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Greetings all.  My most recent postings are now at the top of this page.  The books,
An Anthology of Buddhist Prayer, A Collection of Buddhist Healing Prayers and Practices,
as well as the two poetry collections, are linked to at the bottom of this page, after the list of articles.

Your feedback is most welcomed.  There is a contact form, also found at the bottom of this page.

For some of my favorite articles by other teachers, see also the Things I like to share page.


May all beings benefit.



Articles



57. Regarding Tonglen


56. Calm Abiding in Three Points


55. On Dedication Prayer


54. A healing prayer


53. Oceans of gratitude


52. Karma as experience


51. A few words on the art of contemplation (updated April 4th, 2010)


50. Two Anti War Poems


49. The Interaction of the Four Elements


48. The Power of Peace


47. Two Retreat Poems


46. A Fully Born Human Being (revised June 8th, 2010)


45. At some point you have to say yes (revised June 8th, 2010)

44. Solid Ground


43. Winter Dreams


42. Recognizing the Essential Nature of the Masculine and the Feminine


41. all the voices you’re born with


40. Did you go outside today?


39. A few thoughts about art


38. A list of things that are healing


37.  Masculine and Feminine Qualities, and their Shadow


36. The Most Important Thing


35. Heroes


34. Cultivating A Life Giving Vision


33. The Power of Symbols


32. Interlude: Yes, but is it Art?


31.  Third Ear Music


30.  General Principles for Reading the Tarot Cards


29.  Poetry and the Art of Survival


28.  Hearing Beethoven


27. Altruism and the Practice of Peace as the Basis for Living in the City



26. An Introduction to Rumi


(see also My Favorite Rumi, linked to here, or via the Poetry page on this site)



25.  On Ethics and Healing


24. On the Nature of Vow, and the Bodhisattva Vow


23.  The Imperfect and the Beyond Perfect


22. Transforming Demons


21. The Shadow From a Buddhist Perspective   - updated: February 3rd, 2010


20. An Introduction to the Bodhisattva-Divinity Tara


19. The Four Limitless States Revisited

18. Why Compassion is the Most Important Thing in the World


17. A Few Words on What is Called Purification in Buddhism


16. Returning From Retreat (to be read before a retreat)

                                      (Being revised - check back soon)


15. The Natural Order of the Stages of the Path

     (an introduction to the 'Lam Rim', or Stages of the Path teachings)\


14. Lines of Transmission and the Present and Future of Buddhism


13. Buddhist Traditions in Harmony


12. Great River of Compassion; An Introduction to Mantra for Westerners



On Wisdom

11. From A Letter On Wisdom and Compassion


10. An Introduction to Buddhist Wisdom Teachings



(Numbers 7 -9 are on meditation.  For more on the subject, see the Things I like to share page)


9. A Verse Summary of the Practice of Calm Abiding Meditation

    About a Verse Summary

    In 14 Verses (the most recent revision, my preferred version)

    In 10 Verses

    In 63 Verses



8.  Commentary to A Basic Method of Meditation


7. A Basic Method of Meditation



6. Going Beyond Loneliness – Applied Thought Training


5. Characteristics of the Pure Land That is Always Available



4. A Diagram of the Different Levels of the Mind, As Experienced in Meditation,
   with Suggestive Notes   (33 pages)



The following three essays can also be found in  the introduction to An Anthology of Buddhist Prayer. 


3. Buddhism in the West


2. Buddhism and Prayer


1. An Outline of Buddhist Traditions



Books



An Anthology of Buddhist Prayer   (393 pages)


A Collection of Buddhist Healing Prayers and Practices   (First Edition, 227 pages)



Collected Poems,  Volume I - 1985 to 2005


                                Collected Poems, Volume II - 2006 to 2008



About these writings



Here is a video of Jason playing guitar at Forest Books




May all beings benefit.


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