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Bibliography, Links, Resources
Aligned, Relaxed, Resilient: The Physical Foundations of Mindfulness. By Will Johnson. Boston, Shambhala, 2000. 137 pages. ISBN: 1570625182. MGC.
The
Art of Shaolin Kung Fu: The Secrets of Kung Fu for Self-Defense, Health and
Enlightenment.
By Wong, Kiew Kit. Charles E. Tuttle, 2002. 215 pages. ISBN: 0804834393.
Arts - Contemplative -
Nalanda
Awakening
to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch. By Lama Surya
Das.
New York, Broadway Books, 1999. 382 pages. MGC. ISBN:
0767902750.
Barefoot
Zen: The Shaolin Roots of Kung Fu and Karate. By Nathan J.
Johnson.
Red Wheel/Weiser, 2000. 352 pages. ISBN: 1578631424.
The Bodhisattva Warriors. The Origin, Inner Philosophy, History and
Symbolism of the
Buddhist Martial Art within India and China. By Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio
(Terence Dukes).
Boston, MA, Weiser Books, 1994. Index, bibliography, extensive notes, 527
pages.
ISBN: 0877287856. MGC.
Bushido:
The Virtures of Rei and Makoto. By Arthur J. Stewart. Celtic
Cat Publishing, 2005.
96 pages. ISBN: 0965895068.
Bushido:
The Way of the Samurai. By Tsunetomo Yamamoto. Translated by
Minoru Tanaka.
Edited by Justin F. Stone. Square One Publishers, 2001. 109 pages.
ISBN: 0757000266.
Bay Area Shambhala - Northern California Community
The
Beginner's Guide to Zen Buddhism. By Jean Smith.
Bell Tower, 2000. ISBN: 0609804669. 224 pages. A very elementary
introduction to Zen practice.
Berkeley Shambhala Meditation
Center
The
Bodhisattva Warriors: The Origin, Inner Philosophy, History and Symbolism of
the
Buddhist Martial Art within India and China. By Shifu Tomio
Nagaboshi and Shifu Terrence
Dukes. Red Wheel/Weiser, 1994. 560 pages. ISBN:
0877287856.
Buddhist Ethics: Links,
bibliography, quotations.
Budo
Secrets: Teachings of the Martial Arts Masters. By John Stevens.
Boston,
Shambhala, 2001. 115 pages. ISBN:1570629153.
Chen Style of Taijiquan:
Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes
Chi Kung (Chinese
Yoga): Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes
Chi
Kung: The Chinese Art of Mastering Energy. By Yves Requena.
Healing Art
Press, 1996. 120 pages. ISBN: 0892816392.
Cloud Hands - Tai Chi
Chuan and Chi Kung. By Michael P. Garofalo. 800Kb+
The
Complete Book of Zen By Wong, Kiew Kit. Vintage/Ebury,
2001. 335 pages.
ISBN: 0091876559.
Conscious
Breathing: Breathwork for Health, Stress Release, and Person Mastery.
By Gay Hendricks. Bantam Books, 1995. 189 pages. ISBN:
0553374435.
Cultivating
Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind. Translated
with an introduction by Eva Wong. With a commentary by Shui-ch'ing
Tzu. Illustrated
by Hun-yen Tsu. Boston, Shambhala Press, 1992. 156 pages.
MGC.
ISBN: 0877736871.
Cutting
Through Spiritual Materialism. By Chogyam Trungpa. Edited
by John Baker and Marvin Casper. Illustrated by Glen Eddy. Boston, Shambhala,
1987. Index,
250 pages. ISBN:0877730504. MGC.
Davis Shambhala
Meditation Center
Ecstatic
Body Postures: An Alternate Reality Workbook. By Belinda Gore.
Foreword by Felicitas Goodman. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bear and Company,
1995. Endnotes,
284 pages. MGC. ISBN: 1879181223.
The
Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training. By John Daido
Loori. Edited by
Bonnie Myotai Treace and Konrad Ryushin Marchaj. Boston, Shambhala,
2002.
270 pages. ISBN: 1570629528. MGC.
Eight
Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path. By Bhante
Henepola Gunaratana. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2001. Index,
bibliography,
268 pages. ISBN: 0861711769. MGC. Refer also to my notes on
the Eight Precepts.
