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Post by cabinintheforest on Mar 15, 2010 11:37:25 GMT -5
What is everyones favourite spiritual books?
If you can please list some you like. Thanks
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Post by eputkonen on Mar 15, 2010 16:18:26 GMT -5
"Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda "The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi" "I am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj "Be as You Are" by Ramana Maharshi "The Zen Teachings of Huang Po" "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki These are some of my all-time favs...check out others at www.awaken2life.org/recommended-books.html |
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Post by lightmystic on Mar 16, 2010 10:03:04 GMT -5
I like eputkonen's list. I also like:
"Perfect Brilliant Stillness" by David Carse
"1,000 Names for Joy" by Byron Katie
Jed McKenna's trilogy
"The End of Your World" by Adyashanti
"Emptiness Dancing" by Adyashanti
That's the basic list for me of items that have not already been mentioned so far....
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Post by Portto on Mar 16, 2010 10:34:19 GMT -5
For those curious about a personal journey: "Pouring Concrete" By Robert Harwood For those with strong inclinations in abstract physics (but not only): "A Course in Consciousness" by Stanley Sobottka Book available here: faculty.virginia.edu/consciousness/home.html |
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Post by zendancer on Mar 17, 2010 10:14:37 GMT -5
I would add:
Collision With the Infinite by Suzanne Segal
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Zen Teaching of Rinzai translated by Irmgard Schloegl
Ambivalent Zen by Lawrence Shainberg (very funny)
The Recorded Sayings of Layman P'ang translated by Ruth Fuller Sasaki
The Sayings and Doings of Pai Chang
Consciousness Speaks by Ramesh Balsekar
Master Yun Men translated by Urs App
Mud and Water, Talks by Bassui, translated by Arthur Braverman
The Unborn, The Teaching of Bankei, translated by Norman Waddell
Embracing the Present by Leonard Jacobsen
Zen and Zen Classics by R.H. Blyth (great collection of dialogues)
The Enlightened Heart by Stephen Mitchell
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha by Stephen Mitchell
Loving What Is by Byron Katie
A Path with Heart
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Post by maggie on Mar 20, 2010 3:14:26 GMT -5
The Cloud of Unknowing...William Johnston edit
The Way to Love....Anthony De Mello
The Prayer of the Frog....Anthony De Mello
Who Would You Be Without Your Story? Byron Katie
I Heard God Laughing ....Hafiz....Daniel Ladinsky
Kabir Ecstatic Poems.... Robert Bly
The Nectar of Immortality....Nisargadatta....Robert Powell
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance....Robert Pirsig
The Path to No Self.....Bernadette Roberts
The Practice of the Presence of God....Brother Lawrence of the resurrection
Zen is Right Here...Shunryu Suzuki
The Glance....Rumi....Coleman Barks
New Seeds of Contemplation....Thomas Merton
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