Member: bodhisattva

Concerning your entry on The Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial Wisdom, I find it astonishing how Krishnaji's own teaching can be so easily and thoroughly misunderstood or merely ignored by those who profess to understand him. But then, I doubt whether he would have been surprised.

posted by copyedit52 at 4:44 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

Hi, I just joined this site. I'm a relationship expert and I'm getting ready to a column on love advice & relationships. Anyway, just thought I would connect.

posted by CassandraRichmond123 at 1:59 am (EST) on Mar 14, 2009

Life is....
by Mother Theresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

posted by theoldman at 8:00 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2009

Wow, I am so glad.
I found the book difficult but, worth it. I am sure people see the title thinking it's an oxymoron. I found the chapter on spiritual experince meaningful.

posted by misericordia at 1:39 pm (EST) on Dec 19, 2008

I hope you enjoy the "Little" book. Thanks for your polite consideration of the group. In the future if have a book that no one else has, consider added a message in the "Unique Library Thing Book Group". It may become the way to get more people interested.

posted by misericordia at 11:21 am (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

So have you had a chance to look at the "Unique Library Thing Book Group"? You certainly have unique book and reviews . What better place to get those reviews read than a silly little group like "Unique Library Thing Book Group"?

I read your review of "The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God…" You may be interested in the book "The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality". It is not as shrill as say Hitchens, Harris, Dawkins.

posted by misericordia at 5:40 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2008

You have 42 unique titles with reviews that is pretty great. You should look at the "Unique Library Thing Book Group"

posted by misericordia at 4:42 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2008

bodhisattva,

Thanks for your reply about the Alan Watts book.

Sena

posted by senafernando at 10:36 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

Dear bodhisattva,

I cannot understand your reference to racism in your review of "Wisdom of Insecurity" by Alan Watts. I am non-white (Sri Lankan), and I have not been able to detect any evidence of a racist attitude in his books.

Sena

posted by senafernando at 3:38 am (EST) on Jul 20, 2008

Dear bodhisattva : )

Thanks for listing your books. I joined Library Thing recently and have been trying to list the books that I've read and/or own. I use various lists on Amazon.com and have just started going through lists on Library Thing for those people with whom I have books in common. I've just gone through your catalog, which reminded me of lots of titles.

Thanks again.

Luciana

posted by Luciana43 at 12:36 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2008

Simplicity sounds good to me about now. Sigh. At work. Can't wait to get off so I can go home & veg out in front of the TV!

posted by clm256poetry at 8:10 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

It's in the Phila Pa area...suburb w/a private practice "PsyCare Solutions". It's run by Ellen M Adelman & Stephen Adelman & it's a division called "The Sage Consultation" grp. They have a web site for Mind Body Intelligence thru the Sage Healing Institute? Every month the Adelmans host a clinical grp for discusion on how to use MBI (Buddhist Philosophy/psychology) w/ "clients". We usually do a brief mediation in the beginning. We meet about an hr. Once a yr they have a day for "wellness". We sit & meditate, do yoga, qi gong & talk off & on fr 8-4. We have a "mindful eating experience" at a local Middle Eastern restaurant. We sit in silence & eat for about 15-20 mins. We usually order platters ahead of time we can share fr. We only talk when the waiter take an order for soup or beverages or dessert. Neat huh?

posted by clm256poetry at 4:02 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

Oh hey thanks. Trying to read Zen & Us by Graf Durckheim in between calls at work. For fun I'm reading VAMPEd. It's a funny story about a vampire/vampire world by Sosnowski.

I go to a consultation group 1x a month or so for clinicians that follow Pema Chodron/Jon Kabat-Zinn mostly. Light Zen...Bodhisatava?

Namiste!

posted by clm256poetry at 4:46 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2007

Would love to talk about Buddhist philosophy...psychology any time...or good books!
Cynthia Louise

posted by clm256poetry at 5:57 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

Dear bodhisattva,

Thank you (belatedly) for sharing your cover of Thich Nhat Hanh's Viet Nam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. That was very kind of you!

I enjoyed taking a peek at your library. We seem to have a lot of books in common. It's nice that the only non-Buddhist (?) books we share are both humour: Douglas Adams's Long Dark Tea-Time and Benjamin Hoff's Tao of Pooh.

P.S. I love the Kannon photograph on your profile, too... so serene and beautiful.

posted by chamekke at 2:38 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2007

Love your picture!

posted by clm256poetry at 12:58 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2007

Hi Bhodisattva,
Thanks for the info and the link!
Gerard

posted by EsotericLore at 11:41 am (EST) on Jul 15, 2007

This is a beautiful picture in your profile page. Which Bodhisattva is it? Where was it taken? It reminds me of a great exhibition of Asian art I once saw in Seattle, WA.

posted by EsotericLore at 5:03 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2007

Nice cross-over. Seems we have common interests. Feel free to drop by. Be well, Cora

posted by CorazonArt at 6:11 am (EST) on May 27, 2007