Eight
Section Brocade Qigong By Michael
P. Garofalo. 309Kb, April, 2005.
Provides information about the history and purpose of this popular Chi Kung
practice. Detailed
descriptions are provided for each of the eight movements; including information
on movement variations, health benefits, qigong meaning, and cautions. The
document includes the most extensive bibliography, link guide, and comments on Ba Duan Jin Qigong
resources
available anywhere. Some animated graphics are provided in linked files.
This document
is updated as new information is discovered. This qigong set is the most
popular set
practiced around the world, and is also known as: Baduanjin, Pa Tuan Jin, Eight
Silken Treasures, Ba Duan Jin, Pal Dan Gum, Ba Duan Gin, Pa Tin Kam, Otto Pezzi di
Tesoro, Acht Delen Brokaat,
Les Huit Exercices del la Soie, Eight Silken Treasures, Brocade Qigong, Wudang
Brocade
Qigong, Brocade soft qigong (Rou Gong), Eight Treasures inner qigong (Nei Gong),
Silk Treasures Qigong, and the first eight Buddha Lohan Hands. The document is about
80 pages long.
18
Buddha Hands Qigong: A Medical I Ching Exploration. By Larry Johnson,
O.M.D., L. Ac..
Creston, Colorado, White Elephant Monastery. Index, 291 pages. ISBN:
0924071990. MGC.
A very detailed study of the I Ching. Includes a few
photographs. A very detailed examination
of the I Ching hexagrams.
The
Essential Chogyam Trungpa. Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian.
Boston, Shambhala, 1999. Index, bibliography, 251 pages. MGC. ISBN:
1570624666.
Essential
Tibetan Buddhism. Translated with commentary by Robert A. F.
Thurman. Edison, New Jersey, Castle Books, 1995. Notes, 317 pages. ISBN:
0785808728. MGC.
The Five Precepts of Buddhism
Bibliography, links, quotes, notes.
The
Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy, and Personal
Power.
By Christopher S. Kilham. Healing Art Press, 1994. 96
pages. MGC. ISBN: 0892814500.
Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala. By Chogyam Trungpa, Dorje
Dradul
of Mukpo.
Edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian. foreward by Diana Judith
Mukpo. Boston, MA, Shambhala, 2001. Index, 267 pages. 365 pages. ASIN: 1570628181.
The
Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture.
By Frank R. Wilson. New York, Vintage Books, Random House, 1999.
Index, bibliography, notes, 396 pages. ISBN: 0679740473.
The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Volume One. Translated and
annotated by
Garma C.C. Chang. Boston, Shambhala, 1989. Oriental
Studies Foundation 1962,
Shambhala 1977. Pages 1 - 356. ISBN:
0877730954. MGC.
The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Volume Two. Translated and
annotated by
Garma C.C. Chang. Boston, Shambhala, 1989. Oriental
Studies Foundation 1962,
Shambhala 1977. Pages 357-730. Index to
pages 1-730. ISBN: 0877730962. MGC.
Kung
Fu: History, Philosophy and Techniques. By David Chow and
Richard Spangler.
Unique Publications, 1989. 228 pages. ISBN: 0865680116.
Living
the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think.
By Forrest E. Morgan. Barricade Books, 1992. 312
pages. ISBN: 0942637763.
Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts Teachers of Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan
and
Ba Gua Zhang. By Jess O'Brien. North Atlantic Books, 2004. 300
pages.
ISBN: 1556435061. Description.
Mind of
Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. Robert Aitken.
North Point Press,
1984. 199 pages. A thorough, scholarly, and wise commentary on
Buddhist precepts
and morality.
Nalanda: Culture and Art in
Everyday Life
One
Arrow, One Life: Zen, Archery, and Enlightenment. By Kenneth
Kushner.
Charles E. Tuttle, 2000. 112 pages. ISBN: 0804832463.
The Places That Scare You; A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times.
By Pema Chodron. Boston, Shambhala, 2002. 140 pages.
ISBN: 1570629218.
Portland Shambhala Meditation Center
The
Practice of Happiness: Exercises and Techniques for Developing Mindfulness,
Wisdom and Joy. By Mirko Fryba. Translated by Michael H.
