Hugo_M Posted May 4, 2009 (edited) Good Day friends I going to buy a bookshelf very soon, so i can start to have books, that always going to be classics or very good books to read in life So i am open to any recommendation from you of what you consider, a very good book or books to have in the bookshelf Also it is good to know which books people of this forum have in their bookshelf at home. It could be in any language, i am just curious, like sure many other people of this forum, to know which books you have at your bookshelf in your home May you all have a silence or calm very good readings moments, is my hope and pray Edited May 4, 2009 by HugoOlivaresMila Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squatting Monkey Posted May 4, 2009 (edited) 1. Xing Yi Nei Gong by Dan Miller & Tim Cartmell (THE book on moving nei/qi gong) 2. The Way Of Energy by Master Lam Kam Chuen (Zhan Zhuang for dummies) 3. Mindfulness In Plain English by Bhante Guarantana (Learn how to do vipassana). Invaluable. 4. The Four Noble Truths by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho (All the Buddha's teaching's are here) Edited May 4, 2009 by Squatting Monkey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trailmaker Posted May 4, 2009 Good Day friends I going to buy a bookshelf very soon, so i can start to have books, that always going to be classics or very good books to read in life So i am open to any recommendation from you of what you consider, a very good book or books to have in the bookshelf Also it is good to know which books people of this forum have in their bookshelf at home. It could be in any language, i am just curious, like sure many other people of this forum, to know which books you have at your bookshelf in your home May you all have a silence or calm very good readings moments, is my hope and pray hi HOM - some of my favorite bookshelf titles are: 'the tao te ching', david hinton translation. 'tao - the watercourse way' by alan watts. 'mountain home', the wilderness poetry of ancient china, translated by david hinton. the 'i ching', book of changes, wilhelm translation, introduction by carl jung. 'the yoga of herbs' by dr vasant lad/david frawley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiritual_Aspirant Posted May 4, 2009 1. Your Hands Can Heal You by Stephen Co 2. Miracles Through Pranic Healing (and all books in the Pranic Healing series) by Master Choa Kok Sui 3. Achieving Oneness With The Higher Soul by Master Choa Kok Sui 4. Psychic Self Defense for Home and Office by Master Choa Kok Sui 5. Feng Shui Your Life by Jayme Barrett Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesse Posted May 4, 2009 'the yoga of herbs' by dr vasant lad/david frawley. sweet book jesse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xvegangirlx Posted May 4, 2009 "Healing with whole foods" by Paul Pitchford. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted May 6, 2009 When The Shoe Fits: Commentaries On The Stories Of The Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu and Sex Matters: From Sex To Superconsciousness both by Osho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prince... Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Anything written by David Sedaris. You will laugh until you cry,pee your pants,or both. Also, that bookcase is SWEET! I want one of those when I finish school. Edited May 6, 2009 by Prince... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hugo_M Posted May 6, 2009 Hello and thanks Tao Bums Friends, wow your books recommendations are very good. I know many of these books you recommended going to be in my bookshelf for now i have only two books at my home that going to be in my home bookshelf: 1: The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith ( because is about the spiritual history of my ancestors. 2: Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard by Chen Kaiguo, Zheng Shunchao, and Thomas Cleary ( because i had never read a book of so amazing history of skills of Taoist Masters) Regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
i_am_sam Posted May 6, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Tai-Chi-Touchstones-...2932&sr=8-1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyshood Posted June 8, 2009 Yea ye Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions by Douglas Wile is really good!! I belive is the best book of Yang Tai Chi out there!! I hope i can read it someday, and i hope it be in Spanish http://www.agapea.com/libros/Las-Piedras-d...492128070-i.htm I remember other very good about Yang Tai Chi that i put the info on Shen Men Tao forum, but now the forum don't work so i wait until it work then i put that book info, is a book about Yang Old Style Qi Gong etc!![/size] A book that must be in my shelf and that i also recommend to others interested is: Four Gospels!! Is the only book that i like of the bible, is about the life of Jesus Christ!![/size] http://www.amazon.com/Four-Gospels-Contemp...833&sr=1-2# And want you buy some expensive one take a look http://www.foliosociety.com/book/GFG/four-gospels And have you still more money maybe you want also to buy this one! take a look haaaaaaa http://www.eastonpressbooks.com/leather/pr...t.asp?code=2052 hahahahahah hihihhihi Any way will you read other sources of the Gospels i belive this is the best or a very good start: The Forgotten Gospels: Early, Lost and Historical