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CD Review: Koyasan Reiki Sound Healing

CD Review: Koyasan: Reiki Sound Healing
Artist: Deuter
Publisher: New Earth Records
Run time: 8 tracks, 64 Minutes
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LV62DC/?tag=askdrarca-20

Koyasan is a mountain in Japan, and is the home of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. Link: http://www.koyasan.or.jp/english/index.html. There are hundreds of temples in the vicinity, and overall is a beautiful place to visit. I have placed a . . . → Read More: CD Review: Koyasan Reiki Sound Healing

Book: The Kindness Handbook a Practical Companion

Book: The Kindness Handbook a Practical Companion

By Sharon Salzberg
Reviewed by Brian Schell
Publisher: Sounds True, 175 Pages, ISBN 9781591796558
Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591796555/?tag=askdrarca-20

‚ÄúFor kindness to be more fully realized, it needs to be distinguished from being ineffectual or meek. It also needs to be infused with wisdom, supported by courage, and threaded with balance‚Äù . . . → Read More: Book: The Kindness Handbook a Practical Companion

Book: The Moon In the Water, Reflections on an Aging Parent

Book: The Moon In the Water, Reflections on an Aging Parent
By Kathy J. Phillips
Reviewed by Brian Schell
Vanderbilt University Press, 140 Pages, ISBN 978-0-8265-1586-5
Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/082651586X/?tag=askdrarca-20

Yesterday, we talked about Kwan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. I mentioned that there was a vast assortment of artwork based on her; one style of painting involves Kwan . . . → Read More: Book: The Moon In the Water, Reflections on an Aging Parent

Book: Where is Your Buddha Nature?

Book: Where is Your Buddha Nature? Stories To Instruct & Inspire
By Venerable Master Hsing Yin
Reviewed by Brian Schell
Publisher: Buddha’s Light Publishing, 156 Pages, ISBN 978-1-932293-30-2
Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1932293302/?tag=askdrarca-20

This short paperback is a collection of dozens of very short stories which, as the title suggests, instruct and inspire. Master Hsing Yin was the Abbot at Fo . . . → Read More: Book: Where is Your Buddha Nature?

Book: The Accidental Buddhist

The Accidental Buddhist
by Dinty W. Moore
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/accidentalbuddhism

This is a fun book, and I‚Äùve read it a couple of times. It explores the state of Buddhism in America today, following the author as he travels around America visiting and talking to various Buddhist groups. He visits a Zen monastery, a Catholic priest who teaches Buddhism, Buddhist magazine publishers, . . . → Read More: Book: The Accidental Buddhist

Book: Buddhist Scriptures, by Edward Conze, Ed.

Book: Buddhist Scriptures, by Edward Conze, Ed.
ISBN: 014044758X
Amazon: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/BuddhistScriptures

It’s important to read modern Buddhist thought, such as books by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama. However, in order to fully appreciate what those men are saying, its crucial to have at a good foundation in “classical” Buddhism. This book will help with that foundation.

This book, . . . → Read More: Book: Buddhist Scriptures, by Edward Conze, Ed.

Book: The Universe in a Single Atom, by the Dalai Lama

Book Review:The Universe in a Single Atom
by the Dalai Lama

Several blog posters and readers had mentioned this book a while back, and that served as a reminder to me that I’d never actually read this one. I know I’ve read excerpts, but never gone through the whole thing. So it was time to get with it . . . → Read More: Book: The Universe in a Single Atom, by the Dalai Lama