The Kalama Sutta - Pali Cannon

“It is proper for you, Kalamas, to doubt, to be uncertain. Come, Kalamas, do not go upon what has been heard by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; or upon what is in a sacred teaching; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias toward a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, “this monk is your teacher.”

Kalamas, when you know for yourselves: these things are bad, these things are blamable; these things are censured by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to harm and ill: then abandon them.”

“Suppose there is no hereafter and there is no fruit of deeds done well or ill. Yet in this world, here and now, free from hatred, free from malice, safe and sound, and happy, I keep myself.” THE BUDDHA



Tuesday, May 11, 2010

My Buddhist Mind

Rather than focus on what Buddhism is not which includes a multitude of misconceptions derived from a variety of sources including pop culture, it’s better to focus on what Buddhism is.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

• Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗 "True Pure Land School"), also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shōnin. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Buddhism For Dummies

Jonathan Landaw and Stephan Bodian

Monday, March 8, 2010

Tibetan Buddhism - Mantras

Mantram Relaxation

How the Mantram Works: A view through the Lens of Neuroscience
Dr. Daniel H. Lowenstein, M.D.

Break Through Pain

A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming Chronic and Acute Pain
Shinzen Young

The Book Of 5 Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

The Art Of War

Sun Tzu

Awakening The Buddha Within - Eight Steps To Enlightenment

Lama Surya Das

The Buddha's Wish For The World

Monshu Koshin Ohtani

Ocean - An Introduction To Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism In America

Kenneth K. Tanaka

Meditation For Dummies

Stephan Bodian

How To See Yourself As You Really Are

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Art Of Happiness - A Handbook For Living

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Strength In The Storm - Creating Calm In Difficult Times

Easwaran

Annon - Peace and Tranquility

Booklet of Sermons Commemorating the 750th Memorial of Shinran Shonin

The Heart Of The Buddha - Dharma

Kenryu T. Tsuji

The Teaching of Buddha

Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The Dhammapada

Balangoda Ananda Maitreya

Zen Poetry of Dogen

Eihei Dogen

Coffinman

The journal of a Buddhist mortician
Shinmon Aoki

Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind

The Life & Letters of An Irish Zen Saint
Maura O'Halloran

Everyday Suchness

Buddhist Essays on Everyday Living
Masao "Gyomay" M. Kubose

Dharma Breeze

Essays on Shin Buddhism
Nobuo Haneda

Buddhism of the Heart

Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner Togetherness
Jeff Wilson

Mahayana Buddhism

The doctrinal foundations, 2nd edition
Paul Williams

Finding our true home

Living in the Pure Land here and now
Thich Nhat Hanh

The Essential Shinran

A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
Alfred Bloom

How to see yourself as you really are

The Dalai Lama

How To Practice

The way to a meaningful life
The Dalai Lama

Happiness

Essential Mindfulness Practices
Thich Nhat Hanh

The Dhammapada

The Buddhist Path Of Truth
The Buddha

The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Vol 1

Rene Descartes
Translated by:
John Cottingham,Robert Stoothoff,Dugald Murdoch

Descarte's Dualism

Katherine J. Morris

Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist

Stephen Batchelor

Annon's Secret Something Within

M. Bradley McCauley

The Samurai Series

The Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi
Hagakure,The way of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Bushido-The Soul of Japan - Inazo Nitobe

Thick Face Black Heart

The warrior philosophy for conquering the challenges of business and life-
Chin-Ning Chu

Socrates' Way

Seven keys to using your mind to the utmost
Ronald Gross

Shin Buddhism

Bits of rubble turn into gold
Taitetsu Unno

River of Fire, River of Water

Taitetsu Unno

The Mantram Handbook

A practical guide to choosing your mantram and calming your mind.
Eknath Easwaran

Shinran

The Collected Works Of Shinran
Volume II

Shinran

The Collected Works Of Shinran
Volume I

Zen Shin Talks

Sensei Ogui

Shin Buddhism

Bits of Rubble Turn into Gold
Taitetsu Unno

Anger

Thich Nhat Hanh

In my own words

An introduction to my teachings and philosophy
The Dalai Lama

The Universe Of A Single Atom

The convergence of science and spirituality
The Dalai Lama

Passage Meditation

Bringing the deep wisdom of the heart into daily life
Eknath Easwaran

The Madman

Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Kahil Gibran

Monday, January 1, 2007

Additional Notes

Additional notes from a variety of articles, Dharma classes and other research sources