phloiwang 0 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hello all I'm a newbie here. I just finished "siadai kontai maidai arn" by Dangtrin. I think it is both entertaining and informative. It makes me believe the author should have attained Dhamma already. Link to post Share on other sites
Grover 5 Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Hello all I'm a newbie here. I just finished "siadai kontai maidai arn" by Dangtrin. I think it is both entertaining and informative. It makes me believe the author should have attained Dhamma already. That sounds like a book worth reading One of my fav buddhist books is "Wings of Awakening" by Thannissaro Bhikku. Although this is not strictly a buddhist book, "The Power of Now" by Eckart Tolle is pretty close to buddhism. He describes his enlightenment in the book. One night he was in his bedroom overcome by strong overwhelming anxiety. He remembers saying to himself "I cannot stand myself", which triggered something & he was sucked into a vortex (?). When he awoke he saw the world as an awakened person. Or so he claims. Great book anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
jazzbo 15 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 From a review: THE WAY OF THE WHITE CLOUDS Lama Anagarika Govinda The Way of the White Clouds is the remarkable narrative of a pilgrimage which could not be made today. In 1948, Lama Anagarika Govinda made a journey into Tibet before its invasion by the Chinese. His extraordinary descriptions of the landscape, monasteries and people of Tibet are unforgettable, and his sensitive explorations of the spiritual traditions of Tibet and the travels he made within his own being are both magical and extremely helpful. As a book for discovering what Tibet was really like before enormous change swept through it, and what Tibetan spirituality is all about, The Way of the White Clouds has no equal. From the book: The Way of the White Clouds To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance; to understand its form, one must move around it; to experience its moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset, at noon and at midnight, in sun and in rain, in snow and in storm, in summer and in winter and in all the other seasons. He who can see the mountain like this comes near to the life of the mountain, a life that is as intense and varied as that of a human being. LAMA GOVINDA THE WAY OF THE WHITE CLOUDS --I first read it in the early 70's ... it still is my favorite and I still have my original copy. Jazzbo Link to post Share on other sites
chutai 22 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Exploring Karma and Rebirth by Nagapriya is an excellent and challenging little book that acts not only as an introduction to these subjects but also questions some of the exising ideas that have been handed down since the Brahmanistic times of the Buddha. Well worth the read whether new to the subject or familiar with the concepts. Good reviews by people like Stephen Batchelor on the back cover. Link to post Share on other sites
sabaijai 391 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Has anyone here read The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts by Julius Evola? Link to post Share on other sites
robitusson 3 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sogyal Rinpoche's Tibetan Book of Living & Dying Link to post Share on other sites
camerata 514 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin is a real gem. Answers all those questions you didn't know who to ask. Anyone know where the Buddha statue on the cover is located? I'm guessing Sri Lanka. Link to post Share on other sites
sabaijai 391 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin is a real gem. Answers all those questions you didn't know who to ask. Anyone know where the Buddha statue on the cover is located? I'm guessing Sri Lanka. I believe that's a detail from the 12th-century (many Sinhalese claim it's 5th C, but the stylistics belie that dating) standing Buddha at Aukana, Sri Lanka. I visited the site in 2000 and 2005, exceptionally nice sculpture. Now to read the book behind the cover ... Link to post Share on other sites
sabaijai 391 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 :off topic: Another shot showing the whole temple complex. Link to post Share on other sites
Grover 5 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 geez you did well to spot that sounds like a very good book indeed. just checked out my local library and they got it Link to post Share on other sites
tijnebijn 61 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 What about any book form 'lama Surya DAS',he is an american monk,writes very wise and simple in a understandable manner,really recommend books from him.Also ofcourse the books of 'His holiness the dalai Lama' just so unbelievable wisdom and compassion this man has,also,The Tibetan book of living and dying(Rinpoche),for some hard to read maybe,but just opened my mind.If you have never read the last one,you will never understand buddhism at all!Some very good books!have a nice reading Link to post Share on other sites
garro 43 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 (edited) Living Buddhists Masters by Jack Kornfield is fantastic for the amount of knowledge contained within. I can read it again and again. Light on Enlightenment by Christopher Titmus was great for simplifying things but it is a while since I read it. Buddha in the Jungle by Tiyavanich Kamala. This was a great Thai book which looked at the Thuodong forest monks. Any book containing the wisdom of Ajahn Chah Edited March 4, 2007 by garro Link to post Share on other sites
camerata 514 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 geez you did well to spot thatsounds like a very good book indeed. just checked out my local library and they got it I've only flipped through my copy since I'm saving it for my vacation but every time I open it I find something interesting. It looks better than Karen Armstrong's Buddha. Apparently he's written another book called The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhi-Pakkhiya Dhamma . There's a short bio of the author at http://www.bris.ac.uk/thrs/staff/rg.html. Nice photo, sabaijai! Link to post Share on other sites
garro 43 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 There are some good Theravada books and articles to download from here; http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebidx.htm Link to post Share on other sites
sabaijai 391 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 There are some good Theravada books and articles to download from here;http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebidx.htm Excellent source, and mentioned in one of the pinned topics. Link to post Share on other sites
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