major 'Godfathers' of a modern
non-duality, an uncompromised 'Inquiry Into The Self ' – as was The Buddha
himself of long, long ago ~ and were able to bring it to all of us, intact . .
.
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Sri Ramana Maharshi was probably the most
profound Indian sage of the 20th century. He was
renowned for his saintly life, simplicity and the depth & completeness of
his self-realization. There are a multitude of websites and free downloads,
excerpts of his teachings - a true surfing of consciousness is available to you
!
http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/books.htm FREE online -when there, click on: "Who
Am I?" - "Self Enquiry" - "Spiritual Instruction" -
"Bhagavan Ramana"
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Sri Ramana Maharshi ( 1879–1950 ) born
to a middle-class Hindu Brahmin family in Tamil Nadu, India. After having
attained a sudden moksha 'spiritual liberation' at the age of 16, he left home
for Arunachala, a small mountain considered sacred by Hindus, at
Tiruvannamalai, and lived there for all the rest of his life.
That was it. Sri Ramana always
maintained that the purest form of his teachings was the powerful 'silence' which
radiated from his presence and quieted the minds of those attuned to it. He gave verbal teachings only for the benefit
of those who could not understand his 'silence'. His verbal teachings were said
to flow from his direct experience of Consciousness as the only existing
Reality. When asked for advice, he strongly recommended
"Self-Inquiry" as the fastest path to freedom. Though his primary teaching is associated
with Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga, he also highly recommended
devotional Bhakti and also
Theravada Buddhism – and gave his approval to a variety of other
intelligent, quality paths and practices. The renown Buddhist teacher Bhante
Ananda Maitreya of Sri Lanka was an early 20th century student. ( also see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi )
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J. Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti said:
"The description is not the described." –
and "It is the
Truth itself that frees, not your 'effort' to be free."
Krishnamurti ( 1895–1986 ) was born in Madras into a Telugu Brahmin family in
then colonial India. He was subsequently raised on the grounds of the
prestigious Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras under the
tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, who believed him to be the
'vehicle' as an expected "World Teacher". As a young man, he
disavowed this idea and dissolved The Order of the Star, a world-wide
organization. He spent the rest of his
life traveling the world as an individual speaker. He authored a hugely
prolific number of books, among them 'The First and Last Freedom', 'The Only
Revolution', and 'Krishnamurti's Notebook'. At age 90, he addressed the United
Nations on the subject of peace & awareness, and was awarded the 1984 UN
Peace Medal. He died at his home at The Oak Grove School in Ojai,
California. "K" got us to
question everything.
His dedicated supporters, working
through several non-profit educational foundations, oversee a number of very
sophisticated independent schools
centered on his progressive views on education – in India, England and the
United States – and continue to transcribe and distribute many of his thousands
of audio talks, group and individual discussions with scientists, statesmen and
philosophers, and other writings, publishing them in a variety of formats
including print, audio, video and digital formats as well as online, in many
languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Krishnamurti
"Total Freedom: The Essential.
Krishnamurti" 1996 - a starter, big
anthology
"Freedom From The Known" by J.
Krishnamurti
–
he's a slow deep read
The Krishnamurti Foundation:
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org
His history & quotes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti#Quotations
A talk on 'Contradiction' -
http://www.werobot.com/jk/contradiction.htm
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D.T. Suzuki ~ the quiet little oriental
professor . . .
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ( 1870–1966 ) famous Japanese professor,
author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were remarkably
instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Far Eastern philosophy in
general to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese,
and Sanskrit literature. The wonderfully notrious Alan Watts was his brilliant
disciple.
... also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._T._Suzuki for a start
"Intro to Zen Buddhism" and
also “Zen Life” both by D.T. Suzuki (Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
A ZEN LIFE ~ a wonderful D.T. Suzuki
bio-documentary.
