Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
By: Norman Fischer
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This engaging contemplation of maturity addresses the long neglected topic of what it means to grow…
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1. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
By: Chögyam Trungpa
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the comm… read more
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- zen
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Eventually we must give up trying to be something special."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
"Self-deception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral."-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
2. Upstream: Selected Essays
By: Mary Oliver
2.43
Format: None pages,
Comprising a selection of essays, Upstreamfinds beloved poet Mary Oliver reflecting on her astonish… read more
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- nonfiction
3. We Were the Mulvaneys
By: Joyce Carol Oates
4.02
Format: 424 pages,
The Mulvaneys of High Point Farm in Mt. Ephraim, New York, are a large and fortunate clan, blessed … read more
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4. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
By: None , Edward E. Ericson Jr. , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
4.32
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prison… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"To taste the sea, all one needs is one gulp."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
"Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty."-None, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
5. The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
By: Pema Chödrön
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves and we can only e… read more
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6. Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
By: Pema Chödrön
4.01
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compa… read more
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7. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
8. Don't Be a Jerk: And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master
By: Brad Warner
4.02
Format: 982 pages, Paperback
A Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye "Even if the whole u… read more
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9. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
By: Alan W. Watts
0.00
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our… read more
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10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
11. How Do You Live?
By: Genzaburo Yoshino
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more
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"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?
12. A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
By: Shoukei Matsumoto
3.59
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the trad… read more
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"What people see in a garden is a reflection of what is in their heart."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"When ironing, visualize yourself ironing out the wrinkles in your heart."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"CUTTING YOUR HAIR AT REGULAR INTERVALS IS A WAY TO HONE YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
"Cleanliness is close to enlightenment, and so is a clean mouth with a fresh breath."-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind
13. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
14. It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
By: Hilary Jacobs Hendel
4.22
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Fascinating patient stories and dynamic exercises help you connect to healing emotions, ease anxiet… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"healing is not just a desired outcome of treatment, it is a potential that is there from the start. We are wired to heal, to right ourselves, to grow and transform. This is not just a metaphor. It is…"-Hilary Jacobs Hendel, It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self
15. Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
By: Shohaku Okumura
4.62
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned a… read more
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16. Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
By: Marcia Bjornerud
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival Few of us hav… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Antipathy toward time clouds personal and collective thinking."-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"This impression is a glimpse not of timelessness but timefulness, an acute consciousness of how the world is made by - indeed, made of - time."-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"I emphasize that my job is not to challenge their personal beliefs but to teach the logic of geology (geo-logic?) - the methods and tools of the discipline that enables us not only to comprehend how …"-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"Over human timescales, however, our disruption of geography will haunt us. Soil lost to erosion, coastal areas claimed by the sea, and mountaintops sacrificed on the altar of capitalism won't be rest…"-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
17. Playground
By: Richard Powers
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more
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18. Life, Part Two
By: David Chernikoff
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A guide to seven essential elements that will illuminate your path to spiritual realization and wis… read more
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- spirituality
19. The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
By: Meido Moore
4.31
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The first accessible beginner's guide to Rinzai Zen practice.The recognition of the true nature of … read more
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20. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
By: Norman Fischer
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This engaging contemplation of maturity addresses the long neglected topic of what it means to grow… read more
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21. Being Upright: Zen Meditation and Bodhisattva Precepts (Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts)
By: Tenshin Reb Anderson
4.43
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
Written in the tradition of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, this insightful Zen guide explores how we ca… read more
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