The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
By: Robert A.F. Thurman
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along t…
Want to Read $ 14.99"You yourself can be god. You really are that, in fact. You, yourself, are reality. You, yourself, are buddha. (p. 18)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"You yourself can be god. You really are that, in fact. You, yourself, are reality. You, yourself, are buddha. (p. 18)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"The first two steps of the path: the recognition of the preciousness of human life, which is endowed with liberty and opportunity, and the awareness of the immediacy of death. (p. 79)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"The first two steps of the path: the recognition of the preciousness of human life, which is endowed with liberty and opportunity, and the awareness of the immediacy of death. (p. 79)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
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1. Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
By: Osho
4.14
Format: 193 pages, ebook
Courage is not the absence of fear, says Osho. It is, rather, the total presence of fear, with the … read more
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"Qorxu dolu insan üçün həyat təhlükəli olur. Çünki yaşamaq sevmək deməkdir."-Osho, Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
"They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!"-Osho, Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
"The crowd is not the problem - you are the problemn. The crowd is not pulling you - you are being pulled..."-Osho, Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
"Man is the only animal who feels boredom; it is a great prerogative, it is part of the dignity of human beings."-Osho, Courage: The Joy of Living Dangerously
2. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
3. The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
By: Alan W. Watts
3.00
Format: 508 pages, Mass Market Paperback
At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that … read more
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4. Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold
By: Krishna Das
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Chants of a Lifetimeoffers an intimate collection of stories, teachings, and insights from Krishna … read more
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5. Beowulf
By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney
3.49
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more
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"Fate will unwind as it must!"-Unknown, Beowulf
"Fate goes ever as fate must."-Unknown, Beowulf
"Let whoever can win glory before death."-Unknown, Beowulf
"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."-Unknown, Beowulf
6. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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7. World as Lover, World as Self
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Joanna Macy
4.13
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
This overview of Joanna Macy's innovative work combines deep ecology, general systems theory, and t… read more
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8. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
By: Gabor Maté
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more
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9. The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
By: Stanislav Grof
3.00
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The Cosmic Game discusses the broadest philosophical, metaphysical and spiritual insights gleaned i… read more
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10. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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11. Buddhism for Beginners: A Complete Course on the Heart of the Buddha's Teachings
By: Jack Kornfield
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Audio CD
At the heart of all Buddhist wisdom lies one astonishing truth: a way out of suffering and into a m… read more
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12. Anything Is Possible
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.20
Format: None pages,
Short story collection Anything Is Possibleexplores the whole range of human emotion through the in… read more
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13. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
By: Daniel Goleman , Richard Davidson
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do fo… read more
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14. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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15. Simple Passion
By: Annie Ernaux
3.93
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more
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"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
16. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine May
3.86
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more
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"The problem with “everything"-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
17. The Book of Form and Emptiness
By: Ruth Ozeki
4.03
Format: 548 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the … read more
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"Those are your divisions, the false dichotomies and the hegemonic hierarchies of materialist colonizers. We, too, have been the slaves of your desires, unwitting tools, forging the destruction of the…"-Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness
18. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
By: Peter Attia
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more
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19. What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
By: Bruce D. Perry
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powe… read more
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20. Tracy Flick Can't Win
By: Tom Perrotta
3.64
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon “Tom Perrotta is…one of the great w… read more
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"But it wasn't really about her looks; there was just this current running between us, a really strong connection. Her absence always felt abrupt and unfair when we parted at the end of the day, like …"-Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win
"I try not to think too much about those days now - let the past be past. The truth is, we're all prisoners of our historical context. Anybody who says morality is absolute, that right and wrong don't…"-Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win
21. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
By: Nedra Glover Tawwab
4.28
Format: 282 pages, ebook
End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. … read more
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"We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them"-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
"I’m not doing this to disrespect you. I’m doing this to respect myself."-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
"Assume that people know only what you tell them, honor only what you request, and can't read your mind."-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
22. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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23. Stay True
By: Hua Hsu
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for se… read more
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"My parents are great, I said. Unbelievably non-stereotypical."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"The first generation thinks about survival; the ones that follow tell the stories."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"You were describing people we had not yet met, maybe people we ourselves would become."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"It was a sign of personal growth, I thought to myself, that I could be friends with someone who liked Pearl Jam this much."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
24. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
25. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
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"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
26. The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition
By: Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
4.34
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Conceived at the crossroads of Buddhism and indigenous earth-based practice, The Shamanic Bones of … read more
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27. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
28. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
By: Yongey Mingyur
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more
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"Actually, everything is in-between."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
29. How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
By: Mia Birdsong
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An Invitation to Community and Models for Connection After almost every presentation activist a… read more
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30. The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
By: Robert A.F. Thurman
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along t… read more
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- philosophy
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- spirituality
- reference
- audiobook
"You yourself can be god. You really are that, in fact. You, yourself, are reality. You, yourself, are buddha. (p. 18)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"The first two steps of the path: the recognition of the preciousness of human life, which is endowed with liberty and opportunity, and the awareness of the immediacy of death. (p. 79)"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"Through the great bliss state, I myself become the mentor deity. From my luminous body, Light rays shine all around, Massively blessing beings and things, Making the universe pure and fabulous, Perfe…"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
"Silence is the Buddha‘s greatest expression. It‘s the Buddha‘s great teaching, what the Hindus call „You are That“ in the Upanishads. „You are the ultimate reality. You are God!“ the Hindus boldly de…"-Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
