Taoism Buddhism

In this book, you’ll learn the story of the original Buddha, and the lessons he taught. You’ll find out about his four noble truths – and how to incorporate them in your daily life! Buddhism is more than a religion – no matter your belief or creed, you can benefit from this ancient knowledge! There are plenty of values taught through Buddhism that can increase your happiness and quality of life!

This book provides an intuitive insight into the heart of Zen through a translation of Seng-Ts'an's poem "Hsin Hsin Ming". Reading through the pages you will become familiar with the basic principles of Zen with an interesting collection of perspectives from Quantum Physics to more traditional views of Taoism. These different thoughts are brought together to serve the reader a rewarding experience. "Hsin Hsin Ming" by Seng-Ts'an is the Zen Poem that is often referred to as the poem of nothing.

This book is not meant to convince people to become Buddhists. That is a decision people have to make on their own. You won't be able to convert to Buddhism overnight by listening to this book, but you will learn the basics of the religion's history and what becoming a Buddhist would entail if you were to become one. Aside from learning about Buddhism, you may learn about how to deal with your own suffering or the suffering of those around you.

The first book in the Jed Talks series by Jed McKenna, author of the Enlightenment Trilogy and the Dreamstate Trilogy. 2nd Edition contains Starship Gita: The Song of the Borg, a play in six acts. Jed McKenna is the author of The Enlightenment Trilogy (Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment, and Spiritual Warfare) and The Dreamstate Trilogy (Jed McKenna's Theory of Everything: The Enlightened Perspective, Play: A Play by Jed McKenna, and Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory). The Jed Talks series continues to provide the same combination of humor, charm...

Based on extensive cultural studies and long years of practice, Livia Kohn creates a new typology of meditation, based on six distinct ways of accessing the subconscious. In a special chapter on each type, she outlines the physiology, world view, and traditional practice as well as its modern medical adaptations and organizational settings. Providing a thorough theoretical framework combined with a comprehensive, analytical overview, the book greatly advances our understanding of meditation.

Jed McKenna's Notebook is a cheap and easy way to see if Jed McKenna's Enlightenment Trilogy and Dreamstate Trilogy are right for you. JMN includes articles, chapters, correspondence, and interviews with Jed. The Jed material may not be right for all spiritual readers, but Notebook is a great way to find out if it's right for you. Notebook Includes: - Recipe for Failure - 3 Interviews with Jed - Impersonating Jed McKenna - Blues for Buddha - Zen and the Art of Self-Mutilation - Mannahatta - I, Witness - The New World - The Golden Door - Visionary Goofballs - Nothing Forever: A Post-...

FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH A serious document that you must read before you die... Abel Carvajal's best-selling book in Spain. Attention: Experimental translation from Spanish to English by Microsoft Translator, revised and corrected by the author. Grammar errors are possible; thank you for your understanding and acceptance of this edition.

This book details the history, rituals, and beliefs of the major traditional religions of China: universal animism, polydemonism, specters, ancestral worship, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He thought that one spiritual essence could be detected beneath a great variety of religious, philosophical, and even political expressions in China, and his lifework was the discovery and exposition of that essence.

Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T’ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism will prove invaluable not only to students, but also to general listeners who wish to learn more about the origins and nature of a profound tradition, and about its role and relevance in our fast-moving 21st-century existence.

Volume 7 Contents 1. Puzzle Master 2. Riptide 3. Reality Check 4. Phantom Numbers 5. Deus Deceptor 6. A Nobler Race of Men 7. The Curse of the Brainy Class 8. Defeat Is Victory 9. Cancer Inc 10. Lucidity and the Tao 11. Nonduality (does not equal) Spirituality 12. Sagan’s Folly 13. Graduate Redux 14. Practical Mindfulness 15. There Can Be Only One 16. Dharma Dueling with A.I. 17. Seahaven 18. Black Comedy 19. Animated Mannequins 20. Intelligent Awareness 21. Eat When Tired 22. Head on Fire 23. Zen Is Dead 24. Wrong-Ass Mountain 25. Figure the Odds 26. Burning Discontent 27. Nonduality Is ...

1. The Mayan Trinity 2. Unaccountable 3. Dark Forest 4. The Sisyphean Struggle 5. An Uphill Battle 6. Thinking About Thinking 7. Distrust the Science 8. Burning Down the House 9. Process of Elimination 10. Team Brahman 11. The Crucible 12. Plato’s Condom 13. The Nonduality Trap 14. Where We All Live 15. Warpath (part two) 16. Rational Absurdity 17. Reasonable Doubt Redux 18. Door Number Two 19. Flow & Obstruction 20. Benevolent Demon 21. Friend or Foe 22. Nonduality Is Super Stupid 23. Bouncy Castle 24. The Gum in Our Eyes 25. Not-Two vs All-Is-One Redux 26. Is Everything a Hoax? 27. ...

Jedvaita subscriber content is now available in ebooks containing 33 Jed McKenna essays each. 1. Maya’s Madhouse 2. Failure Is Victory 3. TIITIOTTIATI 4. RBD 5. Pain & Boredom 6. Prickly Folk 7. Brain Cloud 8. Desire vs Obsession 9. Awareness Abhors a Gap 10. Spitballing 11. Self-Inquiry 12. Hard to Believe 13. Top-Down Thinking 14. Avidya & Wrong-Knowing 15. Oil and Water 16. Rabid Badger 17. Think Again 18. Slay Me 19. Spectrum of Awareness 20. Authentic Potential 21. Garden Outcasts 22. Pukey Birds 23. Fearful Symmetry 24. Unique Trajectory 25. A Guy in a Room 26. Authentic Pattern 27....