http://www.azenlife-film.org/top.htm
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Ram Dass our pioneering, dear Wisdom Elder & Friend – bridging Old
India to New America. Ram Dass ( Richard Alpert, PhD ) The first Westerner of
our generation to really, truly offer us a totally contemporary, relatable
spiritual Heart-Language – pointing to a wise, truhful, authentic Compassion
and Love to actually Practice it through one's own experiences ! READ or LISTEN to absolutely anything at all
you may find by Ram Dass. Just like Alan Watts, he’s one of ‘us’, speaking to
us directly in our own post-60’s language. Sort of a brilliant rock star of the
Spirit ! http://www.ramdasstapes.org/index.htm Listening to Ram Dass on CDs is the way to
begin..."The main thing about our Baba Ram Dass is he's authentic! Ram Dass is a real person" "I See" said The Blind Man”
'Cause we haven't really 'seen' before,
only just 'Believed' – We DO need words,
seminars, CD's, books, talks, mentoring, teachers, classes & retreats, and
lots of awareness applied to everyday-life Practice. We need a deeply
re-cultured and re-schooled intelligence to correctly 'inform' us of What is
Real.
An ancient formula for healing
obscurations & inner-blindness is:
“ Gerunding Forwarding Forward “
That is >>THAT<<” - Which IS - Just As It Is”
It’s all 'is-ing' – It’s all 'verb-ing' – It’s all 'now-ing'
It's ALL Being . . . ( ahh, that's what it is ! )
You have to be very quick n' aware
to glimpse it all in the Now.
So stop tying up
your personal
‘identity’
in All & Every Thing.
It’s ALL still too small.
The Universe still
can’t match it . Give up.
Only Now – now as
we're just learning to 'see' The Now
quite clearly – later on, we can
lovingly give all these 'words'
away - and be Free, as now those words
have become ME -
(which Isn’t) - and pass on those
wonderful wisdom-provoking
books on & on - or even, go ahead,
and kill-off The Buddha.
So be very patient & perceptive in
your Awakened-Stillness.
Read something profound that's a Much
Ado about Nothing.
Be vigilant of the biased comfort-zones
of 'Spiritual Extremes'.
Of too much comatose, fructose, hidden
idealism or nihilism
– then you'll come through appreciative,
kind, clean & empty.
But just don't ever lamely say the
Buddha ate my homework.
But my teacher loves me 'cause I know
now at least I'm Lovable.
Gosh, I'm just fakin' it - til I ‘make
it’. It's called ‘Practice’.
Everything is a Practice Opportunity
! No Exceptions !
~ poet Billy Bo Sat
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_www.dharmaseed.org LISTEN FREE !
LISTEN YOUR WAY to AWAKEN.MENT !
is the best Audio 'Master Course' in
Buddhist Vipassana Insight Meditation
!!!
http://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/
~ the whole site is an absolute Jewel
!!!
The Best-rated Buddhist E-zines . . .
Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review – http://www.tricycle.com/ simply the number one, independent voice of
Buddhism – published by The Buddhist Peace Fellowship
The Shambhala Sun –
http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php
Buddhism • Culture • Meditation • Life • North America’s oldest and most
widely-read Buddhist magazine,
Buddhadharma: the practitioner's quarterly – http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/index.php The journal for
Buddhists of all traditions who wish to deepen their practice & study of
the dharma.
The Middle Way: Journal of The Buddhist Society UK –
http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/aboutus/index.html
- by far the oldest (1924) and most venerable.
Adyashanti ~ www.adyashanti.org
'live' satsangs & leads retreats in the Bay area.
Cafe Dharma / Radio Adyashanti –
Adyashanti's teachings feel like a smooth blend of Zen & Advaita
Non-Duality sensibilities at a profoundly deep but accessible level. Here's a
growing library of full-length "Impact of Awakening" satsang
recordings. At their audio library
you'll always find some satsangs to download for free! www.adyashanti.org/cafedharma to download full-length satsangs
and listen to them on your computer or
your mp3 player.
SOUNDS TRUE: Audio Wisdom for
the Inner Life, Sounds True is a publisher of more than 1600 audio programs
featuring the leading spiritual teachers, healers, thinkers, and visionary
artists of our time – with tools and teachings to spark your inner evolution
... www.soundstrue.com really has the best !
The rest of what's below is some great
print-teachings and some audio-links.
www.Wikipedia.com is an
absolutely great print resource – a gem !
