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Tag: Thai Forest Tradition

Ajahn Sumedho
Book Bits

Start Where You Are: Ajahn Sumedho

April 6, 2020April 17, 2020 Vanessa Able

"Whatever way you are feeling now, whether you like it or not, whether it is inspired or depressed, right or wrong, sane or crazy, it is what it is in this moment."

Tagged awareness, sati, Silence, Suchness, tatha, Thai Forest TraditionLeave a comment
Achaan Chaa
Book Bits, The Masters

You Must Go Beyond All Words – Ajahn Chaa

December 19, 2019April 6, 2020 Vanessa Able

Achaan Chaa was a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest Tradition who taught a simple practice in nature that did not depend on reading or studying.

Tagged A Still Forest Pool, Achaan Chaa, Achaan Chah, Books, dharma, Practice, Simplicity, Study, Thai Forest Tradition, Zen3 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
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    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
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    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

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  • Halina Goldstein – How to Play the Gong
    Spiritual teacher and poet Halina Goldstein unfolds a rhythm of vibrancy, glory, and emptiness with her poem "How to Play the Gong".
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