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What is Nirodha?
Daniel Goleman was mistaken. An excellent internet review of his book states:
Two notable mistakes are made in this section, one being the consistent misspelling of pañña as puñña (I get a little ...
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A beginner facing Culadasa
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."
Err... not literally...
The point of this quip is that attachment to a teacher is itself something that must be overcome. Even if you are lucky enough ...
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Interpretation of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The paper titled "Between reverence and revolt:
Hesse and the two faces of religion" suggests that Hesse was primarily a (Christian) Protestant.
It says for example that in his 1921 diary he wrote:
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Seeking a specific book on Buddhism
Did some googling.
The Buddha Way
by Harper San Francisco
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-buddha-waya-folding-screen-book_harper-san-francisco/2596039/item/13174882/#isbn=0062511394&idiq=...
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Seeking a specific book on Buddhism
My best guess: What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula. It's early enough (published in '59, and revised in '74), and is widely respected as an introductory text. If I were going to put something in ...
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Is there a compendium of enlightenment stories (about Arhats and/or Bodhisattvas)?
Yes. For the Theravada tradition's stories of the elder monks and nuns, please see the following books of the Khuddaka Nikaya (the minor collection):
Theragatha (Verses of the Elder Monks) or here
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Pro's and cons of Buddhist books
I think there is no perfect formula for a book. Different approaches apply to different target audiences for different objectives.
Even some of Ajahn Brahm's non-technical books of humor and ...
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What is Nirodha?
I think it's originally from the Visuddhimagga
It's used before that, e.g. in the first sutta, it's in the definition of the third noble truth:
Idaṃ kho pana, bhikkhave, dukkha·nirodhaṃ ariya·...
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Which is a good book to read about history of Buddhism?
Buddhism: Its History and Literature, by T.W. Rhys Davids
Buddhist India, by T.W. Rhys Davids
Early Buddhist Monachism (600 B.C. - 100 B.C.), by Sukumar Dutt
History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The ...
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Where to get the genuine e-book on "Jataka Tales" in English?
See: The Jataka by Robert Chalmers ed. E.B. Cowell in www.sacred-texts.com. The index is found here.
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Interpretation of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Siddhartha asks Govinda to kiss him on the forehead. As he
does so, for Govinda "a certain contempt for his friends's words conflicted with a tremendous love...for him ." Govinda then goes through a ...
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Help writing a Buddhist book?
I have written two books on Buddhism, as you already know. I will help you write your book for free. I self-published my books through FriesenPress who provided excellent editing services and cost ...
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Introductory/Beginner books on Buddhism, but for children
The Buddha provided a teaching to his 7 year old son, which instructed two things, namely:
To never tell a deliberate lie.
To always reflect (think; consider) about whether an action to be ...
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Feeling a strong connection to Buddhism, but feeling lost on how to continue forwards
I will address a couple of things - but leave the journey to you.
Kelsang Gyatso was trained in the Gelugpa, which itself is a major school of of Buddhism from Tibet. All Tibetan Buddhism is Mahayana....
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Looking for a book that covers the biography of the Buddha's life
There are many books on this topic, my favorite one is "Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts" by Hajime Nakamura. It is based on a very thorough, I would even say fanatical, ...
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To what extent is Theravāda followed in Japan?
Check this book:
The Life of Nyanatiloka Thera: The Biography of a Western Buddhist Pioneer.
He was in Japan in the 1920s.
There were apparently two Theravadan Monks at that time.
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What is Nirodha?
Extract from -
The Teaching of No Person: Only Dhātus
by Ajahn Buddhadāsa
Interpreted into English by Santikaro Bhikkhu
A Dhamma talk given at Suan Mokkh on 4 August 1991
So we can say that there is ...
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What is Nirodha?
Nirodha is the cessation of feeling and perceptions.
The first Nirodha people will experience is when they first realized the way, in a split second everything stops and they will see the links of ...
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The Story of Buddha
The story of the Buddha's life from the Pali Canon can be found here: A Sketch of the Buddha's Life: Readings from the Pali Canon.
It contains these sections:
The Bodhisatta (Buddha-to-be)
The ...
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Where can i find the original text of learning the jhanas
In advance, the whole tipitaka is about jhāna, include sīla&vinaya.
For more focusing, see paṭisambhidāmagga.
For the summary, see Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga).
For more ...
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Where can i find the original text of learning the jhanas
On this page, you can find quotes from the Pali Canon on jhanas together with their sources.
For further commentary on jhanas, please see this page.
This question may also help you.
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Please Recommend Pure Land / Other Power Buddhism Books
I'm not sure if you would like some academic literature but here goes:
T’an-luan’s Theory of Two Kinds of Dharma-body as Found in Shinran’s Wago Writings has a detailed description and great diagrams ...
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Pro's and cons of Buddhist books
Some disorderly thought...
Theoretically you should (e.g. technical writers and/or publishers do) define the audience (and perhaps implicitly) the purpose of the book -- for example:
Purpose: ...
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Can anyone please list important books on Buddhism?
This depends on which Buddhist school or tradition you are referring to.
For the Theravada school, the main scripture is the Pali Canon or the Tipitaka, in the Pali language. Tipitaka means the three ...
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How does the བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ (Bardo Thodol) "Tibetan Book of the Dead" fit in with the Kangyur and Tengyur
The Bardo Thodol is an extract from the Guhyagarbha tantra, which is the most important tantra in the Mahayoga class, and the most studied tantra within the Nyingma school. The Guhyagarbha is ...
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