Start with these ~ and then see where the journey of 'links' takes
you . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuddhIsm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassan%C4%81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness
http://www.accesstoinsight.org ~ Access
to Insight:
Readings in Theravada Buddhism a wide variety
of contemporary
Buddhist authors as well as Asian
traditional ‘orthodox’ sources.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel121.html ~ Meditation Instruction
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bpslist.html ~ Buddhist Publication Society titles offered
FREE
http://www.buddhanet.org high-end ‘traditional’ formal
Dharma-teachings of both major classical schools.
NOTE 2 different organizations: both are
Asian-sponsored web-sites bridging to the West; .org & .net
http://www.buddhanet.net/sitemap.htm site map to navigate
http://www.buddhanet.net/index.html all sorts of user-friendly corners to
quietly consider & contemplate
http://www.buddhanet.net/books/main.htm a marvelous initial attempt to simplify
Buddhist ideas, practical
‘practice’ approaches to make
relate-able an everyday daily-Dharma of enlightened living in our lives Now.
http://www.buddhanet.net/xmed3.htm an informed ~meditation~ itself is the focus
here.
The two founding Theravada Buddhist
Vipassana Insight Meditation Centers in the USA
Insight Meditation Society
Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg
Barre, MA 01005 ( western Mass. )
http://dharma.org/ims/index.php
http://dharma.org/ims/mr_audio.html
http://dharma.org/ims/mr_glossary.html
gloss of Buddhist Terms to help you read
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Jack Kornfield, Silvia Boorstein
Woodacre, CA 94973 ( near Fairfax west
Marin )
http://www.spiritrock.org/
http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?catid=3&pageid=13
both centers can link you up to
Vipassana meditation practice groups
nation-wide
______________________________________
The Buddhist Publication Society – is a
non-profit whose goal is to clearly explain & spread the original early
Theravada teachings of the Buddha. Founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by the
late Nyanaponika Maha-Thera. Books,
booklets & many FREE print-outs Online. The language is somewhere between
popular & academic.
http://www.bps.lk/index.html -or-
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bpslist.html
great stuff !
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Meditation and the
Art-maker
__________________________________________
a few words about
The Arts and it's relationship with
Meditation
The ARTS,
SPRITUALITY & MEDITATION
An ancient highly productive partnership
that's
been going on in all world cultures for
millennia –
so we're not going to review humanity’s
amazing story here.
There is Tao, Zen, Ikebana, Haiku,
Bushido, Zen Gardens,
Ritual Dance, Noh Theater, Calligraphy,
Zenga, Nanga, Bonsai,
Religious Icon Craft, Temple Chanting
& Sacred Music, Negative
Space-use in art, Healing & Shaman
Ritual, Geisha Mindful Gestures,
Samurai, Tantric Erotic Art and the
renown Tea Ceremony etc upon etc.
ART always was SPIRITUAL, a human’s
higher-expression of The Sacred.
– Actually in all cultures world-wide
! A Mindful Meditative Artful
Sacredness.
Art-making,
art-viewing or art-experiencing
are inherently
'contemplative' activities . . .
that naturally
benefit from meditation ~
Meditation strengthens the art maker's
mindfulness and awareness. Meditation enhances the creative and viewing
processes in specific ways – it helps to synchronize mind and body, right and
left hemispheres of the brain, and our intuitive and intellectual abilities.
The mindfulness & awareness practices found in meditation develop our
perception so that we may see and experiencethings
as they truly are. This leads us to
genuine spontaneity and pure, un-selfconscious, full expression. A 'creative
process' based in the practice of meditation dissolves creative blockages,
reveals the source of creativity, leading to clear perception.
In the 'experiencing-process',
meditation develops intuition, our pure felt-sense, sharpens our native
intelligence and can lead us towards an experience of the aesthetically
profound or sublime – where our felt & thought senses come together – to
further awaken the 'creative' and the 'viewing' processes.
~ Steven Saitzyk - Professor, Humanities
& Sciences,
Art Center College of Design – Los
Angeles
and International Director of Shambhala
Art
The Practice of
MEDITATION:
The Benefits ? –
enhances & strengthens
the art-maker's
mindfulness & awareness.
“Meditation ...a doorway to
the significantly
deep unconscious.”
“Before meditation, before I used to
‘sit’ regularly
like I do now – I used to be only
semi-conscious
and impulsively leap at the first images
n’ things
that arose in my mind, and at what soon
became
so banal - but I’d already started on
it, or often
got way into it. But now I simply
meditate and wait.
