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Know Where You're Going

A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence

By: Ayya Khema

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Know Where You're Going

A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence

By: Ayya Khema

Experience a complete meditation course with one of the West’s most renowned Buddhist teachers. Know Where You're Going provides a full course of instruction in Buddhist meditation and reflection, and contains a wealth of exercises and advice to help the reader grow. As we put these teachings into practice over time, we learn to see things as they really are and discover transcendence right here in our everyday lives. Ayya Khema shows us how to live a wholehearted spiritual life, even amid our day to day concerns and responsibilities. Her teachings unfold simply, free of jargon, and are ideal for the contemporary world. Grounding the practice of more advanced meditations in a deeply cultivated sense of mindfulness, love, and altruism, Khema shows us, step by step, how to access to liberation and freedom. Know Where You're Going was previously published under the title When the Iron Eagle Flies.

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Simon and Schuster

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1614292108

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9781614292104

Be an Island

The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace

By: Khema

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Be an Island

The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace

By: Khema

From the best-selling author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, Ayya Khema's Be an Island guides us along the path of Buddhist meditation with direct and practical advice, giving us contemplative tools to develop a healthy sense of personal being. Be an Island is at once an introduction to the teachings of Buddhism and a rich continuation of Ayya Khema's personal vision of Buddhist practice.

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0861719093

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9780861719099

12 Steps on Buddha's Path

Meditations on the Buddhist Path

By: Ayya Khema

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12 Steps on Buddha's Path

Meditations on the Buddhist Path

By: Ayya Khema

12 Steps on Buddha's Path is an inspiring firsthand account of what happens when life seems hopeless, and the miracle of finding out that it's anything but. The author describes her own journey of recovery from alcoholism - an astonishing passage through strange and frightening territory - and marks out the path that allowed her to emerge from that darkness as a wise and compassionate person living a life that is joyous and free. This book is a powerful and enriching synthesis of the 12-Step recovery programs and the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism. It is sure to appeal to anyone touched by addiction, including those looking for new ways to understand and work with the tried-and-true 12-Step system. Tens of millions of Americans suffer from Alcoholism and other forms of dependence, and 12 Steps on Buddha's Path offers hope and help for any one of them. Though writing anonymously out of deep respect for 12-Step policies, the author is in fact a well-known professional author, deeply involved in the recovery and meditation communities

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1458783499

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Know Where You're Going

A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence

By: Ayya Khema

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A Complete Buddhist Guide to Meditation, Faith, and Everyday Transcendence

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Visible Here and Now

The Buddha's Teachings on the Rewards of Spiritual Practice

By: Ayya Khema

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The Buddha's Teachings on the Rewards of Spiritual Practice

By: Ayya Khema

This practical commentary on one of the most important scriptures of the Pali canon will provide essential sustenance for Buddhist practitioners. Ayya Khema is a mountain of strength, encouragement, and tough love as she pours out down-to-earth practical instruction on the journey to enlightenment, following the framework set forth in the Samannaphala-sutta, the Buddha's discourse on the rewards of spiritual life. The sutta—included here in the translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi—contains the Buddha's teachings in response to questions posed by King Ajatasattu. Why, the king asked, should we give up the satisfactions of worldly life and devote ourselves to meditation? What are the tangible benefits to be gained from following the Buddha's way? In answering this question, the Buddha provides a compact synopsis of the entirety of the spiritual path, and Ayya Khema expands on this with her characteristic approach—simple, direct, experiential, and loving. An important aspect of the sutta is an account of the eight meditative absorptions, or jhanas—states of mind that bring joy, serenity, and peace and that open the way to clarity and liberation. Ayya Khema, who was herself adept at the eight absorptions, confidently leads the reader to, through, and beyond the jhanas, following the Buddha's plan. Her words have the effect of inspiring us to roll up our sleeves and get to work so that we may grasp the insights, accomplish the meditative goals, and become enlightened to the highest extent of our talents and efforts.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834844362

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9780834844360

The Path to Peace

A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-Kindness

By: Ayya Khema

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The Path to Peace

A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-Kindness

By: Ayya Khema

Beloved Buddhist nun Ayya Khema expertly guides the reader through ten meditations on generating loving-kindness and cultivating the fifteen wholesome qualities necessary for igniting compassion and boundless love. Having escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, Ayya Khema has singularly profound perspective on creating peace, unconditional love, and compassion. She gently teaches that inner peace is not necessarily natural or innate. Instead, peace should be considered a skill that needs intentional practice—every day. Peace is the sum of many parts, namely the fifteen wholesome qualities the Buddha himself noted in the Metta Sutta, including usefulness, mildness, humility, contentment, receptivity, and others. Ayya Khema expertly guides us through each individual condition, using her trademark humor and personal narrative, to help each reader shape their own path to self-transformation. The second part of the book includes an eye-opening discussion of metta (loving-kindness) as both a morality and concentration practice, as well as ten meditation practices that use visualizations rather than more traditional mantra repetition. These visualizations include your heart as a "Fountain of Love," reaching those close to you and those far away, and a "Flower Garden," where we tend to the blooms in our hearts through love and compassion and share them with others. Edited by her student and retreat leader, Leigh Brasington, this book is a complete course in practical ways to calm and brighten our minds.

