Comments on: Five Favorite Dharma Books http://dannyfisher.org/2007/12/30/five-favorite-dharma-books/ Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://dannyfisher.org/2007/12/30/five-favorite-dharma-books/#comment-739 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://dannyfisher.org/2007/12/30/five-favorite-dharma-books#comment-739 A very clear and good book to read is DON’T LOOK DOWN ON THE DEFILEMENTS – THEY WILL LAUGH AT YOU. This book is a pocket version written by Sayadaw U Tejaniya, a disciple of the late Venerable Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kosalla Maha Thera. This book has made clear to me certain obstacles in my meditation practice and also how to go about it.

]]> By: EdaMommy http://dannyfisher.org/2007/12/30/five-favorite-dharma-books/#comment-340 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://dannyfisher.org/2007/12/30/five-favorite-dharma-books#comment-340 Soo – this was the blog post I was surfing back for – hurrah! Glad I found it.

What a fantastic list! They shall all go on my list of books to get! Right now I’m especially interested in How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance, both for myself, and for my growing interest in counseling and hospice work.

Anyway, as I’ve read fewer Dharma books than you and many of your readers, here’s a sample of my current reading stack, instead:

- REFLECTIONS ON A MOUNTAIN LAKE: Teachings on Practical Buddhism
by Ven. Tenzin Palmo

- Picked up a few books at a garage sale, including Eight Steps to Happiness – The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso…

- The Blooming of a Lotus: Guided Meditations for Achieving the Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh.

- Another that I am rereading right now is Transforming the Mind – Teachings on Generating Compassion by HH the Dalai Lama. Apparently it’s out of print, but this is a fantastic commentary on Lojong, one that I’m getting more out of this read. ^_^

- I am also slowly reading No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva by Pema Chödrön

Whew – what a lengthy comment. :D

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