Secret Drugs of Buddhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secret Drugs of Buddhism write by Michael Crowley. This book was released on 2019-10-08. Secret Drugs of Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Secret Drugs of Buddhism explores the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within the Buddhist tradition and calls attention to the central role which psychedelics played in Indian religions.
Zig Zag Zen
Zig Zag Zen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zig Zag Zen write by Allan Hunt Badiner. This book was released on 2002-04. Zig Zag Zen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Buddhism and psychedelic experimentation share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. Zig Zag Zen launches the first serious inquiry into the moral, ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations created by the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics. With a foreword by renowned Buddhist scholar Stephen Batchelor and a preface by historian of religion Huston Smith, along with numerous essays and interviews, Zig Zag Zen is a provocative and thoughtful exploration of altered states of consciousness and the potential for transformation. Accompanying each essay is a work of visionary art selected by artist Alex Grey, such as a vividly graphic work by Robert Venosa, a contemporary thangka painting by Robert Beer, and an exercise in emptiness in the form of an enso by a 17th-century Zen abbot. Packed with enlightening entries and art that lie outside the scope of mainstream anthologies, Zig Zag Zen offers eye-opening insights into alternate methods of inner exploration.
Buddhism and Medicine
Buddhism and Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Buddhism and Medicine write by C. Pierce Salguero. This book was released on 2017-09-26. Buddhism and Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From its earliest days, Buddhism has been closely intertwined with medicine. Buddhism and Medicine is a singular collection showcasing the generative relationship and mutual influence between these fields across premodern Asia. The anthology combines dozens of English-language translations of premodern Buddhist texts with contextualizing introductions by leading international scholars in Buddhist studies, the history of medicine, and a range of other fields. These sources explore in detail medical topics ranging from the development of fetal anatomy in the womb to nursing, hospice, dietary regimen, magical powers, visualization, and other healing knowledge. Works translated here include meditation guides, popular narratives, ritual manuals, spells texts, monastic disciplinary codes, recipe inscriptions, philosophical treatises, poetry, works by physicians, and other genres. All together, these selections and their introductions provide a comprehensive overview of Buddhist healing throughout Asia. They also demonstrate the central place of healing in Buddhist practice and in the daily life of the premodern world. This anthology is a companion volume to Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Sources (Columbia, 2019).
Altered States
Altered States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Altered States write by D. E. Osto. This book was released on 2016-04-26. Altered States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 1960s, Americans combined psychedelics with Buddhist meditation to achieve direct experience through altered states of consciousness. As some practitioners became more committed to Buddhism, they abandoned the use of psychedelics in favor of stricter mental discipline, but others carried on with the experiment, advancing a fascinating alchemy called psychedelic Buddhism. Many think exploration with psychedelics in Buddhism faded with the revolutionary spirit of the sixties, but the underground practice has evolved into a brand of religiosity as eclectic and challenging as the era that created it. Altered States combines interviews with well-known figures in American Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality—including Lama Surya Das, Erik Davis, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei, Rick Strassman, and Charles Tart—and personal stories of everyday practitioners to define a distinctly American religious phenomenon. The nuanced perspective that emerges, grounded in a detailed history of psychedelic religious experience, adds critical depth to debates over the controlled use of psychedelics and drug-induced mysticism. The book also opens new paths of inquiry into such issues as re-enchantment, the limits of rationality, the biochemical and psychosocial basis of altered states of consciousness, and the nature of subjectivity.
Secret Buddhism
Secret Buddhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secret Buddhism write by Kalu Rinpoche. This book was released on 1995. Secret Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
