Guest guest Posted April 26, 2000 Report Share Posted April 26, 2000 Dear Harsha-ji, You asked about some books I like. On some of the meaty topics over the last few days on NDS, stuff like existence, consciousness, Advaita, Madyhamika, Buddhism, etc., here are some I like a lot. Some books are Western, some are Eastern. These come to mind readily. There are many more I like, but I'd have to browse my library at home. Anyone else have favorites?? Love, --Greg 1. ==On what exists, and the relation between mind and objects== ============================================================= -George Berkeley. THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS. -Brand Blanshard. THE NATURE OF THOUGHT. (2 vols.) -Krishna Menon. ATMA DARSHAN. -Francis Lucille. ETERNITY NOW. -Hui Neng. PLATFORM SUTRA (aka SUTRA OF HUI NENG) and DIAMOND SUTRA. -Frederick Franck. ZEN AND ZEN CLASSICS. 2. ==Against causality== ===================== -MANDUKYA UPANISHAD WITH GAUDIPADA'S KARIKA (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda trans.) -David Hume. ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. -Ramesh Balsekar. CONSCIOUSNESS SPEAKS and POINTERS FROM NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ. 3. ==Basic Advaita Vedanta teachings== =================================== -Swami Chinmayananda. SELF UNFOLDMENT. -Adi Shankaracharya. TATTVA BODHA. ==Intermediate Advaita== ======================== -Swami Vidyaranya. PANCHADASI (5 Vols.) ==Advanced Advaita== ==================== -Adi Shankaracharya's commentary on: BRAHMA SUTRAS. -MANDUKYA UPANISHAD WITH GAUDIPADA'S KARIKA (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda trans.) UPANISHADS, Vol 4 of 4 volumes (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda trans.) Contains the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads See especially the appendix on, with a great argument on how there's no difference between the waking state and the dream state! 4. ==Emptiness and Madhyamika== ============================ -Jay L. Garfield, translator and commentary: THE FUNDAMENTAL WISDOM OF THE MIDDLE WAY : NAGARJUNA'S MULAMADHYAMAKAKARIKA -Dalai Lama. TRANSCENDENT WISDOM. -Jeffrey Hokins/Elizabeth Napper, ed. MEDITATION ON EMPTINESS. -Joe Wilson. CHANDRAKIRTI'S 7-FOLD REASONING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2000 Report Share Posted April 27, 2000 I kinda like the Velveteen Rabbit... (seriously!) And the King With Stilts (that one's Seuss, I forget who wrote the Velveteen Rabbit.) Oh, but these are about forming the ego - that comes first. Then you take it apart. For that I like Ken Wilbur's book No Boundaries (I think that's the title) Love, Mark Greg Goode wrote: > Dear Harsha-ji, > > You asked about some books I like. On some of the meaty topics over > the > last few days on NDS, stuff like existence, consciousness, Advaita, > Madyhamika, Buddhism, etc., here are some I like a lot. Some books > are > Western, some are Eastern. These come to mind readily. There are > many > more I like, but I'd have to browse my library at home. > > Anyone else have favorites?? > > Love, > > --Greg > > > 1. ==On what exists, and the relation between mind and objects== > ============================================================= > -George Berkeley. THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS. > -Brand Blanshard. THE NATURE OF THOUGHT. (2 vols.) > -Krishna Menon. ATMA DARSHAN. > -Francis Lucille. ETERNITY NOW. > -Hui Neng. PLATFORM SUTRA (aka SUTRA OF HUI NENG) and DIAMOND > SUTRA. > -Frederick Franck. ZEN AND ZEN CLASSICS. > > > 2. ==Against causality== > ===================== > -MANDUKYA UPANISHAD WITH GAUDIPADA'S KARIKA > (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda trans.) > -David Hume. ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. > -Ramesh Balsekar. CONSCIOUSNESS SPEAKS and POINTERS FROM > NISARGADATTA > MAHARAJ. > > > 3. ==Basic Advaita Vedanta teachings== > =================================== > -Swami Chinmayananda. SELF UNFOLDMENT. > -Adi Shankaracharya. TATTVA BODHA. > > ==Intermediate Advaita== > ======================== > -Swami Vidyaranya. PANCHADASI (5 Vols.) > > ==Advanced Advaita== > ==================== > -Adi Shankaracharya's commentary on: BRAHMA SUTRAS. > > -MANDUKYA UPANISHAD WITH GAUDIPADA'S KARIKA > (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda trans.) > > UPANISHADS, Vol 4 of 4 volumes (Vedanta Press, Swami Nikhilananda > trans.) > Contains the Taittiriya and Chandogya Upanishads > See especially the appendix on, with a great argument > on how there's no difference between the waking state > and the dream state! > > > 4. ==Emptiness and Madhyamika== > ============================ > -Jay L. Garfield, translator and commentary: > THE FUNDAMENTAL WISDOM OF THE MIDDLE WAY : NAGARJUNA'S > MULAMADHYAMAKAKARIKA > > -Dalai Lama. TRANSCENDENT WISDOM. > > -Jeffrey Hokins/Elizabeth Napper, ed. MEDITATION ON EMPTINESS. > > -Joe Wilson. CHANDRAKIRTI'S 7-FOLD REASONING. > > > ----- > > ----- > // > > All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, > perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and > subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not > different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the > nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always > Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart > to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the > Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It > Self. Welcome all to a. > > To from this list, go to the ONElist web site, at > www., and select the User Center link > from the menu bar > on the left. This menu will also let you change > your subscription > between digest and normal mode. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2000 Report Share Posted April 27, 2000 At 02:04 PM 4/27/00 -0400, Mark Otter wrote: >I kinda like the Velveteen Rabbit... (seriously!) And the King With >Stilts (that one's Seuss, I forget who wrote the Velveteen Rabbit.) Oh, >but these are about forming the ego - that comes first. Then you take >it apart. For that I like Ken Wilbur's book No Boundaries (I think >that's the title) I read the King With Stilts, but forget it now. The Velveteen Rabbit I didn't read, but Margery Williams Bianco wrote it. You're right, you have to be somebody before you can be nobody. --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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