The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .: A Guide to Life for a New Generation [Kindle Edition] Author: Lodro Rinzler | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BPE416E | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Posts about Download The Book The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .: A Guide to Life for a New Generation Epub Free from 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that “spiritual practice” thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world—whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not. Lodro Rinzler is a bright and funny young teacher with a knack for showing how the Buddhist teachings can have a positive impact on every little nook and cranny of your life—whether you’re interested in being a Buddhist or not. Books with free ebook downloads available The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .: A Guide to Life for a New Generation Epub Free
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- Print Length: 226 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1590309375
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications; 1 edition (January 10, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BPE416E
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I believe in being good to others and to be thoughtful about the world around me. Never has a book reinforced and expanded on my feelings like this one has. It has essentially broken down all the efforts I make to being a good person to the core, but has at the same time challenged me to a be a better person, to be more reflective, more compassionate, and overall more thoughtful about myself and the world around me. Can a reader, with no expectations of a spiritual awakening coming from a mere paperback, actually find a spiritual direction? Indeed!
Mr. Rinzler breaks down meditation and Buddhism in an approachable, modern way that is respectful to the reader. I could relate to most of the viewpoints he's presented positively and could see the validity to his view. He breaks down the methods of meditation, but then expands on the basic tenets of Buddhism and how it can be used in everyday situations. The four animals of the religion- tiger, snow lion, garuda and finally dragon, are presented in practical everyday ways. Each has an approach to life (and each is a further development upward toward enlightenment), and through meditation are realized in the individual. He presents ways to make negative situations positive, and to learn from them in an attempt to make the world a better place. I read this book with rather low expectations but by the end, actually found myself taking notes! I feel like my way about going about life is pretty solid, but now I have a newfound sense of self, thanks to this book. I have a stronger sense of direction where perhaps one was missing or lacking before.
Anyone that is tied strongly to a religion can still benefit from this book. It is not as much a book of religion as it is a presentation to a new way of thinking.
This follows the Shambhala practices introduced by Chogyam Trungpa to America to the counterculture; Rinzler updates them for today's alt-culture or perhaps mainstream hipsters. The publicity claims this targets "Generation O." While for me strongly reminiscent of Dzogchen Ponlop's "Rebel Buddha" published a year before (see my review), the emphasis on adapting Tibetan Buddhist teachings aimed not at endless prostrations or mantras or deity yoga but a down-to-earth approach--aimed at younger folks who like a drink, have sex, and love their cellphones (nearly?) as much as their similarly frenetic and chattering friends--has its relevance.
Rinzler risks aiming at trying to sound trendy and winding up like the preachers who marketed denim-clad bibles to the Jesus People in the hippie era; that is, packaging tradition for mass appeal. However, Rinzler's audience like that of Jesus or of the Buddha lives in cities more often than in monasteries! Rinzler wants to go into the dive-bars, the cyber-cafes, the cubicle, and to show how Buddhism can calm, can soothe, and can rouse.
He does this by taking venerable teachings and using parables, anecdotes, and everyday tales to make dharma matter. He translates "the four dignities of the Shambhala" empowerment teachings for us, as tiger, lion, garuda (man-bird), and dragon. "Windhorse" teachings, in Shambhala, enrich these practices which sustain a bolder sense of wise fearlessness as a way to make what insights come to one in meditation become self-actualized. These animals are metaphors for not otherworldly "Super Friends" from above but as qualities we desire to embody.
The "three yanas" or vehicles of dharma comprise the structure of this guide, as they do many introductions to Shambhala and Tibetan practice.
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