Anyone read any of these? Recommendations?
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“Meditation for Modern Madness by His Eminence the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche
Dzogchen is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist and Bonpo tradition, which roughly translates to “great perfection” or “great completion” and is said to be the most direct path to realizing one’s true nature. In his highly anticipated first book, His Eminence the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jigme Losel Wangpo, shows us how we can incorporate Dzogchen teachings into our everyday lives, turning our day-to-day activities into a rich spiritual practice. In 2024, we published two pieces of crucial life advice from this collection, including “Let Come, Let Go” and “Beyond Time.””
Havent read but dying to wet my beak, looks delicious!
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"The Essential Buddhadhamma by
Bhikkhu P. A. Payutto, trans. Bruce Evans
Originally written in Thai, this Buddhist masterpiece comes to life in English thanks to translator Bruce Evans’s thirty-plus years spent with the text. Scriptural knowledge, inner-tradition wisdom, and practical life advice merge seamlessly over the course of eight hundred pages to form an expansive guide to the teachings of Theravada Buddhism. The Pali canon is delivered through accessible prose, with Ven. Payutto navigating topics such as the five aggregates, nibbana, and the Middle Way. Readers of all experience levels will appreciate this manual, which will remain a classic for years to come."
This looks really good too
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" Three Years on the Great Mountain: A Memoir of Zen and Fearlessness by
Cristina Moon 
At the age of 25, Cristina Moon 
sat her first ten-day meditation retreat to prepare for the possibility of arrest and torture inside military-ruled Burma. While Moon 
acknowledges the naivete of her initial intent, on the retreat she nevertheless discovered not only a method to withstand pain but also a new way of seeing the world that set her on a decades-long spiritual path. Eventually, Moon 
found her way to Daihonzan Chozen-ji, a Rinzai Zen temple and martial arts dojo in Honolulu that emphasizes warrior Zen training. Her latest book, Three Years on the Great Mountain: A Memoir of Zen and Fearlessness , follows her first three years at Chozen-ji as she learns ferocity and grace through swordsmanship, ceramics, and the rigors of all-night training. For more on Moon 
, listen to a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, where she discusses the importance of learning to face challenges directly, why the highest directive of a Zen priest is to give courage and take away fear, and how she’s learning to take herself less seriously while remaining entirely sincere."
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Dearest Beloved, this one make me think of you 
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What an inspiration. thank you for this. Will read it attentively 
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Have not read it yet, but looks good. Looks like there is a free 58 page preview here:
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