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Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer 1 review
M. Basil Pennington
Liguori Publications, 1999
An Excellent Reappraisal
After two decades of practicing Eastern meditation, I found what I felt was missing, thanks to Centering Prayer: the presence of the Personhood of God. (I'd grown tired of mind traps and fruitless stillness, and methods emphasing words, breath control, where meditation really degenerated into my ...
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A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life 51 reviews
Jack Kornfield
Bantam, 1993
One of the BEST books on spirituality!
+ Excellent book
+ Important, comprehensive, and beautiful book
I have MANY books on spirituality,buddhism,science and Yoga,and this book was a purchase required for my Yoga teacher training. However once I started reading it I was really happy to continue reading!it just is filled with everthing nessisary in helping you along your lifes path.Based on Buddhim ...
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)129 reviews
Pema Chodron
Shambhala, 2000
let go of your cherished notions
+ The Words are Still in my Head
+ Pema Chodron Shines
This is mainly in response to the reviewer who wrote that this book is "esoteric drivel." The reviewer's summation of the main ideas in the book is incorrect and if you know anything at all about Buddhism, you know it isn't about dogma. One of the many teachings of Buddhism says "Live your life as ...
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Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers 18 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Trade, 2000
Just what I needed!
+ The Essence of Divine
The celebrated Vietnamese Buddhist monk writes (speaks) to all those who feel it necessary to abandon the Christianity of their childhood. Hanh explains the similarities between Jesus/Buddha and Christianity/Buddhism, hoping to convince ...
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Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion27 reviews
Shirley Knight, Ed Harris
New Yorker Video, 2004
Let His Holiness go home!!!
+ HOPE
+ So sad and powerful
+ Depressing, but Important
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Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings25 reviews
Ulysses Press, 2004
Expresses the Universality of Wisdom and Truth
+ Interesting Read
+ LIFE- a tiny word to say but so hard
+ An accesible revelation
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Buddhists Talk About Jesus: Christians Talk About the Buddha1 review
Continuum, 2000
Decent acedemic essays.
This collection(very uniquely arranged) is as good as a collection of acedemic theology essays can get. Although similarites between Christianity and Buddhism is one of my favorite subjects..this book didn't exactly blow me away. What it did do was allow me to read some critiques of each religion ...
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Living Buddha, Living Christ70 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Trade, 1997
A Vietnamese Buddhist calls westerners back to Christ
+ Nothing Can Be By Itself Alone
+ Very compelling!
+ Living Buddha, Living Christ
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Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief 43 reviews
Huston Smith
HarperOne, 2002
Brings the respect back to religion
+ Why Religion Matters...
+ Huston Smith, Wherever You Are~
I was given this book when I was in public university. I am normally not much of a book reader. But this is now one of my most treasured posessions. Huston Smith uses his incredible gift of knowledge, perception and worldviews to make an irrefutable case for the value and necessity of religion in ...
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Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel36 reviews
Thomas Keating
Continuum International Publishing Group, 1994
A life-changing book, a faith-changing book
+ Try the Centering Prayer NOW!
+ Explains Contemplative Prayer Beautifully
+ Enlightening, inspiring, uplifting, instructive, instrumental....
+ Peace and Quiet
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living350 reviews
Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Riverhead Hardcover, 1998
It was great
+ My Number 1 Recommended Book
+ Skim the parts by Cutler
+ An excellent book for finding inner peace
+ The best book he's written
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The Noble Eightfold Path of Christ: Jesus Teaches the Dharma of Buddhism3 reviews
Thomas Ragland
Trafford Publishing, 2006
I wanted to write this book
+ Preferred
+ my Dharma notes
I spent 10 years studying Christianity as a born again Christian fundamentalist, slowly through seeking the truth above all else I came out of my delusion. I ended up as a Gnostic Buddhist. I began to realize that the Buddhist 4 Noble Truths and eightfold path were taught by Jesus in the Gospels of ...
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Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry2 reviews
Continuum, 1998
A helpful, multi-faceted resource on Centering Prayer.
+ Helpful book on prayer
Many of the articles in this text were published originally in the Christmas 1996 issue of the Sewanee Theological Review. If anyone asked me about Centering Prayer I always suggested they obtain a copy of this journal -- a popular issue which has long since sold out. I was very dismayed that ...
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Be Still26 reviews
Be Still
20th Century Fox, 2006
Great Encouragement to Slow Down and Listen to God!
+ AWSOME - REAL - AND LIFE GIVING!!!
+ Enlightening
I listened to this dvd the other day in a hotel while on business travel looking for some precious time alone.
The dvd was a real encouragement and challenge to slow down when you feel like stripping your gears and instead listen to God. It is in the silence when we may best hear Him and our ...
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The Miracle of Mindfulness41 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh
Beacon Press, 1999
Miracles!
+ Easy concepts
+ Highly recommend this helpful book
+ Mindfulness Meditation Made Easy
+ A wonderful book.....
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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)23 reviews
Sharon Salzberg, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Shambhala, 2004
Warm thoughts for self and others
+ The greatest happiness comes from within
+ The greatest happiness comes from within
+ Loving-Kindness
+ Beauty!
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The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith84 reviews
Marcus J. Borg
HarperOne, 2004
Amazing book
+ A Rational Faith
+ A stimulating discussion of where Christianity may go
+ Great Book
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Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World's Religions12 reviews
Huston Smith
HarperOne, 1992
If you are seeking meaning in your life, read this book!
+ Decent but distracted...
+ An Enjoyable Read
+ Thought Provoking
+ A Suprisingly Subversive Little Book
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The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith47 reviews
Marcus J. Borg
HarperOne, 1998
From Supernatural Theism to Panentheism
+ Just great read
+ The God we Never Knew by Marcus Borg
Since I have become convinced of the authenticity of the cosmo-centric world view that has clearly made the geo-centric and helio-centric perspectives only understandings of a limited and fragmented view of reality, I am not as certain about God as Borg's "The God We Never Knew." With exuberance, ...
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The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus17 reviews
Dalai Lama
Wisdom Publications, 1998
Fresh eyes on becoming like Jesus
+ More insights re: The Dalai Lama
How does Jesus look to a Buddhist master? In this series of talks with Christian monastics, the Dalai Lama reads the Gospels with fresh eyes. He aims to sense the qualities of heart behind Jesus' words and deeds. As a Buddhist, he is concerned with how people change - how they grow in compassion, ...
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