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05 Three Principal Aspects of the Path with Dr. Jan Willis: Wisdom 05-22-17

By Jan Willis — 2017

Dr. Jan Willis delves into wisdom, exploring the concept of 'anatman', The Heart Sutra, and various similes that are used to bring us closer to understanding the true nature of reality.

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The Most Important Thing: Teaching and Living the Yoga Sutras

I teach the most important thing. We are a part of something. This something exists in the eternal now. Yoga is how we connect to the now and what happens next. That is all.

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How Can a Buddhist Strive to “Save All Beings” Without Inflating Their Ego?

Instead of believing we are such great people for helping others, we can thank all beings for allowing us to be of service.

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Myokei Caine-Barrett, Rebecca Li, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde
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Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Spiritual and Scientific Views of Our Minds

Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain’s physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions...

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The Dalai Lama, Zara Houshmand (editor), Robert B. Livingston (editor), B. Alan Wallace (editor)
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Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra

Jan Willis was among the first Westerners to encounter exiled Tibetan teachers abroad in the late sixties, instantly finding her spiritual and academic home.

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Jan Willis, Charles Johnson (foreword), Janet Gyatso (foreword)
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The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation

This modern spiritual classic, presented as a thirty-day meditation retreat taught by Joseph Goldstein, offers timeless practical instructions and real-world advice for practicing meditation—whether walking or sitting in formal practice or engaging in everyday life.

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Joseph Goldstein, Ram Dass (introduction)
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Mountains and Rivers Sutra: Teachings by Norman Fischer

The Mountains and Rivers Sutra is one of 93 essays of Dogen, the great 13th century Zen Master, collected in a work called, The Shobogenzo. "Shobogenzo" means, "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye.

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Norman Fischer, Kuya Nora Minogue
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The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) as Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon

The word "love"—one of the most compelling in the English language—is commonly used for purposes so widely separated, so gross and so rarefied, as to render it sometimes nearly meaningless.

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Ñanamoli Thera
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The Buddhist Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta)

Loving-kindness is defined in English dictionaries as a feeling of benevolent affection, but in Buddhism, loving-kindness (in Pali, Metta; in Sanskrit, Maitri) is thought of as a mental state or attitude, cultivated and maintained by practice.

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Barbara O'Brien
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Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom

Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A.

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Pamela Ayo Yetunde (editor), Cheryl A. Giles (editor), Gaylon Ferguson (foreword)
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Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World

“Living Kindness: Buddhist Teachings for a Troubled World” is an exploration of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity—the so-called “Brahmaviharas” or Divine Abodes.

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Kevin Griffin
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