Kohn. Boston,
Shambhala, 1987, 1995. Notes, index, 214 pages. ISBN: 1570621233.
Qigong
Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist, and Wushu Energy
Cultivation. By Liang, Shou-Yu and Wu, Wen-Ching. Edited by
Denise Breiter-Wu.
Rhode Island, Way of the Dragon Publishing, 1997. Index, glossary, 348
pages.
ISBN: 1889659029.
Return
to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life. By Dainin Katagiri,
Roshi. Boston,
Shambhala, 1988. 194 pages. ISBN: 0877734313. May be a
bit challenging and
confusing for beginners; but, frequently cited by Zen students.
Saber, Broadsword, Dao - Taijiquan
Sacred
World: The Shambhala Way to Gentleness, Bravery and Power. By Jeremy
W. Hayward and Karen Hayward. Shambhala, 1998. Second Edition.
304 pages.
ISBN: 1570623619. 1st Edition, Origional Title: Sacred World: A Guide
to Shambhala
Warriorship in Daily Life. New York, Bantam Books, 1995. ISBN:
0553371959.
San Francisco
Shambhala Center
Scholar
Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life. By Deng
Ming-Dao. Harper
San Francisco, 1990. Index, bibliography, 351 pages. ISBN:
0062502328. MGC.
Self-Awakening
Yoga: The Expansion of Consciousness Through the Body's
Own Wisdom. By Don Stapleton, Ph.D. Director of the Nosara Yoga
Institute,
and former Yoga Director of the Kirpalu Center. Includes CD-V of
guided
explorations. Rochester, Vermont, Healing Arts Press, 2004. 304
pages.
ISBN: 0892811838. MGC.
Shambhala International Organization
Shambhala:
Sacred Path of the Warrior. By Chogyam Trungpa. Edited by
Carolyn Rose
Gimian. Shambhala, 1988. Reissue Edition. 202 pages.
ISBN: 0877732647.
The
Shaolin Arts: Shaolin Kungfu, Taijiquan, Qigong and Zen.
By Wong Kiew Kit.
The Master Answers Series. Cosmos Publishing, 2002. 252
pages. ISBN:
9834087926.
Sonoma Shambhala Meditation Center
Start
Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living. By Pema
Chodron. Boston, Shambhala, 2001. 176 pages. ISBN: 1570628394.
Sun Style of Taijiquan:
Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes
The Sword of No Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu. By John Stevens.
Boston, Shambhala, 1994.
Swordsmanship - Taijiquan Jian, Kendo
The Spirit of Gardening
Gardening considered as a contemplative art - Nalanda.
The
Spiritual Legacy of the Shaolin Temple: Buddhism, Daoism, and the
Energetic Arts.
By Andy James. Foreword by Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson.
Summerville, MA, Wisdom
Publications, 2004. 179 pages. ISBN: 0861713524. MGC.
T'ai
Chi as a Path of Wisdom. By Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt.
Boston, Shambhala, 2001.
256 pages. ISBN: 1570624453. Excellent guide for beginning
students! MGC.
Website: www.lehrhaupt.com This
Zen meditation and Tai Chi teacher has written
an excellent and inspiring book.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan - Cloud
Hands Taijiquan considered as a contemplative art (Nalanda).
Taking
the Path of Zen. By Robert Aitken, Roshi. San Francisco,
North Point Press,
1985. 149 pages. ISBN: 0865470804. Informative and wise
advice for Zen students by
a influential leader and fine Zen Master.
Tantra:
The Path of Ecstasy. By Georg Feuerstein. Boston, Shambhala,
1998. Index,
bibliography, notes, 314 pages. ISBN: 157062304X. MGC.
The Ten Grave Precepts of
Buddhism Bibliography, links, quotes, notes.
The
Three Pillars of Zen : Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment.
By Philip Kapleau, Roshi.
Originally published in 1965. Revised and expanded edition in March, 1989.
Anchor Books, 1989.
448 pages. ISBN: 0385260938. A classic introduction that
has influenced many readers.
The
Tibetan Book of Yoga. Ancient Buddhist Teachings on the Philosophy and
Practice of
Yoga. By Geshe Michael Roach. New York, Doubleday, Random House,
2003.
114 pages. ISBN: 0385508379. MGC.
