What are you reading right now?

[Tibetan_Ice]

[C T]

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impressive collection there, TI.

[doc benway]

Just finished Mind in Comfort and Ease by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Wonderful overview of the rationale, context, and practice of Dzogchen.

[Dainin]

I just picked up Livia Kohn's Chen Tuan: Discussions and Translations. Chen Tuan was the Taoist adept from Hua Shan attributed with creating Tai Chi Ruler, the Lui He Ba Fa martial art, Sleeping Qigong, among other things.

[soaring crane]

I just picked up Livia Kohn's Chen Tuan: Discussions and Translations. Chen Tuan was the Taoist adept from Hua Shan attributed with creating Tai Chi Ruler, the Lui He Ba Fa martial art, Sleeping Qigong, among other things.

 

 

oooooo .... I bet that's an excellent read. Livia Kohn is a treasure.

[GrandmasterP]

 

oooooo .... I bet that's an excellent read. Livia Kohn is a treasure.

 

Never knew that.

Tai Chi ruler is excellent.

[zerostao]

http://www.amazon.com/Company-Crows-Ravens-John-Marzluff/dp/0300122551

[silent thunder]

http://www.amazon.com/Company-Crows-Ravens-John-Marzluff/dp/0300122551

might have to check this out myself... have had a long, influential relationship with them myself.

Thanks!

[GrandmasterP]

http://www.amazon.com/Company-Crows-Ravens-John-Marzluff/dp/0300122551

 

 

If you liked that you may love this...

http://www.amazon.com/Crow-Country-Mark-Cocker/dp/0224076019/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396734285&sr=1-4&keywords=crow+country+mark+cocker

 

Lyrical it is.

[GrandmasterP]

Dogen's Shobogenzo is good.

Free here.....

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma12/shobo.html

[doc benway]

On a Dalai Lama kick right now, just started reading Essence of the Heart Sutra.

[Captain Mar-Vell]

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I always want to answer taobums forums to this.

 

But it sounds flippant.

 

But its true, of course.

 

I barely read anything else now.

 

Still ain't finished the Julian May even.

 

I'm looking forward to starting Lyonesse, maybe put the Julian May to one side fer a bit.

 

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[RiverSnake]

DP

Edited October 30, 2014 by OldChi

[Captain Mar-Vell]

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In addition I am also reading "The Holy Guardian Angel" by Nepheilheim Press. Learning a lot

That one did look interesting, didn't it Oldchi.

 

I would be grateful if you would share your conclusions, if any, when you finish it.

 

I find it quite troublesome to read at the moment.

 

I would rather meditate.

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Edited April 20, 2014 by Captain Mar-Vell

[soaring crane]

Well, a friend quoted from Huxley's "Island' and I bought the Kindle version. I'm at 25 per cent (really don't enjoy not knowing what PAGE I'm on, but I do like the Kindle) and going strong. Good stuff, but Buddhism-heavy lol.

Edited April 20, 2014 by soaring crane

[GrandmasterP]

Just finished

'Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind' the compilation of Zen journals and letters of Maura ' Soshin' O' Halloran.

Irish American lass who joined a Rinzai Temple in Japan and was on her way to becoming something of a TV celebrity in Japan before being killed tragically young in a bus crash.

Gives a good insight into Rinzai-Zen ( koan- sudden enlightenment) temple practice.

Very different to the Soto Zen approach.

Edited April 20, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Cat Pillar]

Currently reading "The Concept of Mind" by Gilbert Ryle, at the suggestion of a philosophical friend. Not even through the first chapter yet, but enjoying it already.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5X5ZEO/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

[Rocky Lionmouth]

Can warmly recommend Lin Yutangs "The Importance of Living" and "The Importance of Understanding", both are pretty awesome and you can jump around in them for whatever chapters suit your fancy.

[zerostao]

http://www.amazon.com/Imagination-Medicine-Stephen-Aizenstat/dp/1882670620/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399200611&sr=1-1&keywords=imagination+and+medicine

[LAOLONG]

http://www.amazon.com/Teachings-Practices-Quanzhen-Masters-Philosophy/dp/0791460460/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399468573&sr=1-7&keywords=quan+zhen

[Captain Mar-Vell]

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Edited May 7, 2014 by Captain Mar-Vell

[silent thunder]

The Once and Future King...

[ralis]

Just started this tonight. 'Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism'. A bit depressing, but well worth reading.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverted-Totalitarianism-ebook/dp/B005DXON3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399871492&sr=1-1&keywords=sheldon+wolin

Edited May 12, 2014 by ralis

[silent thunder]

I'm going into fluffy land for a bit and reading a gaming module for an rpg system.

Good stuff...

[GreytoWhite]

I just finished these books in the past week.

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Language-David-Cohen/dp/1847090036

 

I didn't think much of David Cohen's book about body language. It was not new material to me and almost the same information can easily be found on YouTube.

http://www.amazon.com/Long-Earth-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062068687/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400807502&sr=1-1&keywords=the+long+earth

 

http://www.amazon.com/Long-War-Earth/dp/0062068695/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400807524&sr=1-1&keywords=the+long+war

 

The new series of books from Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter feels as if Baxter is rehashing his manifold material with a bit of fun thrown in on Pratchett's part. Overall it was enjoyable but I feel that Pratchett's collaboration with Gaiman in Good Omens was a far superior work.

 

I am currently working my way through the Pimsleur Portuguese I course. After a frustrating experience with Duolingo for the same language - they use a computerized voice that completely lacks intonation and I had a hard time understanding it - the Pimsleur course is a relief to hear natural voices.

 

I recently tried Fluenz Mandarin but the dictionary and the answers did not always match for the intonation marks and it became extremely frustrating trying to figure out what answer it wanted instead of the correct answer. Hopefully they fix it in a newer version, I rather liked the user interface and their leverage over immersion approach is helpful at first.