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083484446X

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Ayya Khema

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Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought

By: Geshe Tashi Tsering,Ayya Khema

In this new edition of her classic best-selling book, Ayya Khema gives clear, practical instruction on meditation and techniques for overcoming counterproductive mental habits and beliefs. Through the simple practices detailed here, you will develop deeper insight, a sense of calm well-being, and a greater capacity to love and feel loved on a daily basis. Being Nobody also includes an eloquent, sparklingly lucid outline of the Buddhist path that can be understood and enjoyed by everybody

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1458783529

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Within Our Own Hearts

Twelve Dhamma Talks on Meditation Practice

By: Ayya Khema

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Within Our Own Hearts

Twelve Dhamma Talks on Meditation Practice

By: Ayya Khema

This little volume of Dhamma talks offered here to show a way out of our problems and sufferings, to give an idea of the Buddha’s way to reach ultimate peace and happiness. It anyone becomes inspired to practice this path of moral conduct, meditation and insight, our world will be so much the better for it. This inspiring book is based on twelve talks given at the Parappaduwa Nuns Island in Sri Lanka. Ayya Khema insists that the Buddha’s teachings, though profound, are simple and can be realized within our own hearts.

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Buddhist Publication Society

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9552402905

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Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Numbers 91 to 121

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Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Numbers 91 to 121

This book contains thirty one numbers of the renowned Bodhi Leaf Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. Bodhi Leaves 91: Buddha-Bush—Bhikkhu Khantipalo 92: Radical Buddhism and Other Essays—Leonard Price 93: The Heart Awakened—Eileen Siriwardhana 94: The Rebirth of Katsugoro—Lafcadio Hearn 95: Meditating on No-Self—Ayya Khema 96: To The Cemetery and Back—Leonard Price 97: Sayings and Parables—Various Authors 98: Heedfulness—Bhikkhu Khantipalo 99: The Middle Way and other essays—M. O’C. Walshe 100: The Doctrine of Rebirth in Eastern and Western Thought—Karel Werner 101: Mind Training in Buddhism—Natasha Jackson and Hilda M. Edwards 102: Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels Some Doubts—Leonard Price 103: Religious Convention and Sila Practice—Ajahn Sumedho 104: Walking Dhutanga in Britain Bowing to conventions—Bhikkhu Sucitto 105: An Exhortation Self-image or Self-knowledge?—Ayya Khema 106: The Ups and Downs of Rebirth—Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw 107: The Training of the Heart—Ajahn Chah 108: Aggression, War, and Conflict—Bhikkhu Khantipalo 109: Positive Response: How to Meet Evil with Good—Acharya Buddha-rakkhita 110: The Buddha and Catch-22—Samanera Bodhesako 111: Our Real Home—Ajahn Chah 112: The Problem of Fear in Time of Grief—Nina Van Gorkom 113: The Walking Meditation—Suvimalee Karunaratna 114: Going Into Homelessness—Georg Grimm 115: Anapanasati: Meditation on Breathing—Ven. Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera 116: Essential Advice of the Kadampa Masters—Geshe Wangyal 117: A Buddhist View of Abortion—Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano 118: On Pilgrimage—Susan Elbaum Jootla 119: Dhamma Discourse III—Webu Sayadaw 120: The Self Made Private Prison—Lily de Silva 121: Why the Buddha Did Not Preach to a Hungry Man—Louis van Loon

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9552403731

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Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume V

Numbers 122 to 157

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Numbers 122 to 157

This book contains thirty two numbers of the renowned Bodhi Leaves series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. 122: To Light a Fire—Webu Sayadaw 123: Radical Therapy—Lily de Silva 124: Nothing Higher to Live For—Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano 125: Prisoners of Karma—Suvimalee Karunaratna 126: Painting the Buddha’s Eyes—Douglas Bullis 127: Family Planning & Birth Control in Buddhist Perspective—Louis van Loon 128: The Short Analysis of Kamma—Venerable Mahathera Nauyane Ariyadhamma 129: The Living Message of the Dhammapada—Bhikkhu Bodhi 130: The Blessed One’s City of Dhamma—I.B. Horner 131: Of Mindsets and Monkeypots—Petr Karel Ontl 132: Ministering to the Sick and the Terminally Ill—Lily de Silva 133: A Taste of the Holy Life—Susan Elbaum Jootla 134: A Journey into Buddhism—Elizabeth J. A. Harris 136: A Good Dose of Dhamma—Tan Acharn Kor Khao-suan-luang 137: The Benefits of Walking Meditation—Sayadaw U Silananda 139: Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist—Robert Bogoda 140: The Healing of the Bull—Suvimalee Karunaratna 141: Detachment and Compassion in Early Buddhism—Elizabeth J. A. Harris 143: Discourses of the Ancient Nuns—Bhikkhu Bodhi 145: Transmitting the Dhamma—Susan Elbaum Jootla 146: Globalisation from a Buddhist Perspective—Pracha Hutanuwatr and Jane Rasbash 147: The Struggle of Letting Go—Suvimalee Karunaratna 148: Buddhism in a Value-changing Society—P. D. Premasiri 149: In the Presence of Nibbana—Ajahn Brahmavamso 150: Five Visions of a Dying Man—Ven. Rastrapal Mahathera 151: Parents and Children—Ven. Medagama Vajiranana Nayaka Thera 152: The Joy Hidden in Sorrow—Ayya Medhananda 153: The Ending of Things—Ajahn Brahmavamso 154: The Good, The Beautiful, and The True—Bhikkhu Bodhi 155: Right Knowledge—P. D. Premasiri 156: How Free is Freedom of Thought—Sanath Nanayakkara 157: The Bodhisattva Concept—A.G.S. Kariyawasam

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9552403839

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Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Numbers 91 to 121

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Numbers 91 to 121

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Book's by Ayya Khema

Know Where You're Going

Know Where You're Going

Be an Island

Be an Island

12 Steps on Buddha's Path

12 Steps on Buddha's Path

Know Where You're Going

Know Where You're Going

Visible Here and Now

Visible Here and Now

The Path to Peace

The Path to Peace

Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

Being Nobody, Going Nowhere

Within Our Own Hearts

Within Our Own Hearts

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume V

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume V

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

Collected Bodhi Leaves Volume IV

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