diff --git a/audiobooks.md b/audiobooks.md index e82da9b..92f3974 100644 --- a/audiobooks.md +++ b/audiobooks.md @@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ - [Nia Frome - Tankies [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2b8982840b1cd9d9c8c64a87142464100524de25&dn=Nia%20Frome%20-%20Tankies%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) - [Mahasi Sayadaw - Question and Answer with Mahasi Sayadaw [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:35ce15deda165b36ae8d617be9f3d4f67fe8e333&dn=Mahasi%20Sayadaw%20-%20Question%20and%20Answer%20with%20Mahasi%20Sayadaw%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines)- [Joseph Stalin - Stalin on Churchill [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:72620c61846ab4b346920d989bbacf7bce17891a&dn=Joseph%20Stalin%20-%20Stalin%20on%20Churchill%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) - [Alice Malone - Concessions [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3456507db9a1b1da62dc689f1c61863fc18c011d&dn=Alice%20Malone%20-%20Concessions%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) +- [Buddha - Middle Discourses 20 - How to Stop Thinking [trans Bhikku Sujato] [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0056f9dc4f46444231817e036f5c42e598f4df38&dn=Buddha%20-%20Middle%20Discourses%2020%20-%20How%20to%20Stop%20Thinking%20%5Btrans%20Bhikku%20Sujato%5D%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) +- [Buddha - Middle Discourses 10 - Mindfulness Meditation [trans Bhikku Sujato] [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b6a1454daecfafbdb706328f4afec2efb6b27268&dn=Buddha%20-%20Middle%20Discourses%2010%20-%20Mindfulness%20Meditation%20%5Btrans%20Bhikku%20Sujato%5D%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) +- [Jeff Brown - The Myth of Chinese Capitalism [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:9e0d633037ff6feab896124a55672a7d0cc0d913&dn=Jeff%20Brown%20-%20The%20Myth%20of%20Chinese%20Capitalism%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) +- [Domenico Losurdo - Western Marxism [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:724294ba57ffbcd34d115f05ddd4fe67b1fb9572&dn=Domenico%20Losurdo%20-%20Western%20Marxism%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) +- [Bhante Gunaratana - Loving-Kindness in Plain English [audiobook] by dessalines](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e7ea562415a07dd591907170570a243ce7c61ac1&dn=Bhante%20Gunaratana%20-%20Loving-Kindness%20in%20Plain%20English%20%5Baudiobook%5D%20by%20dessalines) ## Read by others @@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ - [Robert Cialdini - The Psychology of Persuasion (New and Expanded)](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e23a07e07eea40cb172625b03253b6484fb27e2f) - [Walter Rodney - How Europe underdeveloped Africa](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:C8EA24A6B93F427D17585CBDE9F31EE2F5ACF2EB&dn=Walter+Rodney+-+How+Europe+Underdeveloped+Africa+%5Baudiobook%5D+audible) - [Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - An indigenous peoples history of the US. ](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1ae24bda86bd23da6edad32568ad5ff574663f88&dn=Roxanne%20Dunbar-Ortiz%20-%20An%20Indigenous%20Peoples'%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States.mp3) +- [Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - La historia indígena de Estados Unidos (audible)](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:52c18ab11d6bf9e2bebf25882d9175d1f74da120&dn=Roxanne%20Dunbar-Ortiz%20-%20La%20historia%20ind%C3%ADgena%20de%20Estados%20Unidos%20%5Baudible%5D) - [Autobiography of Malcolm X - as told to Alex Haley](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4e1ba39a81f987fddf7e6abf9e49e2a0c8490168&dn=Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X) - [Daniel Immerwahr - How to hide an empire.](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:f9a1c6d9302b2a0de71ebe40eedf74ec0c3dbfff&dn=How%20to%20Hide%20an%20Empire%20by%20Daniel%20Immerwahr) - [Gerda Lerner - The Creation of the Patriarchy](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:F3B575BBD18FEC05B1838C9E9CA9532B462C24F2&dn=Gerda+Lerner+-+The+Creation+of+the+Patriarchy+%5Baudible%5D) diff --git a/buddhism/meditation.md b/buddhism/meditation.md index a706cc1..34aab69 100644 --- a/buddhism/meditation.md +++ b/buddhism/meditation.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ## Daily schedule - Pick at least 2 specific times every day, to meditate for 15-30m. Setting an alarm helps, for consistency. Find what works best for you. +- 7m of concentration, 7m of insight, 7m of metta ## What doesn't work @@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ [Source](https://suttacentral.net/mn20/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none¬es=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin) +Acronym: ODISC - Focus on its opposite, or something else. - Sensual desire - The gross body, dead bodies, old bodies, rotting food, reguritated food, food inside the stomach. @@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ - Or devotional practices. - Examine its drawbacks / dangers (three marks). Keeping us entangled in suffering, and not doing good for ourselves and others. - Forget or ignore. Think of other things: breathing. -- Analyze it deeply, still it and slow it down, see its causes, and see how it causes suffering. +- Stop, still it and and slow it down, see its causes, and see how it causes suffering. - Crush them, reject them, expell them, with teeth clenched and tongue against roof of mouth. ## List of cravings @@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ - Right mindfuless - Awareness/attention to the present, without elaborating, judging, liking/disliking, grasping, or evaluating with a goal. - 4 foundations: body(breathing, postures, parts), feeling, states of mind, ideas/perceptions - - When enough concentration is built up to mindfulness, panna develops, direct seeing into the 4 noble truths, from moment to moment. Seeing qecomes direct and immediate. + - When enough concentration is built up to mindfulness, panna develops, direct seeing into the 4 noble truths, from moment to moment. Seeing becomes direct and immediate. - Right concentration - Wholesome one-pointedness, collected, stilled, focused, tranquil, without disturbances or hindrances. - 4 jhanas