Sometimes I can wait quite awhile quite
patiently.
I’ve simply learned to quietly wait by
training myself.
That’s all, just that. I’m training myself in stillness.
And in the stillness the deeper regions
of my mind
slowly unfold - and I only observe, not
reacting,
not seizing on anything, not grasping.
Just
witnessing and waiting. I see so much
now.” ~ J.L.
________________________________
Thru a willing, consistent
meditation practice -
gradually & naturally you expand
& deepen
an authentic, attentive, open, clear,
uncluttered,
wide, roomy, calm spacious field of
awareness -
less & less disturbed by ongoing,
shallow, chaotic,
obsessively running mental-images &
commentary -
a panoramic field - toned, strengthened
& stabilized
with a naturalistic meditation
practice-approach ~ art
uncompromised with 'religion' or
prescribed methods -
so you can have it readily available to
you personally -
effortlessly, open, spontaneous &
without efforting ....
Ah, then there's lots n' lots of vivid,
deep, rich room
for true creative manifestation to
naturally arise
in that much more silent, more
user-friendly field
of
e x p a n d e d awareness that's
now all yours.
Just learn to begin to sit still sans ego. Simplistic?
Of course it is. It's just that you're not simple yet !
Ahh, but soon... your subtle depths are calling...
~ Akasa Levi
BTW, Some really good ancient Buddhist
Art ~
http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm
_______________________________
"If one's thoughts towards
'spirituality'
were of the same passionate intensity
as those of a couple falling in 'love' –
one would become a Buddha right now,
in this very body, in this very
life."
~ from The Love Poems
of the Sixth Dalai Lama ( 1703 AD )
_________________________________
___________________________________
“ART” is what You
call 'That'.
What I call 'That' - is just That.
~ William Eggleston, photographer
Since all things are essentially naked,
clear and free from obscurations –
at least from their side, of course . .
. .
There is nothing to 'attain' or
'realize'.
The 'Everyday Practice' of a practical
'Everyday Enlightenment' is simply
to
'd e v e l o p' into all
situations,
and all emotions, and to all people –
as they simply come to you . . .
experiencing everything totally
without reservations and blockages -
so that one never withdraws, or aloof,
or centralizes back onto oneself.
~ Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
________________________________________
The ARTS, SPRITUALITY & MEDITATION:
The Benefits –
Meditation strengthens the art-maker's
mindfulness & awareness.
No "Beliefs" – A Core Understanding of Buddhism"
No 'beliefs': just watching, witnessing,
perceiving, just noticing,
just investigating, just observing,
observing, observing, observing'
– with absolute 'bare attentiveness' –
just seeing, hearing, feeling –
without 'beliefs', without 'faith-in',
without buying-in. Holy Indifferent.
No demand. No identifying with it. See
it clearly, maybe leave it entirely alone.
Not psychologizing about it, not
rationalizing, reasoning, justifying, not storytelling.
Not dismissing, not banishing, not
fixing it, not meddling. Just observing, observing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Silly Solipsistic Zen Story about
the ‘Real Purpose’ of Meditation
Training?
Taken from true facts, as the story so
goes, Bhante Sudu Hom'dru, was an American Buddhist monk who grew up on a small
chicken farm near Woodstock, NY. Now barefoot, painfully, mindfully walking the
narrow ridges of hot sun-baked clay crossing a dry rice paddy field near
Bodhgaya, North India, mid 1970’s – with his noble Samurai-blooded Japanese Zen
monk-teacher Shibuya Sensei. Once a
teenager questing through an Elvis 50’s, this delusively-romantic,
magical-thinking American always wanted his very own Zen teacher-friend ever
since finding alternatives in ‘Jazz’, finding Jack Kerouac’s 'Beat' open On The
Road,
and especially late night
radio-listening to early Jean Shepard dramatically invoke the mystical Fu
Manchu or intone a good Haiku - circa 1958 - when ‘hip’ was shared among the
very sparse few who knew. This funny, yet indignant Jewish ‘young soul’ evolved
into this really ‘old soul’ robed sanyassi that partially ‘awakened’ himself
way outside a parched desert village in India. It was high-noon in ‘search of
secret India’ – so he gave up looking to Hesse’s Siddhartha for guidance or
Gurdjieff’s elusive Meetings With Remakable Men to lead him forward - and thus became
a monk himself – and he ironically found an ‘identity’ to finish-up all
identity-seeking – that Long Last Role of the Buddhist – And it was still so
bloody hot. Foolish barefoot yogi ! This
novice, this overheated new monk had a Question: This monk always had a
question. Like a persistent child. Yet, it is so sad so many of us loose that
quality early on in life. ‘Answers’ offered don’t seem to ultimately do it for
us, nor permanently resolve anything & we stop ‘asking’. Many of the monk's
questions usually began with the same lead-in: "What is the 'purpose' of .
