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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Secret Rose Garden

 

The Secret Rose Garden

of Sa'd Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari

by Florence Lederer

[1920]

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Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 CE. His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat. This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.

Title Page
Contents
Editorial Note
Introduction
Acknowledgment
Part I. The Perfect Face of the Beloved
Part II. Beauty
Part III. The Sea and its Pearls
Part IV. The Journey
Part V. Time and This Dream-World
Part VI. Reflections
Part VII. Divine Inebriation
Part VIII. Reason and Free-Will
Part IX. Man: His Capabilities and His Destiny
Part X. The One
Part XI. The Self
Part XII. Idols, Girdles, and Christianity
Part XIII. Thoughts
Part XIV. The Light Manifest
Epilogue


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Friday, August 2, 2013

Happy Guide


Happy Guide eBook (free)

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Best wishes,
Michael Kinnaird

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6 simple lifestyle changes for health and happiness

There are six key lifestyle elements — six health boxes for you to check every day by developing good habits… With our busy lives this is a big enough job on its own without getting distracted.

  1. Diet
  2. Exercise
  3. Drugs (get rid of)
  4. Sleep
  5. Organization
  6. Live in the moment

Consistently checking those health boxes every day are the real and true causes of health and happiness. Bang, bang, bang…

Focus there.

And by making these things a habit, you’ll also make them painless, effortless and very soon you’ll be getting the amazing rewards of caring for your body, mind and soul in the best way every day — joy for life.

Best wishes,
Michael Kinnaird

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Friday, April 1, 2011

A Personal Tao

A Personal Tao

Discover the Tao and Taoism. This is a guide to the heart and a handbook for discovering the Tao. A Personal Tao mixes art, philosophy and stories into a mirror opening the soul for exploration. The pages explore spirit, love, going beyond death, immortality, finding happiness, changing the world and Taoist practice of release... All by embracing life now. Discover the Tao revealed by your life. A Taoist guide for seekers looking for ways to transform their life.


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Monday, July 5, 2010

The Questions of King Milinda

The Questions of King Milinda, Volume 01



The Questions of King Milinda, Volume 02


translated by T. W. Rhys Davids

Part I of II

Volume XXXV of "The Sacred Books of the East"

[1890]

Title Page
Contents
Introduction

Book I: The Secular Narrative

Book I

Book II: The Distinguishing Characteristics of Ethical Qualities

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 3

Book III: The Removal of Difficulties

Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Book VI: The Solving of Dilemmas

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Appendix

Devadatta in the Gâtakas
Addenda Et Corrigenda

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A Buddhist Bible

First Edition

BY DWIGHT GODDARD

[1932, Copyright not renewed]

This is the first etext of A Buddhist Bible to appear on the Internet. One of the favorite books of the Beat writers, particularly the ultimate 'Dharma Bum' Jack Kerouac, A Buddhist Bible has had a huge influence on the growth of Buddhism in the English-speaking world in the 20th century and beyond. This etext was scanned and proofed from an autographed copy of the first edition. We are indeed fortunate that this book slipped into the public domain due to a lack of timely copyright renewal.
The first edition, which was tightly focused on source documents of Zen Buddhism, was self-published in Vermont by Goddard and had 316 pages. Subsequently, a second revised and greatly enlarged edition of 677 pages was published in 1938 by E.P. Dutton (New York), and later republished by Beacon Press. The second edition, which has been in print ever since (see box to right), covers a much wider range of Buddhist texts including Southern Buddhism, some related documents such as the Tao te Ching, and modern texts. The reprint also includes introductions by Robert Aitken and Huston Smith.
Goddard, particularly in this first edition, took the best available translation of key documents and edited them heavily to eliminate repetitious passages and extraneous material. So this is a readers edition, not a critical edition, of these texts. However, he did nothing to water down or simplify the message of the sutras; quite the contrary. One can read this book repeatedly and still come back with new insights on each reading.
--John Bruno Hare, August 28th, 2004.
Title Page
Dedication
Advertisements
Table of Contents
Preface
History of Ch'an Buddhism Previous to the Times of Hui-Neng (Wei-Lang)

The Lankavatara Sutra

Preface
Introduction
Chapter I. Discrimination
Chapter II. False-Imagination and Knowledge of Appearances
Chapter III. Right Knowledge or Knowledge of Relations
Chapter VI. Perfect Knowledge, or Knowledge of Reality
Chapter V. The Mind System
Chapter VI. Transcendental Intelligence
Chapter VII. Self-Realisation
Chapter VIII. The Attainment of Self- Realisation
Chapter IX. The Fruit of Self- Realisation
Chapter X. Discipleship: Lineage of the Arhats
Chapter XI. Bodhisattvahood and Its Stages
Chapter XII. Tathagatahood Which Is Noble Wisdom
Chapter XIII. Nirvana

The Diamond Sutra

Preface
The Diamond Scripture

Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom

Preface
Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom

Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Preface
Chapter I. Autobiography of Hui-Neng
Chapter II. Discourse on Prajna
Chapter II. Discourse on Dhyana and Samadhi
Chapter IV. Discourse on Repentance
Chapter V. Discourse on the Three-Bodies of Buddha
Chapter VI. Dialogues Suggested by Various Temperaments and Circumstances
Chapter VII. Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Attainment
Chapter VIII. Royal Patronage
Chapter IX. Final Words and Death of the Patriarch
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Zen For Americans

by Soyen Shaku

translated by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

[1906]

