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Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism) Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism)
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Conflict, Culture, Change : Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World (05 Edition) Conflict, Culture, Change : Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World (05 Edition)
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Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism
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For a Future To Be Possible For a Future To Be Possible
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The Five Mindfulness Trainings?protecting life, acting with generosity, behaving responsibly in sexual relationships, speaking and listening deeply and mindfully, and avoiding substance abuse?are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. In... (read more)
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Freedom From Fear Revised Edition Freedom From Fear Revised Edition
by Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by the ruling military junta and remains under house arrest in Rangoon. This collection of writings reflects Suu Kyi's hopes and fears for... (read more)
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Being Peace Being Peace
by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Since its publication in 1987, Being Peace has become a classic of contemporary religious literature. In his simple and readable style, Thich Nhat Hanh shows how our state of mind and body can make the world a peaceful place. We learn to transform the... (read more)
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Finding George Orwell in Burma Finding George Orwell in Burma
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Read Emma Larkin's posts on the Penguin Blog Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she's come to know all too well the many ways this brutal police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists... (read more)
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