Please note: this only works if you click on "Add to cart" as soon as you get to Amazon. If you do a search or go to another page before adding it to your cart, it doesn't count.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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Full Title: Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention
Major Topic: how to practice Buddhism
Level: all levels
A comprehensive manual, almost an encyclopedia, of practice methods, starting with basic meditation and ending with the experience of no separation. The methods are derived principally from the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. The commentary is likely [...]
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Full Title: Buddhism without Beliefs
Major Topic: Knowing (or not knowing) through questioning
Level: all levels
Explores the Four Noble Truths using questions an agnostic might pose. In doing so, Stephen Batchelor illuminates the richness of the Buddhist experience and ways it can be approached.. Read and contemplate. Pay careful attention to the efforts associated with each [...]
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