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The Waves

by Virginia Woolf

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Feb 08, 2012 09:36pm

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Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha

by Chogyam Trungpa

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Nov 29, 2011 07:25am

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In the American Grain: Essays

by William Carlos Williams

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Nov 18, 2011 07:50pm

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John is currently reading: The Waves by Virginia Woolf	My rating:
Feb 08, 2012 09:36pm
John gave to: Stages of Meditation by Dalai Lama XIV read in February, 2012	My rating:
HHDL does Master Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation, the source text on which all Tibetan Buddhists meditation teachings are based.
Feb 03, 2012 08:47am · see review
John gave to: The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind: Buddhism, Mind and Meditation by Thubten read in January, 2012	My rating:
Jan 31, 2012 04:30pm
John gave to: Austerlitz by Winfried Georg Sebald read in January, 2012	My rating:
if a being from a faraway planet wanted to experience consciousness as we know it, i would have them read this book. time, memory, place, life, death and how the boundaries we impose between them really don't exist. just beautiful.
Jan 26, 2012 12:50pm · see review
John gave to: Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan read in January, 2012	My rating:
kind of like a cross between david foster wallace and louis ck. essays covering a wide spectrum of topics, from christian rock festivals to michael jackson's musical genius to when animals attack. smart, humane, funny and superbly written.
Jan 20, 2012 07:31pm · see review
John gave to: Liberation in Our Hands: A Series of Oral Discourses by Pha-Bon-Kha-Pa read in December, 2011	My rating:
this is the first of three volumes of one of the most important teachings in tibetan buddhism: the lam rim, as taught by pabongka rinpoche over a period of 23 days. everything you need to know about how to become enlightened is within these teachings...more
Dec 15, 2011 11:24am · see review
John gave to: Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy	My rating:
menacing, darkly humorous, pitch-perfect southern gothic.
Dec 03, 2011 04:19pm · see review
John is currently reading: Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha by Chogyam Trungpa	My rating:
Nov 29, 2011 07:25am
John gave to: The 13 Clocks by James Thurber	My rating:
Nov 26, 2011 10:50pm
John gave to: Meditation in Action by Chogyam Trungpa	My rating:
Nov 26, 2011 10:47pm

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