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Book Recommendations?
Sam Gentile,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-25 下午5:52
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Book Recommendations?
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When I first came here and I comitted to changing to Vipassana, Chris Marti had me get two books
- MCTB2
- Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea
Pawel K,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-25 下午6:00
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Check the book list at the introduction Shargrol's Post Compilation and Noah's Resources list in his blog
An Eternal Now,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-25 下午9:39
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帖子: 638 加入日期: 09-9-15 最近的帖子Sam Gentile:
When I first came here and I comitted to changing to Vipassana, Chris Marti had me get two books
- MCTB2
- Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea
Two other books that Daniel Ingram and myself liked: gesture of awareness, clarifying the natural state
Gesture of awareness https://www.amazon.com/Gesture-Awareness-Radical-Approach-Movement/dp/0861715063
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2012/11/gesture-of-awareness_30.html
For Mahamudra style shamatha and vipashyana: Clarifying the natural state which you can get for $2 at http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2020/05/mahamudra-books-for-cheap.html
Personally i think this one is also great for mahamudra:
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-royal-seal-of-mahamudra-volume-one.html?m=1
Brian,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-25 下午10:08
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Wizard of Earthsea -- one of my favorite books of all time and also referenced in MCTB. A mytho-poetic description of the journey of human development that maps well to the maps.
I nice departure from the technical dharma stuff.
Leigh Braisington's Right Concentration is also a quick read with some good pointers on Jhana ect.
I nice departure from the technical dharma stuff.
Leigh Braisington's Right Concentration is also a quick read with some good pointers on Jhana ect.
Eric G,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-26 上午11:41
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帖子: 1310 加入日期: 20-5-4 最近的帖子Brandon Dayton:
Wizard of Earthsea -- one of my favorite books of all time and also referenced in MCTB. A mytho-poetic description of the journey of human development that maps well to the maps.
I nice departure from the technical dharma stuff.
Leigh Braisington's Right Concentration is also a quick read with some good pointers on Jhana ect.
I nice departure from the technical dharma stuff.
Leigh Braisington's Right Concentration is also a quick read with some good pointers on Jhana ect.
Brandon, on Right Concentration, I haven't discussed the Jhanas at all with Abre. Does this book show you how to get into them?
Pepe ·,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-26 下午12:35
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帖子: 1310 加入日期: 20-5-4 最近的帖子Brandon Dayton,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-26 下午1:48
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It does, but it's also just a good general guide to concentration practice. I think I've only every stumbled into Jhanas a handful of times but I still found it useful.
Brandon Dayton,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-26 下午1:51
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Which reminds me. I also like The Mind Illuminated, at the least the first half. I don't know about the higher end of the practice, but I think the first half of TMI has some of the best instruction on concentration practice out there.
Sam Gentile,修改在3 年前。 at 20-6-27 上午11:34
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RE: Book Recommendations?
帖子: 1310 加入日期: 20-5-4 最近的帖子Pepe:
Thanks to Pepe, and Brandon for leaning in the Right Concentration direction. While I did not end up with Right Conccentration, Pepe, for you 2nd link where Brassington lists all the Jhanic teachers, I remembered the name of Shalia Catherine https://www.imsb.org/about-us/founder-and-principal-teacher-shaila-catherine/ who gave a great talk on the Jhannas with Ajahn Brahmavamso, so I bought her Jhana book instead.
I also ended up with Shinzen Young's The Science of Enlightenment and The Way of Effortless Mindfulness By Loch Kelly https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1683642325/TF8&psc=1 which is a non dual book.
Thanks everyone!