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Great thread!
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Anyone care to make a shorter list of the best readings for people who don't have time to go through all of those readings?
In reading the scriptures, there are two kinds of mistakes:
One mistake is to cling to the literal text and miss the inner principles.
The second mistake is to recognize the principles but not apply them to your own mind, so that you waste time and just make them into causes of entanglement.
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Jhana4 wrote:Anyone care to make a shorter list of the best readings for people who don't have time to go through all of those readings?
How bout this one:
“Only one book is worth reading, the heart.” - Ajahn Chah
I have to warn you though, this one will take a lifetime to finish! :tongue:

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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"The word of the Buddha"
An Outline of the teachings of the Buddha in the words of the Pali canon.
Compiled, translated, and explained by Nyanatiloka


You can read it online if you don't want to purchase a paperback:
http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/Ar ... iloka/WOB/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like this one especially because it really focuses on the essencials and focuses on the pali canon as a reference.
-Triple Gem
- Five Precepts
- Four Noble Truths
- The Eightfold Path

I still use it on a regular basis to look up things and can recommend it to beginners as well as more experienced practitioners. It's a very good overview and provides a solid basis of knowledge to work with.
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A Map of the Journey By Sayadaw U Jotika

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/mapjourney6.pdf

this is about general Buddhism and his own experiences.
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Do Good, Avoid Evil, Purify the Mind.
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sweet list, i hope that this books can be found in our library
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Thanks for the list.

"The Teachings of Ajahn Chah" is also available online:

http://www.ajahnchah.org/book/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Meditation: A Way of Awakening - Ajahn Sucitto
http://forestsanghapublications.org/vie ... 12&ref=vec" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

maybe the best meditation manual i've come across so far.
"It's easy for us to connect with what's wrong with us... and not so easy to feel into, or to allow us, to connect with what's right and what's good in us."
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I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

Secure your own mask before assisting others. – NORTHWEST AIRLINES (Pre-Flight Instruction)

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Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

Jhāna and Buddhist Scholasticism, by Martin Stuart-Fox
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

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Vipassana Meditation : Lectures On Insight Meditation by Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa

here also German:

Vipassanā Meditation - Lehrvorträge über Erkenntnisweisheit vom Ehrwürdigen Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa
(free translated, incl. additions from the 2. Addition which are missing in the English third version/ not finally proofread - thanks if finding and telling any grammar or spelling mistake)
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ancientbuddhism wrote:Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

Jhāna and Buddhist Scholasticism, by Martin Stuart-Fox
:goodpost: :clap:

BTW Thanks for numerous other texts you have shared (including those in the "Early Buddhism Resources" thread), as well.

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Hello all,

Maybe be careful?

Windows blocked my computer from making a ''risky connection'' to the link for:
Reinterpreting the Jhānas, by Roderick S. Bucknell

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