10 February, 2012
by rgonzalezr
Half down-and-dirty adventure and half inspirational memoir, Rude Awakenings documents an unusual pilgrimage. Two very different men — earthy scientist Nick Scott and fastidious Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto — together spend six months retracing the Buddha’s footsteps through India. Told alternately by Sucitto and Scott in their distinctively different voices, this story blends self-effacing humor, philosophical explorations, drama, travel observations, and the occasional giant fruit bat. Rude Awakenings is a heady record of survival and spirituality set against the dramatic backdrop of one of India’s most lawless regions.
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Wisdom Publications (December 23, 2005)
- Language: English
Posted in Budismo, Viajes |
Leave a Comment »
2 February, 2012
by rgonzalezr
“D.T. Suzuki’s works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism that recent decades have produced . . . We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author.”—Carl Jung, in his foreword to the book
D.T. Suzuki (1870 – 1966) is usually credited with introducing Zen Buddhism to America, and in AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM he covers Zen in a scholastic and erudite fashion. Suzuki’s use of English is extremely complex, but his style gets information across very well.While expounding on the basics of Zen, Suzuki is always quick to respond to questions the reader might have. He dedicates an entire chapter to countering the oft-heard argument that Zen is nihilistic. The final chapter covers daily life for Zen monks, giving Westerners a glimpse of what is common knowledge for Japanese (or was several generations ago).
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Grove Press (January 13, 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0802130550
Posted in Budismo, Zen |
Leave a Comment »
28 January, 2012
by rgonzalezr
The Wisdom of Sustainability continues E. F. Schumacher s groundbreaking work on Buddhist economics in Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Emphasizing small-scale, indigenous, sustainable alternatives to globalization, Sulak offers hope and alternatives for restructuring our economies based on Buddhist principles and personal development.
Sulak is one of the heroes of our time, offering deep wisdom and refreshingly sane alternatives to the earth-destroying religions of consumerism, greed, and exploitation. Sulak Sivaraksa is one of Asia s leading social thinkers and activists. His wide-ranging work includes founding the International Network of Engaged Buddhists and dozens of other educational and political grassroots organizations, and authoring more than 100 books in Thai and English. He was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and, in 1995, received the Right Livelihood Award, known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize.
Posted in Budismo, Sustentabilidad |
Leave a Comment »
20 June, 2011
by rgonzalezr
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Berkeley Shambala 1970
- Language: English
French traveler, author, and Tibetan scholar. Born in the Paris suburb of Saint-Mandé on October 24, 1868, Alexandra David-Neel had a lonely childhood and spent much of her time reading about Eastern religions and philosophy. David-Neel was a practicing Buddhist and the first European woman to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet. She spent 14 years in Tibet, living simply and studying Tibetan religion and occultism. Her two major books, translated into English as Magic and Mystery in Tibet and Initiations and Initiates in Tibet, are accounts of her first-hand observation of Tibetan occult and religious feats and have been frequently reprinted.
David-Neel received many honors for her books, including the gold medal of the Geographical Society of Paris, the French Legion of Honor, the Insigne of the Chinese Order of the Brilliant Star, and the silver medal of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society. She has also been the subject of several biographies since her death on September 8, 1969, in Pigne, France.
Posted in Budismo, Misticismo |
Leave a Comment »
30 December, 2010
by rgonzalezr
In 1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure Tibetan Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Popular Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient text, conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious, scientific, and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of an opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer. Like Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sogyal Rinpoche opens the door to a full experience of death. It is up to the reader to walk through. –Brian Bruya
Posted in Budismo |
Leave a Comment »
Recent Comments