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Buddhism & spiritual direction

Below are the best resources we could find on Buddhism and spiritual direction.

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Approaching the Buddhist Path

The first volume in a multivolume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation of the Buddhist path—now in paperback! His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been publicly teaching Buddhism for decades.

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The Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron
2020
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The Practice and Philosophy of the Buddhist Path

According to Reginald Ray, Buddhist philosophy and practice can’t be separated. Once you understand, through study, what the Buddha is saying about his own awakening, you are already within the fiery process of the path.

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Reginald Ray
2004
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Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War

Learning True Love, the autobiography of Sister Chân Không, stands alongside the great spiritual autobiographies of our century. It tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey, both in her homeland and in exile.

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Sister Chan Khong
2024
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Open Heart, Clear Mind: An Introduction to the Buddha's Teachings

An open heart is the dwelling place of compassion that extends toward all beings; a clear mind is the source of the penetrating wisdom of deep insight. Their union leads to the enlightened way of life that is at the heart of the spiritual path as taught by the Buddha.

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Thubten Chodron
1990
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Re-Fleshing Mindfulness with Buddhism, Dr. Miles Neale

Often, when teaching a new idea or practice, it helps to try to boil it down to its essentials. Getting to the pith of things is very important and being able to do so in a way that reaches and sticks with others is a sign of genius.

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Justin Whitaker
2017
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Venerable Bhikkhu Analayo on the Satipatthana Sutta in Conversation with Phillip Moffitt

In April 2015 Venerable Bhikkhu Analayo — renowned German Buddhist monk, scholar, author, and teacher — led an 11-day meditation retreat for advanced practitioners at Spirit Rock centered around his comparative studies of the canonical versions of the Satipatthana Sutta (the Buddha's Four Foundations...

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Phillip Moffitt
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Buddhist Traditions: Which Way to Go?

As part of our #MeditationHacks series, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, advises on what to do when confronted with too many choices.

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angel Kyodo williams
2020
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Pamela Ayo Yetunde on Finding Your Voice, Engaged Buddhism, and Spiritual Accompanimen—SDI Engage 2022

Hear from Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde as she shares a bit about overcoming shyness, the roots of Engaged Buddhism, and why the offering and receiving of spiritual direction and companionship are so critical for our troubled and turbulent times.

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2021
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Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

How can we connect our personal spiritual journeys with the larger course of our shared human experience? How do we compassionately and wisely navigate belonging and exclusion in our own hearts? And how can we embrace diverse identities and experiences within our spiritual communities, building...

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Larry Yang, Jan Willis (foreword), Sylvia Boorstein (foreword)
2017
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Reach Down and Touch the Earth

Now more than ever, says Buddhist teacher Pamela Weiss, we need to do away with patriarchal values and reweave women’s voices into the torn fabric of our world. As the Buddha did in the face of Mara, we need to reach down and touch the earth.

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Pamela Weiss
2020
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