. this or that or such n' such"? This monk was still involved with
‘reasons’ & ‘purposes’ to things or ideas. Lots of ‘content’, still little
wisdom-‘context’. He hadn’t re-discovered his ‘wonder’ yet.
Except he did begin to see that it all
is an unconsciously performed stage ‘magic show’ for him o 'observe' everyday
‘illusions’ – just our fumbling attempts at some self-conscious Human Hocus Pokus
– manifesting here alongside Nature’s Grand Guileless Illusions. This monk knew
he was fragile, still fascinated by a tempting-performance. He asked Questions
to sizably reduce his options.
“Oh, I've seen that – another ‘Repeat’
on TV t’nite”. Wisdom thins out repeat shows. Less to cling to. "Sensei?" he asked him e.nun.ci.a.ting in slow, simple words because
Sensei’s English at the time was not too good. "What is the purpose of
Zen-training?" Sensei responded
warp speed in his Asian-accented English – "To become aseempahton."
Well, not getting the word quite discernable at all - the young monk asked once
again, "Sensei? – What is the real purpose of Zen-training?" So
Shibuya Sensei patiently repeated again & again, till the word finally
punched itself through – the esoterically mysterious word WAS now finally,
clearly comprehendible at last – "Ahh ~ Purpose of Zen training is to
become a-seem-pah-ton – a-seem-pah-ton - and he wiggled
his wagging fingers wildly in the air
for the briefest moment – then tapped his fingers on the young monk's
smooth-shaven monk-head.
"Seem-pah-ton" – "The Purpose of Zen training is to
become a Simpleton". They both had a good chuckle. They then continued to
walk on in silence. The monk thought about how having a simpleton’s empty-head
could allow room for more Space and Peace to be in his simplifying mind – BE
his mind ! So he could see better with
it - make wiser, kinder choices with it - and now 'know' simple happiness. He
then stubbed his toe on a clump of clay. "F#@k" –– But no Katsu shout
of Satori today!
~ Bhante Sudu Hom'dru ( 1975 )
end.
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fun
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Consciousness-themes
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Foreign Films
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( 16 ) The ARTS, SPRITUALITY &
MEDITATION
ART-MAKING & Art-making meditators
•
ART :: it's Ancient Relationship with Meditation
• The Benefits to art-maker's
mindfulness & awareness
• NO 'BELIEFS' - just observing,
watching, witnessing,
Reality without 'beliefs', without
buying-in or compromise
• Silly ZEN Story: "The Purpose of
Meditation Training"
• “ARTIVIST” Film Festival - first
international festival
of humanitarian-conscious filmmakers for
global causes.
Meditation and the Art-maker
__________________________________________
a few words about
The Arts and it's relationship with Meditation
The ARTS, SPRITUALITY & MEDITATION
An ancient highly productive partnership that's
been going on in all world cultures for millennia –
so we're not going to review humanity’s amazing story here.
There is Tao, Zen, Ikebana, Haiku, Bushido, Zen Gardens,
Ritual Dance, Noh Theater, Calligraphy, Zenga, Nanga, Bonsai,
Religious Icon Craft, Temple Chanting& Sacred Music, Negative
Space-use in art, Healing & Shaman Ritual, Geisha Mindful Gestures,
Samurai, Tantric Erotic Art and the renown Tea Ceremony etc upon etc.
ART always was SPIRITUAL, a human’s higher-expression of The Sacred.
– Actually in all cultures world-wide ! A Mindful Meditative Artful Sacredness.
