English Buddha

In Great Buddha Gym for All Mens and Womens, author Sallie Tisdale so richly evokes her pilgrimage to the four vital sites related to Buddha Shakyamuni's life and enlightenment that the listener feels as if she's tripping alongside Tisdale every crowded, colorful, and sensuous step of the way. The challenges of travel in modern India are daunting. The ancient sites are overrun with tourists and seekers. Merchants hawking spiritual goods are everywhere.

Jana Rubio and her best friend, Maddy Parsons, have an epic senior year finale queued up: catching their favorite band at the Orchards, an outdoor music festival a two-hour drive away. When a blowup over Maddy’s time-sucking boyfriend exposes a rift that may have already been growing between them, Jana calls off their joint trip and gets a lift to the festival from her church friend Nathan…only to realize Maddy and her boyfriend are along for the ride, too.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 8.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

In the follow-up book to his best selling text, Zen Filmmaking, prolific Independent Filmmaker Scott Shaw takes the reader behind the scenes of Indie Filmmaking and teaches the secrets of how to make a feature film, documentary, or music video in the most refined and expedient manner possible. He also teaches the reader the tricks of how to make a No to Low-Budget feature film look like it has a High-Budget price tag. Shaw leads the reader through all aspects of filmmaking, beginning with the screenplay, onto financing, casting, producing, directing, cinematography, and distribution. This ...

The thought provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 6.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

Yoga is much more than the physical postures commonly associated with this word. Yoga is an advanced methaphysical science that has been developed over thousands of years and is designed to lead its practitioners towards enlightenment. In this book, Scott Shaw presents the reader with the historical foundations of yoga, in association with exacting methods of meditation, breath control, and spiritual practice; including detailed information on Kundalini and Tantra yoga. These techniques have traditionally only been revealed to advanced students of yoga. By practicing the techniques ...

Taken from the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 2.0 these writings discuss the realities of life, love, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

The aphorisms presented in this book are designed to allow the reader to delve deeply into their own mind and come to conclusions about life and reality that will help them to refocus, recharge, and move towards new and deeper levels of Self Awareness and Life Understanding.

With the stresses of modern society, each person needs a method to step back, find their center and refocus their energy in order to be ready to move forward with the next step of life. In this book, Scott Shaw, an advanced yoga and meditation instructor, with over thirty-five years of experience, provides the reader with the foundations for and the techniques of the ancient methods of yoga meditation.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 7.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

If you take a moment to step outside of yourself, move beyond the melodrama which you are currently involved in, you can perhaps see how life functions and have a realization about how this universe truly operates. In a world where too few people ever look for reason, this book is designed to help you find immediate deeper meaning in all of life's situations. By reading the aphorisms within its pages, you too may come to a better understanding of reality, nature, your mind, and God.

Developed by Scott Shaw, the primary premise of Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film. There are no rules and no definitions. The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process. Within the pages of this book, Scott Shaw leads the reader through all of the elements of Zen Filmmaking -- allowing one to emerge as a competent independent filmmaker, possessing all of the necessary skills to create a feature film, ...

Donald G. Jackson was a cutting edge, avant-garde filmmaker who contributed numerous films to the independent film market throughout his career. His wild behavior, chaotic filmmaking style, and lack of defined storyline in his movies has left many people wondering just who was Donald G. Jackson and what were his inspirations and motivations as a filmmaker. In this book, Scott Shaw, his closest filmmaking associate, delves into the man and the artist who was Donald G. Jackson. He presents a treasure trove of extensive material detailing the life of the man and the filmmaker in his own words ...

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen Buddhism, leads the reader through a series of essays, detailing the various aspects of human consciousness and developmental awareness. This book provides deep insight into the spiritual and psychological path of ever-unfolding human awareness.

Discover Why and How Buddha Failed Expose Buddha’s self-esteem games and strategies. Discern the difference between material and spiritual ego. Explore how Buddhism can be harmful in spiritual areas. Recognize how merit alone cannot save you. Understand the true cause of suffering.Expose Buddha’s Path of Superiority One can make the case that the primary purpose of Buddha’s legends, myths, and stories is to present Buddha as superior to others. Other considerations, such as teaching, are secondary. We do not care about Buddha or his reputation one way or the other. However, we do care...

This book is the result of having searched and investigated in the sacred books of the most popular religions and philosophies, the common and most important points that unite all of them. Trying to order and explain these main ideas in a logical and practical way, and to purge them of the particular dogma of each school; using a simple vocabulary, and without the need to have previous experience in any type of reading, it makes it light but deep at the same time, leading us to personal introspection and meditation, which is the main objective of the book. Back in a new light: the third ...

The collection of beautiful verses of Enlightened Nuns. From Theri Gatha, one of the books of the Pali Canon found in the Khuddaka Nikaya-sutta pitaka. A translation into English from the Sinhala translation by Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera.

Frank Young strives to distance himself from his lost gold, ex-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines and the betrayal of the woman he loved, Rosalita. Yet the riddle, the haunting words, behind his mother’s rosary is in the back of his mind. And what about the other rosary? He is constantly approached by individuals seeking to recover treasures and gold Marcos had stolen from them. Despite their efforts and offers, Frank resists and lands a good engineering job in Atlanta all the while continuing to build upon his already successful martial arts business. However, it ...

Women are being murdered on campus. Thomas Yanter can't sleep, nor can he be certain that he's not the murderer. A model student with a secret, compromised past, Yanter's life is upended when the mysterious Tami of his high-school days resurfaces in his life, her presence drawing him ever closer to the epicenter of campus violence. Then, Yanter finds a pool of blood in a hidden underground passage and black pools his memory can't recover on the nights women were murdered. Is his obsession to find the true murderer - or his own true identity? Thomas is terrified that it might be both.

Heroically triumphing over her abusive ex who abducted their daughter, Luna, Diana Atestesso has to rise from the ashes. What more unlikely way to do that than to team up with her lost love, Finn, to build a bar named Sacred Hearts that unexpectedly becomes a haven for “freaks” of all kinds - a gonzo journalist, a drag-queen diva, a lesbian musical virtuoso, and Diana’s mentor, Selene, who embarks on an unexpected same-sex relationship in her twilight years? But not everyone joins the celebration.