From the Eastern religions of Buddhism and Taoism to the Abrahamic religions that billions across the globe follow, this audiobook provides a detailed introduction to some of the world’s major religions, breaking down their fundamental concepts in a way that anyone can understand. With insightful explanations and an unbiased approach, An Introduction to the World Religions is a must-listen for anyone interested in learning about the belief systems that billions of people practice.

Jedvaita subscriber content is now available in ebooks containing 33 Jed McKenna essays each. 1. No Blue Pill 2. Endless Blizzard 3. Otherborn 4. Self Scrutiny 5. Maya’s Cineplex 6. Advaita Hosiery 7. Truth Will Out 8. On Morality 9. On Function 10. Gloriously Meaningless 11. Write & Pray 12. Moksha-Realization 13. Herd Theology 14. Nothing Is Impossible 15. Easter Egg Hunt 16. Your Diamond Core 17. Herd Programming 18. Global Function 19. Perinatal Territory 20. Quantum 8-Ball 21. What Nonduality Means 22. Food for Thought 23. Children of Men 24. Attachment Theory 25. Caterpillar Dreams ...

Zen and Tao, A Little Book on Buddhist Though and Meditation is really not a short audiobook. It is a collection of Buddhist quotes, thoughts, and meditations from the school of Zen and the Tao. The Translations of the Hsin Hsin Ming, The Tao Te Ching, and Nargarjuna's Tree of Wisdom by Dennis Waller are included along with 50 selected quotes from Chuang Tzu, Okakura Kakuzo, and Buddha.

Jedvaita subscriber content is now available in ebooks containing 33 Jed McKenna essays each. 1. Your Creative Output 2. Hellivator 3. Unringing the Bell 4. Game of Veils 5. On Adulthood 6. A Closer of Doors 7. Guilty Until Proven Innocent 8. To Seek and Find 9. The Truth of You 10. On Writing II 11. Dustbunny Overkill 12. The Fable of the Search 13. Hopeless Optimism 14. The Lesser Evil 15. Spiritual Bypassing 16. Practical Wishcraft 17. Zerothink 18. The Hole Problem 19. The Power of Focus 20. Truth vs Reality 21. The Whole Truth 22. The Ignoble Eightfold Path 23. Dark Asylum 24. In ...

Jedvaita subscriber content is now available in ebooks containing 33 Jed McKenna essays each. 1. The Way That Is in You 2. Radical Nonduality 3. The Scream 4. Nondual Ramblings 5. The Matrix Revelations 6. The Play Is the Thing 7. Spiritual Autolysis 8. Your Happy Place 9. Nothing Exists 10. The Spiritual Fairytale 11. The Joy of Not Dying 12. The Madness of Crowds 13. Negative Buoyancy 14. A Pathless Land 15. The Hook-Up Imperative 16. A Simple Life 17. The Parable of the Matrix 18. Warpath (part one) 19. The Joy of Death 20. The Great Equalizer 21. A Happy Sadness 22. The Human Zoo 23. ...

1. Game Changer 2. A&E Revisited 3. What If Maya Quit? 4. An Awakening Machine 5. People I Know 6. Of Agni Born 7. Not-Two vs All-Is-One III 8. Next-Gen Zen 9. Divine Discontent 10. Song of Myself 11. Mayan Yoga 12. Embrace Your Inner Vulcan 13. Cinéma Vérité 14. Advaitin, Heal Thyself 15. Me On Me 16. Such Is Life 17. Warden Maya’s Escape Club 18. Above the Smokeline 19. Waterline 1: I Marks the Spot 20. Waterline 2: The Hot Zone 21. Lone Wolf 22. The Nonduality Show 23. A Victimless Crime 24. F.U.B.A.R. 25. The Light Side of Dark Emotion 26. Amor Fati 27. Hyper-Silliness 28. Baggage ...

Jedvaita subscriber content is now available in ebooks containing 33 Jed McKenna essays each. 1. The Power to Change 2. The Good News Grift 3. Pattern Follows Function 4. The Fates’ Lieutenant 5. The Enemy Within 6. Spiritual Diplomacy 7. The Prism of Self 8. The Road Ahead 9. The Bomb 10. The Way That You Unfold 11. A Very Persistent Illusion 12. On The Dreamstate 13. The Nondual Trinity 14. The Initial Nondual Insight 15. The Power of Not-Ego 16. A Thing Apart 17. On Miracles 18. The Matrix Revisited 19. Reasonable Doubt 20. Mindless Beliefism 21. The Name of the Game 22. The New ...

The world’s shortest (but not easiest) rational guide to everyday nondual awareness. Enlightenment is the ultimate self-help because it helps you realize that the self does not exist. What looks absurd and disturbing at first can grow into inspirational insight. Oneless Oneness is a fresh look at ancient Zen philosophy—not for the dogmatic, ideological, or faint-hearted, but for rational minds willing to question deeply ingrained beliefs. Do you wonder what the Zen masters mean by enlightenment? Would you like to enjoy the benefits of enlightenment too? Did you know that you don’t ...