Art-making, art-viewing or art-experiencing
are inherently 'contemplative' activities . . .
that naturally benefit from meditation ~
Meditation strengthens the art maker's mindfulness and awareness. Meditation enhances the creative and viewing processes in specific ways – it helps to synchronize mind and body, right and left hemispheres of the brain, and our intuitive and intellectual abilities. The mindfulness & awareness practices found in meditation develop our perception so that we may see and experiencethings
as they truly are. This leads us to genuine spontaneity and pure, un-selfconscious, full expression. A 'creative process' based in the practice of meditation dissolves creative blockages, reveals the source of creativity, leading to clear perception.
In the 'experiencing-process', meditation develops intuition, our pure felt-sense, sharpens our native intelligence and can lead us towards an experience of the aesthetically profound or sublime – where our felt & thought senses come together – to further awaken the 'creative' and the 'viewing' processes.
~ Steven Saitzyk - Professor, Humanities& Sciences,
Art Center College of Design – Los Angeles
and International Director of Shambhala Art
The Practice of MEDITATION:
The Benefits ? – enhances & strengthens
the art-maker's mindfulness & awareness.
“Meditation ...a doorway to
the significantly
deep unconscious.”
“Before meditation, before I used to ‘sit’ regularly
like I do now – I used to be only semi-conscious
and impulsively leap at the first images n’ things
that arose in my mind, and at what soon became
so banal - but I’d already started on it, or often
got way into it. But now I simply meditate and wait.
Sometimes I can wait quite awhile quite patiently.
I’ve simply learned to quietly wait by training myself.
That’s all, just that. I’m training myself in stillness.
And in the stillness the deeper regions of my mind
slowly unfold - and I only observe, not reacting,
not seizing on anything, not grasping. Just
witnessing and waiting. I see so much now.” ~ J.L.
________________________________
Thru a willing, consistent meditation practice -
gradually & naturally you expand& deepen
an authentic, attentive, open, clear, uncluttered,
wide, roomy, calm spacious field of awareness -
less & less disturbed by ongoing, shallow, chaotic,
obsessively running mental-images & commentary -
a panoramic field - toned, strengthened& stabilized
with a naturalistic meditation practice-approach ~ art
uncompromised with 'religion' or prescribed methods -
so you can have it readily available to you personally -
effortlessly, open, spontaneous & without efforting ....
Ah, then there's lots n' lots of vivid, deep, rich room
for true creative manifestation to naturally arise
in that much more silent, more user-friendly field
of e x p a n d e d awareness that's now all yours.
Just learn to begin to sit still sans ego. Simplistic?
Of course it is. It's just that you're not simple yet !
Ahh, but soon... your subtle depths are calling...
~ Akasa Levi
BTW, Some really good ancient Buddhist Art ~
http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm
_______________________________
"If one's thoughts towards 'spirituality'
were of the same passionate intensity
as those of a couple falling in 'love' –
one would become a Buddha right now,
in this very body, in this very life."
~ from The Love Poems
of the Sixth Dalai Lama ( 1703 AD )
_________________________________
___________________________________
“ART” is what You call 'That'.
What I call 'That' - is just That.
~ William Eggleston, photographer
Since all things are essentially naked,
clear and free from obscurations –
at least from their side, of course . . . .
There is nothing to 'attain' or 'realize'.
The 'Everyday Practice' of a practical
'Everyday Enlightenment' is simply
to 'd e v e l o p' into all situations,
and all emotions, and to all people –
as they simply come to you . . .
experiencing everything totally
without reservations and blockages -
so that one never withdraws, or aloof,
or centralizes back onto oneself.
~ Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
________________________________________
The ARTS, SPRITUALITY & MEDITATION: The Benefits –
Meditation strengthens the art-maker's mindfulness & awareness.
No "Beliefs" – A Core Understanding of Buddhism"
No 'beliefs': just watching, witnessing, perceiving, just noticing,
just investigating, just observing, observing, observing, observing'
– with absolute 'bare attentiveness' – just seeing, hearing, feeling –
without 'beliefs', without 'faith-in', without buying-in. Holy Indifferent.
No demand. No identifying with it. See it clearly, maybe leave it entirely alone.
Not psychologizing about it, not rationalizing, reasoning, justifying, not storytelling.
