Posted on December 30, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation
Major Topic: creation and completion phase practice in Vajrayana
Level: experienced and advanced
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Practical exposition of the key points in Vajrayana practice and how to integrate the many different elements of this form of practice. For Vajrayana practitioners, this book will [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Buddhism: Way of Life and Thoughts: Way of Life and Thoughts
Major Topic: General Buddhism
Level: general reading
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Comprehensive introduction to Buddhism; good place for the interested reader to start. This book has two principal uses: 1) To learn about Buddhism in general; and 2) A source for [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
Major Topic: amusing stories that can be interpreted on many levels
Level: all levels
This Middle Eastern folk hero consistently confounds and delights the reader as he presents one conundrum after another. Find a story that speaks to you and sit with it. They may appear nonsensical, but each story [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by kurukulla
Full Title: Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi
Major Topic: Presence, stability, clarity
Level: All levels
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A 12th century ancestor of Dogen gives sparkling descriptions of presence, where stability and clarity are integrated and phenomena are unrestricted. Translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton and Yi Wu.
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