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Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice

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By Charles Johnson — 2014

This wide and varied collection of essays, reviews, and short stories offers incisive views on politics, race, and Buddhism. Johnson notes that in his life the two activities that have anchored him and reinforce each other are creative production and spiritual practice. See more...

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Guided Buddhist Meditations: Essential Practices on the Stages of the Path

The Stages of the Path, or lamrim, presentation of Buddhist teachings (a step-by-step method to tame the mind) is a core topic of Buddhist study. The lamrim meditations remind us that the process of transforming the mind, unlike so much of our frantic modern society, is a slow and thoughtful one.

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The School of Charity

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Evelyn Underhill
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Offers the voice of a modern pioneer responsible for the rediscovery of mysticism in everyday life.

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Evelyn Underhill
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Concerning the Inner Life with the House of the Soul

Concerning the Inner Life with the House of the Soul.

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Spirituality and Politics