Hsin-Hsin
Ming
by
Seng T’san, Gyoskusei Jikihara, Richard
B. Clark
The Hsin Hsin Ming, Verses on
the Faith-Mind, by the third Chinese patriarch of
Zen, Sengtsan, is considered to be the first Chinese
Zen document and one of the most widely-admired
and elegant Zen writings (Amazon.com) |
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Hsin
Hsin Ming: The Book of Nothing
By Osho Rajnish
Osho’s interpretation of
the teaching of the third patriarch Sosan (Sengtsan).
The book flows with Osho’s captivating narration
and examples. Worth a read just for the easy translation
of the words of the great Zen master (Vivek Sharma) |
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Essential
Rumi
by Coleman Barks
These exquisite renderings of
the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American
free verse capture all the "inner searching,
the delicacy, and simple groundedness" that
characterize Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful
to the images, tone, and spiritual message of the
originals (Amazon.com) |
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Tibetan
Book of the Dead
By Robert Thurman
Imagine that as you leave your
body at death, you hear the voice of a loved one
whispering in your ear explanations of everything
you see in the world beyond. Unlike other translations
of Bar do thos grol (or The Tibetan Book of the
Dead), Robert Thurman's takes literally the entire
gamut of metaphysical assumptions (Amazon.com) |
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Confessions
by Saint Augustine (translated by Henry
Chadwick)
In his own day the dominant personality
of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today
stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian
antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great
works of Western literature. His descriptions of
friendship are so beautiful they'll bring tears
to your eyes (Amazon.com) |
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