The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master. By
Soho, Takuan. Translated by William Scott Wilson. Tokyo, Kodansha
International, 1988. ISBN: 087011851X.
Warriors
of Stillness: Meditative Traditions in the Chinese Martial Arts.
Volume 1.
The Teachings of Grandmaster Cai Song Fang. Qigong Qi of the Center,
Essence of Taijiquan. By Jan Diepersloot. Walnut Creek,
California,
Center for Healing and the Arts. Glossary, 226 pages. ISBN:
0964997606. A study
of Wu Ji meditation, 13 postures, and push hands.
The Way
to Shambhala. By Edwin Bernbaum. Boston, Shambhala,
2001. Index,
bibliography, notes, glossary, 316 pages. ISBN: 1570628742.
MGC.
Willpower, Resolve,
Determination: Quotes, Links, Bibliography, Resources.
Zen and Japanese Culture. By Suzuki, Daisetsu. Princeton, New
Jersey,
Princeton University Press, 1970. 502 pages. ISBN: 0691017700.
Two chapters on
swordsmanship.
Zen in
the Art of Archery. By Eugen Herrigel. Introduction by D. T.
Suzuki.
Random House, 1999. 96 pages. ISBN: 0375705090.
Zen in
the Martial Arts. By Joe Hyams. New York, Bantam,
1982. 144 pages.
ISBN: 0553275593.
Zen
Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings.
Edited by Paul Reps and
Nyogen Senzaki. Shambhala Pocket Classics, 1994. Originally
published in 1957. 285 pages.
ISBN: 1570620636. A collection of Zen koans, stories, poems, and
sayings. In 1963, I read
Paul Reps, Alan Watts, R.H. Blyth, and D.T. Suzuki; and my views about
religion were greatly
uplifted and changed forever.
Zen in
Motion: Lessons from a Master Archer on Breath, Posture, and the Path of
Intuition.
By Neil Claremon. Inner Traditions, 1992. 127 pages. ISBN:
089281361X.
Zen
Mind, Beginner's Mind. By Shunryu Suzuki.
Edited by Trudy Dixon. New York,
Weatherill, 1970, 1997. ISBN: 0834800799. 132 pages. On nearly every Zen student's
list as one of the five most influential books about Zen Buddhism they have read. It
is
said that Chogyam Trungpa was very much impressed with Shunryu Suzuki.
The
Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma. Translated and with an Introduction by
Red Pine.
New York, North Point Press, 1987. 125 pages. ISBN:
0865473994.
The Zen
Way to the Martial Arts. By Jean Taisen Deshimaru. A Japanese
master reveals
the secrets of the samurai. Introduction by George Leonard. New
York, E. P. Dutton,
1982. 120 pages. ISBN: 0525483608.
Yang Style of
Taijiquan: Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes
Shambhala Warriorship
Tibetan Buddhism
Quotations, Sayings, Notes
Five Ways To Be Real
The Practice of Dzogchen Buddhism
Naturalness and Simplicity
Rely on the Natural State.
Be yourself, your true unaltered self. A meditation instruction
to carry with you: Everything we need is with the natural mind - innately whole
and complete.
So relax.
Authenticity, Non-contrivance, Non-fabrication
There is nirvanic peace in
things left just as they are. Striving and struggle is extra.
Leave it as it is and rest the weary heart and mind. See through
everything, be through
everything - and remain free, luminous and complete.
Openness and Oneness
Stay open-minded and inclusive.
Pure presence is a state of nonjudgmental, non-interfering
choiceless awareness or panoramic attention to the 'is-ness" and
"now-ness" of all things.
Be open to your experience. Let go and let things fall into place as they
will. Perhaps
wherever they fall is the right place.
Awareness and Wisdom
Present awareness knows and
sees what is, as it is. Innate wakefulness is wise and
effective in its own brand of insight and discernment combined with uncommon
common sense.
Spontaneous Energy Flow
With freedom and decontraction,
inexhaustible uninhibited energy is released, surging forth,
bubbling up from within. When we let go and loosen our tight-fisted
grasping, our repetitive
holding patterns, we are buoyed up and become one with the flow. This is
the natural flow,
the sacred zone masters describe. You can access it at will."
- Lama Surya Das, Awakening to the Sacred, 2003, p. 325
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