Comments for Unfettered Mind Booklist http://unbooks.wordpress.com A database of recommended reading for Buddhist practitioners Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Submit a Title by sandrar http://unbooks.wordpress.com/submit-a-title/#comment-108 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:58:41 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=59#comment-108 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation (Gampopa & Herbert Guenther) by sandrar http://unbooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/the-jewel-ornament-of-liberation-gampopa-herbert-guenther/#comment-107 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:29 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-107 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Essential Rumi (Coleman Barks) by kurukulla http://unbooks.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/essential-rumi-coleman-barks/#comment-97 kurukulla Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:06:48 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-97 Not pedantic at all, very helpful. Thanks for the comment, and we've made the correction. Not pedantic at all, very helpful. Thanks for the comment, and we’ve made the correction.

]]> Comment on Submit a Title by Michael Kansei Nisch http://unbooks.wordpress.com/submit-a-title/#comment-82 Michael Kansei Nisch Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=59#comment-82 "A Buddhist Response to The Climate Emergency" Edited by John Stanley, Ph.D., David R. Loy, Ph.D. and Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D. Matthieu Ricard, excerpt from: The Future Doesn’t Hurt…Yet Unchecked consumerism operates on the premise that others are only instruments to be used and that the environment is a commodity. This attitude fosters unhappiness, selfishness, and contempt. On the other hand, the Buddhist view that all sentient beings are endowed with buddha nature, and the universe in which they live is a buddha-field, shapes a culture of harmony and contentment. People usually only consider changing their way of living when they are forced to do so by circumstances, not by rational and altruistic thinking. But in the case of climate change, once the dramatic events have occurred, and people become motivated to change things, it will be too late. “A Buddhist Response to The Climate Emergency”
Edited by John Stanley, Ph.D., David R. Loy, Ph.D. and Gyurme Dorje, Ph.D.

Matthieu Ricard, excerpt from: The Future Doesn’t Hurt…Yet

Unchecked consumerism operates on the premise that others are only instruments to be used and that the environment is a commodity. This attitude fosters unhappiness, selfishness, and contempt. On the other hand, the Buddhist view that all sentient beings are endowed with buddha nature, and the universe in which they live is a buddha-field, shapes a culture of harmony and contentment.

People usually only consider changing their way of living when they are forced to do so by circumstances, not by rational and altruistic thinking. But in the case of climate change, once the dramatic events have occurred, and people become motivated to change things, it will be too late.

]]> Comment on Wake Up To Your Life (Ken McLeod) by Full Contact Enlightenment » Unfettered Mind : : Ken McLeod’s website http://unbooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/wake-up-to-your-life-ken-mcleod/#comment-27 Full Contact Enlightenment » Unfettered Mind : : Ken McLeod’s website Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:29:34 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-27 [...] a fan of Ken’s book “Wake up to Your Life”, I find that his teaching style is very direct and precise. To have the opportunity to hear his [...] [...] a fan of Ken’s book “Wake up to Your Life”, I find that his teaching style is very direct and precise. To have the opportunity to hear his [...]

]]> Comment on The Art of War (Sun Tzu) by mauro http://unbooks.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/the-art-of-war-sun-tzu/#comment-24 mauro Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:48:00 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-24 interessante interessante

]]> Comment on Submit a Title by Wendy Gardner http://unbooks.wordpress.com/submit-a-title/#comment-16 Wendy Gardner Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:30:25 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=59#comment-16 THE MAJESTY OF YOUR LOVING: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle is an inspiring and compelling memoir that follows the journey of Olivia and her husband Hob’s diagnosis and ultimate decline from Alzheimer’s disease. Infused with the wisdom they both shared from years of Buddhist practice and study, Olivia’s powerful account provides those dealing with diminishment of any kind a tender and peaceful refuge. Jon Kabat-Zinn wrote the foreword, and several renowned Buddhist teachers and authors have endorsed the book--Peter Matthiessen, Jack Kornfield, and Joan Borysenko, amongst others. I believe it would be a great addition to your list! THE MAJESTY OF YOUR LOVING: A Couple’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle is an inspiring and compelling memoir that follows the journey of Olivia and her husband Hob’s diagnosis and ultimate decline from Alzheimer’s disease. Infused with the wisdom they both shared from years of Buddhist practice and study, Olivia’s powerful account provides those dealing with diminishment of any kind a tender and peaceful refuge. Jon Kabat-Zinn wrote the foreword, and several renowned Buddhist teachers and authors have endorsed the book–Peter Matthiessen, Jack Kornfield, and Joan Borysenko, amongst others. I believe it would be a great addition to your list!

]]> Comment on Submit a Title by Thomas Lynn http://unbooks.wordpress.com/submit-a-title/#comment-5 Thomas Lynn Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:44:39 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=59#comment-5 When I first encountered it many years ago I found Chogyam Trungpa's "Sacred Path of the Warrior" a powerful articulation of the principle that the essence of courage is vulnerability. It seems like it would be a worthwhile addition to this already fine list. When I first encountered it many years ago I found Chogyam Trungpa’s “Sacred Path of the Warrior” a powerful articulation of the principle that the essence of courage is vulnerability. It seems like it would be a worthwhile addition to this already fine list.

]]> Comment on Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (Sogyal Rinpoche) by Margaret http://unbooks.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/tibetan-book-of-living-and-dying-sogyal-rinpoche/#comment-4 Margaret Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:24:34 +0000 http://unbooks.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-4 I have found that a surprising (to me) number of people think this is the same as the so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead". It is not. I have found that a surprising (to me) number of people think this is the same as the so-called “Tibetan Book of the Dead”. It is not.

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