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Do not believe in anything
simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything
merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions
because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
~ The Buddha [Kalama Sutra]
Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall
(18 March 1901 - 29 August 1990)
A world-renowned authority on philosophy, comparative religion and the esoteric doctrines of antiquity.
Founded the Philosophical Research Society in 1934 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the ensoulment of all arts, sciences, and crafts.
He was a Canadian-born author and mystic.
He is perhaps most famous for his work -
The Secret Teachings of All Ages — An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy , published in 1928 at the age of 26, which is widely regarded as his magnum opus.
On 8th December 1973, he was recognized as a 33 degree Mason (the highest honor conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite) - at a ceremony held at PRS - despite never being initiated into the physical craft.
In his over 70-year career, Mr. Hall authored more than 150 books and essays, and delivered over 8000 lectures in the U.S. and abroad, in his multi-faceted role as a teacher of the universal laws through which the creating principle manifests itself.
Buddhist Bible
A Buddhist Bible — by Dwight Goddard
A collection of translations of a cross-section of Buddhist traditions - Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, Tibetan and other Buddhists schools of thought.
Divine Tara
Tara - The Feminine Divine — by Bokar Rinpoche
This work presents the various aspects of Tara and the origin of her tantra, offering instruction for devotional practice.
Health and Balance
Health Through Balance - An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine — by Yeshi Donden
Clear explanation of Tibetan medicine's wide variety of curative techniques, including diet, behavior modification and the use of medicine and accessory therapy.
Great Liberation
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation - Or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind — by Padmasambhava
The repository of teachings of paramount importance, transmitted to the peoples of Occident from most illustrious Teachers of Tibet and of India.
Tibetan Yoga
Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines - Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path - According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering — by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
This volume contains seven distinct yet intimately related treatises translated from the Tibetan.
Emptiness and Insight
Stillness, Insight and Emptiness - Buddhist Meditation From the Ground Up — by Lama Dudjom Dorjee
Instructions that will help beginning meditators establish a firm foundation in the practices that lead to direct realization.
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Heartfelt Advice
Heartfelt Advice — by Lama Dudjom Dorjee
An overview of basic topics that illuminate the main principles of Buddhist practice.
Sayings Of The Buddha
Sayings Of The Buddha - A selection of suttas from the Pali Nikāyas — translated by Rupert Gethin
This volume covers the full variety of texts - the central themes of the Buddha's teaching and the range of literary style.
Radical Zen
Radical Zen - The Sayings of Joshu — translated by Yoel Hoffman
More than 450 aphorisms and koans from The Sayings of Joshu - one of the outstanding Zen texts of Tang period China.
