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You can follow in the footsteps of Milarepa. Regardless of the various mistakes you may have made in your life or the pain you currently carry, you can smile. You can renounce the aspects of yourself that continue to weigh you down or make you miserable. Through applying the basic technique of meditation practice, you can turn your mind toward the
... See moreLodro Rinzler • The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation
Sufi teacher Idries Shah
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
Shinzen Young, a Vipassana teacher I studied with online, describes this as “learning to live as the wave, instead of the particle.”
Elena Nezhinsky • Buddha on a Bull: A Practical Approach to Enlightenment (Complete Humanity Series Book 1)
A. T. Ariyaratane, a Buddhist elder, who is considered to be the Gandhi of Sri Lanka.
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
RAIN is a useful acronym for the four key principles of mindful transformation of difficulties. RAIN stands for Recognition, Acceptance, Investigation, and Nonidentification.
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
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“small mind.” It can also be described as sem. In Tibetan there are several words for mind, but two that are particularly helpful to know are sem and rikpa. Sem is what we experience as discursive thoughts, a stream of chatter that’s always reinforcing an image of ourselves. Rikpa literally means “intelligence” or “brightness.” Behind all the plann
... See morePema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