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This is a book of essays by a Zen Buddhist Abbot who visited the United States in 1905-6, translated by another figure who was instrumental in introducing Buddhism to the West, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. Originally titled Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot, it has been reprinted in numerous editions as Zen for Americans and is currently in print under that title.
The book includes a translation of The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, which was the first Buddhist document translated into Chinese, and which had a huge influence on the development of Zen. Many of the essays are introductions to various Buddhist topics for Christians, and all of them are ideal for a general audience. The two essays which close out the book which discuss the Buddhist attitude towards war and peace, and are of historical interest because they were referenced by Leo Tolstoy in his anti-war declaration.
Title Page
Translator's Preface
Contents
The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters
The God-Conception of Buddhism
Assertions and Denials
Immortality
Buddhist Faith
Buddhist Ethics
What is Buddhism?
The Middle Way
The Wheel of the Good Law
The Phenomenal And The Supraphenomenal
Reply to a Christian Critic
Ignorance and Enlightenment
Spiritual Enlightenment
Practice of Dhyana
Kwannon Bosatz
Buddhism and Oriental Culture
The Story of Deer Park
The Story of the Gem-Hunting
The Sacrifice for a Stanza
Buddhist View of War
At The Battle of Nan-Shan Hill
An Address Delivered at a Service Held in Memory of Those Who Died in The Russo-Japanese War
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Rhythm of Wholeness



A New Image
of Cosmos and Anthropos
First Published 1995

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four


RHYTHM OF WHOLENESS
A Total Affirmation of Being
by Dane Rudhyar, 1983

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

PART ONE
The Philosophy of Operative Wholeness

1. Prelude to a New Interpretation of Reality

2. The Search for Spiritual Security: The One, the Whole, and Wholeness

3. The Movement of Wholeness

PART TWO
The Cycle of Being

4. The Structure of the Cycle of Being

5. The Four Crucial Phases of the Cycle of Being

6. The Inevitability of Success and Failure

7. Spirit and Mind

PART THREE
The Cycle of Man

8. Constitution of Man -
The Physical and Psychic Bodies

9. Constitution of Man -
The Spiritual Entity and the Higher Mind

10. The Structure and Transformation of the Total Person

11. The Cyclic Process of Spiritual Embodiment

PART FOUR
In The Spirit of Wholeness

12. The Principle of Holarchy and the Interplay of Horizontal and Vertical Relationships

13. Transpersonal Activity versus Mediumship

14. Rites of Passage

EPILOGUE
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Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

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Table Contents:

1
Written to Toki Jonin in 1255 from Kamakura
2
Written to Hojo Tokiyori on 16 July 1260 from Kamakura
3
Written to Shiiji Shiro on 28 April 1261 from Kamakura
4
The Izu Exile (p. 35 - 38)
Written to Funamori Yasaburo on 27 June 1261 from Izu
5
Written in 1261 from Izu
6
Written to Kudo Yoshitaka on 16 January 1262 from Izu
7
Written on 10 February 1262 from Izu
8
Written in March of 1263 from Kamakura
9
Written to Hiki Daigaku Saburo Yoshimoto's wife on 17 April 1264 from Kamakura
10
Written to Nanjo Hyoe Shichiro on 13 December 1264 from Kamakura
11
Written in 1264 from Kamakura
12
Written to Ueno-ama Gozen in 1265
13
Written in 1265
14
Written in 1265
15
Written to Hoshina Goro Taro on 5 December 1267
16
Written to Hogan-bo on 5 April 1268
17
Written to Joken-bo & Gijo-bo in 1270 from Kamakura
18
Written on 17 April 1271 from Kamakura
19
Written to Nichigen-nyo on 7 May 1271 from Kamakura
20
The Birth of Tsukimaro (p. 188 - 189)
Written to Shijo Kingo on 8 May 1271 from Kamakura
21
Written to Shijo Kingo on 12 July 1271 from Kamakura
22
Letter from Echi (p. 194 - 195)
Written to Toki Jonin on 14 September 1271 from Echi
23
Written to Shijo Kingo on 21 September 1271 from Echi
24
Written to Ota Saemon, Soya, Dharma Bridge Kimbara Hokyo on 5 October 1271 from Echi
25
Banishment to Sado (p. 202 - 203)
Written to Enjo-bo in October of 1271 from Echi
26
Written to Nichiro on 9 October 1271 from Echi
27
Letter from Teradomari (p. 206 - 212)
Written to Toki Jonin on 22 October 1271 from Teradomari
28
Written to Toki Jonin on 23 November 1271 from Sado - Tsukahara
29
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on 11 February 1272 from Sado - Tsukahara
30
The Opening of the Eyes (p. 220 - 298)
Written to Shijo Kingo in February of 1272 from Sado - Tsukahara
31
On the Treasure Tower (p. 299 - 300)
Written to Abutsu-bo in March of 1272 from Sado - Tsukahara
32
Letter from Sado (p. 301 - 308)
Written to Toki Jonin on 20 March 1272 from Sado - Tsukahara
33
Reply to Sairen-bo (p. 309 - 314)
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on 13 April 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
34
Written to Nichigen-nyo in April of 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
35
Written to Shijo Kingo on 2 May 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
36
Written to Nichimyo Shonin on 25 May 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
37
Written to Shijo Kingo in 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
38
On Prayer (p. 336 - 353)
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo in 1272 from Sado - Ichinosawa
39
Written to Toki Jonin on 25 April 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
40
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on 17 May 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
41
Letter to Gijo-bo (p. 389 - 390)
Written to Gijo-bo on 28 May 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
42
Written to All believers in May of 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
43
Written to All believers on 11 May 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
44
Reply to Hakiri Saburo (p. 405 - 411)
Written to Hakiri Saburo on 3 August 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
45
Reply to Kyo’o (p. 412 - 413)
Written to Shijo Kingo on 15 August 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
46
Written to Sennichi-ama in 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
47
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo in 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
48
Written to Shijo Kingo in 1273 from Sado - Ichinosawa
49
Written to Toki Jonin on 14 January 1274 from Sado - Ichinosawa
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