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Practicing The Jhanas: A book review
Practicing The Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw Authors: Stephen Snyder & Tina Rasmussen Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc., 2009 Well,...
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Buddha takes no Prisoners!
Buddha Takes No Prisoners: A Meditator’s Survival Guide Author: Patrick Ophuls North Atlantic Books Once again, I’ve been tricked by the title. “A meditator’s survival guide” led me to believe this...
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Present Fresh Wakefulness – a review and contest
Present Fresh Wakefulness: A Meditation Manual on Nonconceptual Wisdom By repeating the recognition of innate suchness, totally free of mental constructs, we lay the basis for accomplishing the mind...
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Conscious Breathing
Conscious Breathing: How Shamanic Breathwork Can Transform Your Life Sufficient unhappiness pushes us to action. I had sufficient unhappiness and that led me to Vipassana meditation and then to...
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Stripped down Buddhsim, and study…
Taken at River Meadows Park, WA So I was going to review a book I just read, but really couldn’t come up with much. After reading Steve Hagan’s Buddhism Plain and Simple, all I had to say was…. “meh”....
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Welcome!
Thank you for checking out my new blog, Fly Like a Crow. First, what’s up with the name? Check out the ‘About’ page at the top for more info on that. And take a moment to explore the other pages as...
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The Eight Gates of Zen and Invoking Reality
John Daido Loori, Roshi Recently I read both the Eight Gates of Zen and Invoking Reality; both titles by the late John Daido Loori, Roshi. For awhile now I’ve been looking for a presentation of...
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Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life
Once long ago, when Brahmadatta still reigned in Benares, the bodhisattva was born as a crow. In time he became the leader of a great, raucous troop of crows, nearly a thousand strong, that lived...
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The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing
Awakening has nothing to do with outward actions or appearances. It is only achieved by ceasing conceptualization. There is no benefit in shaving your head, taking precepts, or wearing robes. Nor is...
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The Practice of Contemplative Photography
The Practice of Contemplative Photography by Andy Karr and Michael Wood Shambhala Publications As some of you may know, I am a bit of an amateur photographer. I came acrossed this book a year or two...
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