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1977 Books
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,736,808 ratings — published 1977
The Silmarillion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.04 — 342,492 ratings — published 1977
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.06 — 596,809 ratings — published 1977
A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.02 — 111,862 ratings — published 1977
Song of Solomon (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.16 — 131,342 ratings — published 1977
The Thorn Birds (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.25 — 367,481 ratings — published 1977
The Hour of the Star (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.11 — 60,136 ratings — published 1977
Rage (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.70 — 59,257 ratings — published 1977
The Amityville Horror (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.82 — 138,908 ratings — published 1977
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.12 — 25,570 ratings — published 1977
Dispatches (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.22 — 22,176 ratings — published 1977
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,196 ratings — published 1977
Lucifer's Hammer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,665 ratings — published 1977
The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.77 — 102,431 ratings — published 1977
A Book of Common Prayer (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,747 ratings — published 1977
Shanna (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,449 ratings — published 1977
The Howling (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.95 — 14,534 ratings — published 1977
Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.31 — 110,103 ratings — published 1977
A Time of Gifts (Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,950 ratings — published 1977
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.15 — 67,088 ratings — published 1977
Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.11 — 36,341 ratings — published 1977
A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.92 — 48,083 ratings — published 1977
The Public Burning (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,528 ratings — published 1977
Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,468 ratings — published 1977
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.99 — 26,773 ratings — published 1977
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.05 — 47,955 ratings — published 1977
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.73 — 9,484 ratings — published 1977
Oliver's Story (Love Story, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.26 — 6,909 ratings — published 1977
Daniel Martin (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,871 ratings — published 1977
Midnight Express (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,826 ratings — published 1977
In Patagonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.64 — 19,633 ratings — published 1977
I Am the Cheese (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.78 — 17,654 ratings — published 1977
The Plague Dogs (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.89 — 9,023 ratings — published 1977
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,302 ratings — published 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,319 ratings — published 1977
Our Lady of Darkness (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.59 — 2,451 ratings — published 1977
Suffer the Children (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.92 — 31,641 ratings — published 1977
A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,146 ratings — published 1977
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.22 — 23,524 ratings — published 1977
Coming Into the Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,696 ratings — published 1977
A Way of Life, Like Any Other (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,458 ratings — published 1977
The Vision (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.84 — 16,160 ratings — published 1977
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.06 — 16,707 ratings — published 1977
The Warriors (Kent Family Chronicles, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,684 ratings — published 1977
Bloodline (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1977)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,367 ratings — published 1977
“If 'the Buddha' is taken to signify the Ultimate, that which theistic mystics call the Godhead, it will be seen that these tremendous words ['I am the Buddha'] embody the very essence of mystical perception. One who understands them perceives himself to be both worshipper and worshipped, the individual and the universal, a being seeming insignificant but in truth divine! From this perception stem three obligations: to treat all beings, however outwardly repugnant, as embodiments of the sacred essence; to recognize all sounds, no matter how they offend the ear, as components of sacred sound; and to recollect that nowhere throughout the universe is other than Nirvana, however dense the dark clouds of illusion. Therefore, whatever befalls, the adept is clothed in divinity; with his eye of wisdom, he perceives the holiness of all beings, all sounds, all objects; and his heart of wisdom generates measureless compassion.
From the moment an aspirant begins seeking deliverance from within, abandons the dualism of worshipper and worshipped and recognizes the identity of 'self-power' and 'other-power' as sources of spiritual inspiration, the shakles of ego-consciousness are loosened; and as the power of the illusory ego wanes, the qualities of patience, forebearance and compassion blossom. Even so, a great danger inheres in the liberating concept 'I am the Buddha'; improperly understood, it leads to grossly irresponsible behaviour and to overweaning pride which, by inflating the ego instead of diminishing it, enmeshes the aspirant ever more tightly in delusion's bonds. Therefore this knowledge was formerly hidden from the profane and therefore the lamas teach skillful means for counteracting that grave hazard. Never must one reflect 'I am the Buddha' without recalling that, at the level of absolute truth, there is no such entity as 'I'!”
― Mantras: Sacred Words of Power
From the moment an aspirant begins seeking deliverance from within, abandons the dualism of worshipper and worshipped and recognizes the identity of 'self-power' and 'other-power' as sources of spiritual inspiration, the shakles of ego-consciousness are loosened; and as the power of the illusory ego wanes, the qualities of patience, forebearance and compassion blossom. Even so, a great danger inheres in the liberating concept 'I am the Buddha'; improperly understood, it leads to grossly irresponsible behaviour and to overweaning pride which, by inflating the ego instead of diminishing it, enmeshes the aspirant ever more tightly in delusion's bonds. Therefore this knowledge was formerly hidden from the profane and therefore the lamas teach skillful means for counteracting that grave hazard. Never must one reflect 'I am the Buddha' without recalling that, at the level of absolute truth, there is no such entity as 'I'!”
― Mantras: Sacred Words of Power
“That's how the world is arranged: they can take anyone's freedom from him, without a qualm. If we want to take back the freedom which is our birthright—they make us pay with our lives and the lives of all whom we meet on the way.
They can do anything, but we cannot. That's why they are stronger than we.”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
They can do anything, but we cannot. That's why they are stronger than we.”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
