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 Hokai |
More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 2:39 PM EDT It'd be useful if each member would contribute some 5 links of value, and submit these for review to the moderating team. So we could build an index of fine links, grouped in several headings, to reflect the preferences of our members.
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Hokai |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 2:45 PM EDT Use "Post a question" to submit your links.
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 vjhorn |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 3:00 PM EDT Here are a couple of good ones: Cyborg Buddha Project - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/cyborgbuddha - The Cyborg Buddha Project was founded to "promote discussion of the impact that neuroscience and emerging neurotechnologies will have on happiness, spirituality, cognitive liberty, moral behavior and the exploration of meditational and ecstatic states of mind." Leigh Brasington's Jhanas Page - http://www.leighb.com/jhanas.htm - A great collection of articles and information on the jhanas, created and assembled by jhana teacher Leigh Brasington. The Worst Horse - http://theworsthorse.net/ - "The Buddhist pop- and sub-culture site" Audio Dharma - http://www.audiodharma.org - "This site is an archive of Dharma talks given by Gil Fronsdal and various guest speakers at the Insight Meditation Center since 2000. Each talk illuminates aspects of the Buddha's teachings. The purpose is the same that the Buddha had for his teachings, to guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom. "
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 Gozen |
NM Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreat
Apr 14 2008, 4:24 PM EDT NM Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreat http://www.swcp.com/jcutts/meditation/ Operated by Jay Cutts, this Center in northern New Mexico is for people from any meditation traditions (Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, Hindu, Western) or no tradition at all, as well as for people interested in teachers such as Pema Chodron, Toni Packer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Krishnamurti. Jay studied with Toni Packer for many years. Explore more deeply what meditative work is and how it sheds light on the concerns of our lives, not theoretically, but from a quiet listening that includes others and oneself. Meditative work is not theoretical, not goal oriented. It is the direct entering into a simple, compassionate, open awareness that allows the myriad fears, clingings and confusions of the mind to be revealed in a new way and at the same time brings us intimately, undividedly and lovingly in touch with the wide universe in all its profound stillness.
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Gozen |
Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Apr 14 2008, 4:30 PM EDT http://www.merrell-wolff.org/ http://www.integralscience.org/gsc/ The writings of the American spiritual philosopher and Realizer, Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), are deep, difficult and profound. His 3 books are classics among those with the insight to grasp their meaning. FMW was trained in mathematics, philosophy and psychology at Harvard. He abandoned a promising academic career and devoted 20 years to the pursuit of Enlightenment before realizing success. Because FMW is so difficult, not many people read him. Because his Realization is true, and he expressed it in precise, logical Western terms, many people should.
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Gozen |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 5:40 PM EDT I added 2 web sites. That's all for today.
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Abe_Dunkelheit Abe_Dunkelheit |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 6:18 PM EDT One link for today: http://www.openingmind.com/ In 1982, the Son (Zen) Master Chong-An (who later was given the name Myo Bong) of the Chogye Buddhist order of Korea, suggested the creation of a center that would combine Buddhism and Platonic Philosophy. Pierre Grimes remembers: "It was during these talks (with master Chong-An) that I realized only too well what a task I had been engaged in since I was reviving and adapting parts of what was once a magnificent system of philosophy. In contrast, Buddhism had a different history; it had been fortunate in being able to continue into the present age, even adding to its rich philosophical and contemplative traditions, while Platonic thought had been thoroughly suppressed and has only managed to survive as an object of scholarly research rather than as a vital and profound spiritual system alongside of the Eastern comtemplative systems. One day over a cup of tea Chong-An offered me an opportunity and challenge that surprised me. He said that I was a teacher who was disguising himself as a student and that I should drop the mask and be myself, a teacher. I laughed and tried to hold to my belief that I knew nothing that could benefit students. He simply said that if I do it, I would see for myself that I was a teacher. I accepted the challenge and I became Hui-An, the Master Dharma Teacher and was sealed as his Dharma Successor. Myo Bong, the Patriarchal Dharma successor of Venerable Hye-Am, the 33rd patriarch from Lin Chi, has founded several temples and is presently in Korea." As a result, a short while later in the Spring of '83, Pierre started the Opening Mind Academy as part of his Virtue Mountain Temple in Huntington Beach, CA for the training of Philosphical Midwifery, the exploration and study of dreams, and reviewing problems which students experienced in meditation. http://www.openingmind.com/bground.htm
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Abe_Dunkelheit Abe_Dunkelheit |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 6:25 PM EDT http://coffeewithpierre.com * See for example the video Direct Understanding and the Attainment of Buddhahood Want to be inquisitive? This is an exploration into thought. Thoughts play themselves out as a drama. They each have images with their own attitude, manner and style. Your mind is trying to remind you of what you most need to understand. Just direct your understanding to what is going on. By doing so, one can verify that we live in a caring and intelligible universe. References are made to The Collected Works of Chinul - The Korean Approach to Zen http://coffeewithpierre.com/?q=node/60
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Hokai |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 7:55 PM EDT This To-Do's status was changed to "completed" (I suppose Gozen did that after adding two or three links to the "Websites of value" page). Never mind, I locked that page for now, and we'll keep collecting proposals for our first link bonanza. Thanks to contributors so far!
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Hokai |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 7:57 PM EDT This To-Do has been reopened.