Not dismissing, not banishing, not fixing it, not meddling. Just observing, observing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Silly Solipsistic Zen Story about
the ‘Real Purpose’ of Meditation Training?
Taken from true facts, as the story so goes, Bhante Sudu Hom'dru, was an American Buddhist monk who grew up on a small chicken farm near Woodstock, NY. Now barefoot, painfully, mindfully walking the narrow ridges of hot sun-baked clay crossing a dry rice paddy field near Bodhgaya, North India, mid 1970’s – with his noble Samurai-blooded Japanese Zen monk-teacher Shibuya Sensei. Once a teenager questing through an Elvis 50’s, this delusively-romantic, magical-thinking American always wanted his very own Zen teacher-friend ever since finding alternatives in ‘Jazz’, finding Jack Kerouac’s 'Beat' open On The Road,
and especially late night radio-listening to early Jean Shepard dramatically invoke the mystical Fu Manchu or intone a good Haiku - circa 1958 - when ‘hip’ was shared among the very sparse few who knew. This funny, yet indignant Jewish ‘young soul’ evolved into this really ‘old soul’ robed sanyassi that partially ‘awakened’ himself way outside a parched desert village in India. It was high-noon in ‘search of secret India’ – so he gave up looking to Hesse’s Siddhartha for guidance or Gurdjieff’s elusive Meetings With Remakable Men to lead him forward - and thus became a monk himself – and he ironically found an ‘identity’ to finish-up all identity-seeking – that Long Last Role of the Buddhist – And it was still so bloody hot. Foolish barefoot yogi ! This novice, this overheated new monk had a Question: This monk always had a question. Like a persistent child. Yet, it is so sad so many of us loose that quality early on in life. ‘Answers’ offered don’t seem to ultimately do it for us, nor permanently resolve anything & we stop ‘asking’. Many of the monk's questions usually began with the same lead-in: "What is the 'purpose' of . . this or that or such n' such"? This monk was still involved with ‘reasons’ & ‘purposes’ to things or ideas. Lots of ‘content’, still little wisdom-‘context’. He hadn’t re-discovered his ‘wonder’ yet.
Except he did begin to see that it all is an unconsciously performed stage ‘magic show’ for him o 'observe' everyday ‘illusions’ – just our fumbling attempts at some self-conscious Human Hocus Pokus – manifesting here alongside Nature’s Grand Guileless Illusions. This monk knew he was fragile, still fascinated by a tempting-performance. He asked Questions to sizably reduce his options.
“Oh, I've seen that – another ‘Repeat’ on TV t’nite”. Wisdom thins out repeat shows. Less to cling to. "Sensei?" he asked him e.nun.ci.a.ting in slow, simple words because Sensei’s English at the time was not too good. "What is the purpose of Zen-training?" Sensei responded warp speed in his Asian-accented English – "To become aseempahton." Well, not getting the word quite discernable at all - the young monk asked once again, "Sensei? – What is the real purpose of Zen-training?" So Shibuya Sensei patiently repeated again & again, till the word finally punched itself through – the esoterically mysterious word WAS now finally, clearly comprehendible at last – "Ahh ~ Purpose of Zen training is to become a-seem-pah-ton – a-seem-pah-ton - and he wiggled
his wagging fingers wildly in the air for the briefest moment – then tapped his fingers on the young monk's smooth-shaven monk-head. "Seem-pah-ton" – "The Purpose of Zen training is to become a Simpleton". They both had a good chuckle. They then continued to walk on in silence. The monk thought about how having a simpleton’s empty-head could allow room for more Space and Peace to be in his simplifying mind – BE his mind ! So he could see better with it - make wiser, kinder choices with it - and now 'know' simple happiness. He then stubbed his toe on a clump of clay. "F#@k" –– But no Katsu shout of Satori today!
~ Bhante Sudu Hom'dru ( 1975 )
end.
_______________________________________
The ARTS, SPRITUALITY & MEDITATION
ART-MAKING & Art-making meditators
• ART :: it's Ancient Relationship with Meditation
• The Benefits to art-maker's mindfulness & awareness
• NO 'BELIEFS' - just observing, watching, witnessing,
Reality without 'beliefs', without buying-in or compromise
• Silly ZEN Story: "The Purpose of Meditation Training"
of humanitarian-conscious filmmakers for global causes.
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