Writings on the Life and Teachings of Jesus by Tim Newton http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Gospels-Hi...1424&sr=1-1 [email=http://www.foliosociety.com/images/books/illustrations/lrg/GFG_4.jpg]http://www.foliosociety.com/images/books/illustrations/lrg/GFG_4.jpg[/email] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramon25 Posted June 8, 2009 Way of the superior man way of power working with chi (simple book but never the less usefull) The biology of beleif opening your energy gates and other bruce frantzis books intuflow daniel reids chu gung book Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) A few that I will always have on my bookshelf: Fiction - Blindness - Jose Saramago Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Naked Lunch - William S Burroughs Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Magus - John Fowles Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky His Dark Materials - Phillip Pulman Harry Potter series - JK Rowling Dune - Frank Herbert A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris Non fiction - Awareness - Anthony DeMello On Being Human - Jiddu Krishnamurti When the Shoe Fits - Osho The Miracle of Mindfullness - Thich Nhat Hanh Dao De Jing - version of your choice Zhuangzi - " Dhammapada - " Edited June 8, 2009 by xuesheng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Siliconvalley1 Posted June 8, 2009 Taoist Yoga: Alchemy & Immortality - by Charles Luk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyshood Posted June 8, 2009 good to know friends, many interesting books there PS. i forget to tell yesterday that the book 4 gospels are also in spanish in this store: http://www.agapea.com/libros/Los-Cuatro-Ev...479104279-i.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evZENy Posted June 8, 2009 If I need only one book - "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" OK, ok...It's not one, as it's trilogy. Of 5 books :-) MUST HAVE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramon25 Posted June 8, 2009 oh! AND The Root Of Chinese Qigung Great book and very usefula nd important if you are trying out anything energetic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mokona Posted June 8, 2009 This would probably make more sense to someone who self-attunes to Reiki systems through manuals. If you take a book, fiction or non fiction you can feel into the creative energy behind its creation, or go further and find the author or possibly open up new avenues to your reality. Something to try, since I doubt many get into that, but it is fun. I promise. I suppose a bit of clairvoyance would help out too, if you manage to go somewhere interesting through this practice. I suggest your favorite book on energy practices, and even your favorite fiction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted June 8, 2009 just a thread about this one the other day I'd recommend for anyone's shelf - YMAA's Embryonic Breathing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zhuo Ming-Dao Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) Taoist - "The Original Tao" (Nei-Yeh) translated by Harold Roth "The Book of Lieh Tzu" translated by A.C. Graham "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" Buddhist - "The Sutra of Hui-Neng - Grand Master of Zen" translated by Thomas Cleary "The Lankavatara Sutra" translated by D.T. Suzuki "The Vimalakirti Sutra" translated by Robert Thurman "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida "The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi, translated by Thomas Cleary Hindu "The Yoga Sutra" Patanjali Sankaracarya's commentary on the "Brhadaranyaka Upanisad" translated by Swami Madhavanda "Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man " by Gopi Krisna Christian - "Meister Eckhart - Wrom Whom God Hid Nothing" "The Cloud of Unknowing" Unknown Author Other - "Astral Dynamics" by Robert Bruce Edited June 10, 2009 by Zhuo Ming-Dao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h.uriahr Posted June 8, 2009 If I need only one book - "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" OK, ok...It's not one, as it's trilogy. Of 5 books :-) MUST HAVE! I second that!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyshood Posted June 8, 2009 Friends there is also a book write by Great Grand Master Wu Tunan that it is said it is a collection of knowledge that Great Grand Master Wu Tunan had collected when visiting many Martial Arts places in china like Wudang Mountain, Chen Village and many others maybe even the Shaolin temple, the book is:[/color] 国术概论－吴图南 http://www.21wulin.com/wulin/miji/1973.html Translate to English the title of this book, it is: Introduction to Martial Arts by Wu Tunan Had any one read it? Any comments about this book please!? What is this book about?[/i] Great Grand Master Wu Tunan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mat black Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) There's a few that I consider 'must haves'. But at the moment I'd just narrow it down to the one that to me, stands alone: The Shurangama Sutra Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsun Hua. It is said a commentary on this sutra was only ever done about twice in history. http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Shur.../Shurangama.htm Edited June 9, 2009 by mat black Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