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Hokai |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 7:59 PM EDT To contribute links, use "Post reply" on this page. Please do not use the "Mark complete" button when you're done. Thank you.
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 AndruP |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 14 2008, 9:08 PM EDT Vince has posted some of the links I was going to suggest (Audiodhamma). http://www.dhammatalks.org.uk/sumed.htm I found Luang por Sumedho's teachings very accessible, here is a page of his Dhamma Talks. Some of the links might not currently work. http://bhikkhublog.blogspot.com/ A Canadian born Theravada monk ordained in Thailand in 1992. Abbot of the Arrow River Forest Hermitage.
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 woman_alone |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 16 2008, 2:10 AM EDT Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism www.accesstoinsight.com - translated scriptures from the Pali Cannon and links for Theravada practitioners Birken Forest Monastery : 3000+ Dhamma Talks Download Page http://birken.ca/dhammatalks.html - this page has english talks from Ajahn's (mostly from Ajahn Chah's lineage; Thai Forest) from around the world BuddhaNet's eBook Library http://buddhanet.net/ebooks.htm - contains many great books for download, such as Mahasi Sayadaw's Practical Insight Meditation and Thanissaro's Wings To Awakening (far too many titles to list here) Buddhist Publication Society http://www.bps.lk/ Offers many great books by both western and eastern masters of the practice. Also has past newsletters available for download. That's all I've got for now...
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 mai88 |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 16 2008, 7:49 AM EDT http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/index.shtml -website of the largest soto-Zen temple in Japan. www.taichimethods.com http://de.youtube.com/user/reddreamer37 -websites by my teacher. KungFu, Tai Chi Men
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Yverc Yverc |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 16 2008, 11:48 AM EDT http://www.thoughtware.tv/videos/show/1613 --> A neuroscientist talks about how she experiences enlightenment during a stroke (and theories about what brain functions are related to that). http://www.realization.org/page/doc0/doc0095.htm ---> Article about a women who had a tumor induced enligtenment-like experience. She completly lost her sense of "I", had a permanent awake awareness who was even aware of her being unconscious during sleep. She was also emotionally in deep terror, an intense fear because she could not for many years integrate the experience.
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Gozen |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 16 2008, 12:25 PM EDT "http://www.thoughtware.tv/videos/show/1613 --> A neuroscientist talks about how she experiences enlightenment during a stroke (and theories about what brain functions are related to that). "I've already watched that first video "Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke Of Insight" and it is very good. However, when she labels her right-brain (hemisphere) experiences as "Nirvana" she is not technically correct. Nirvana is the inverse of experience, the blessed release from experience. What she describes is actually a new sensitivity to subtle, energetic phenomena. This is new to her, because she had previously known more or less exclusively the left-brain (hemisphere) scientific, intellectual world view.
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 monkeymind |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 16 2008, 2:59 PM EDT Slightly more than 5 links... *** Teachers *** Ven Ajahn Maha Boowa http://www.luangta.com/English/Index.html Godwin Samararatne http://www.godwin-home-page.net/ Ven. Nanavira Thera Dhamma Page http://nanavira.org Suan Mokh (Ven. Ajahn Buddhadasa) http://www.suanmokkh.org/ Seung Sahn http://www.kwanumzen.com//misc/article-index-by-teacher.html *** Suttas and Sutras *** Some unusual Sutta translations: http://halfsmile.org/buddhadust/BuddhaDustCDWelcomePage.htm Mahayana Sutras: http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/ *** Libraries *** Pan-Buddhist Library http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com Buddhist Bibliography http://www.golden-wheel.net/buddbib.html Quang Duc http://www.quangduc.com/menu2.html *** Fun stuff *** ABOL http://www.american-buddha.com/ Zen stories http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/zenstory/zenstory.html Cheers, Florian
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 salsify |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 17 2008, 10:10 PM EDT Most of the Buddhist sites I personally would recommend have already been mentioned, or I assume everyone already knew to get here- e.g. buddhist geeks. A western mystery tradition site I value is "the baptist's head." (www.thebaptistshead.co.uk) They seem to have been influenced by Daniel Ingram's book, both in their ambitions and their methodology. I find them valuable because they tend to record their progress as they go, in a very unfiltered kind of way, leaving a good record of the evolution of their practice. I personally find this useful and encouraging. Peter
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Tracy. Tracy. |
RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 19 2008, 11:48 AM EDT In This Very Life (Online version) by Sayadaw U Pandita http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pesala/Pandita/ Includes Chapters: 1. Basic Morality and Meditation Instructions 2. Cutting Through to Ultimate Reality 3. The Ten Armies of Māra 4. The Seven Factors of Enlightenment 5. The Vipassanā Jhānas 6. Chariot to Nibbāna Appendices: * Factors of Enlightenment; * Hindrances and Antidotes; * The Progress of Insight; * Numerical Lists
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RE: More links to websites of value
Apr 21 2008, 2:07 PM EDT Practical Insight Meditation in full: http://books.google.com/books?id=M2S-7-lWzHIC&printsec=frontcover&sig=gcbxMt7nkW6V_n3zkhm3Ab4glR8&hl=en DIY Dharma (exhaustive amount of audio, but poorly coded page taking a long time to load): http://diydharma.org
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