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Serenity and insight are the two great wings of Buddhist meditation. They each have a special role to play in the path to Awakening. While some modern approaches seek to marginalize serenity in favor of ‘dry’ insight, the Buddha’s own discourses place serenity right at the center of the path. This book collects virtually all the significant passages on this topic that are found in the early discourses, carefully elucidated for the modern reader....

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Introduction 1 A Handful of Leaves 2 Samatha & Vipassanā 3 The Wings to Enlightenment 4 Dependent Liberation 5 The Gradual Training 6 The Benefits of Samādhi 7 Jhāna & the Noble Ones 8 Counterexamples A On the Translations B Contemporary Teachers on Samādhi C Instant Enlightenment...

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Renegade Robot: It's the end of the world as we know it, when the dreaded Singularity finally occurs and happens to be captured, live on tape, by agents of the Frantic News Network, which freaks out, as usual, and causes a lot of trouble for the mild-mannered nanobot exterminator who happens to get caught in the crossfire. Unwritten Rules of Impossible Things What if someone - or something - stole one of your days? Just one, and you didn't know why, or what they had done with your life in that time? Young Philip Galvez and his friend Marcus Holmes found out for themselves when they decided to discover why there was a giant stuffed moose in a house down the road. Jimmyland The settlers were dispatched to a distant planet to build a colony to house the future of mankind. They had everything they needed, except a backup plan in case things went horribly wrong, and there was no way home....

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Renegade Robot Unwritten Rules of Impossible Things Jimmyland

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When a city commissioned a famous artist to create a masterpiece for their newly refurbished downtown, they only forgot one thing: to tell him when to stop. Now his greatest work is threatening to take over everywhere. It's a race against time and space and dimensions nobody even knew were there!...

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Three stories of a lonely youth. Jimmy Kruzel's bad luck is that his worst enemies are always his best friends, or is it the other way around, and that sometimes his darkest hours seem to come right after the dawn. In tales more bitter than sweet, Jimmy finds that you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar, but really, who wants to attract flies anyway?...

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Being a zombie, not so easy. That could have been Dave Connor's six word memoir. "At first he couldn't remember how he'd ended up in that shallow grave; he just knew it was hell to claw his way out, and that the taste of its dirt would remain in his mouth for the rest of his time on this earth" ... Expect the unexpected in this existential resurrection thriller....

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Dr. King’s Lucky Book is an assemblage of text and images drawn from diverse sources, including ad ephemera and medieval illumination. Modeled after the advertising almanacs of the early 20th century, it slowly slides from a harmless book of charms and snake-oil sales pitches into a dark and impenetrable handbook of the macabre. Also available for sale in hardcopy at http://http://extribulum.wordpress.com/luckybook/...

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Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life — until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly different ways, set against the strange, ritualistic, magic backdrop of a midwestern winter. A tale about the masks people wear and a meditation on the power of magic, Nameless revels in the simple pleasure of storytelling. Nameless is also available for sale in hardcopy at http://http://extribulum.wordpress.com/nameless/...

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Other People Can Smell You is the college handbook you wish your school would give you. Where other handbooks talk about school spirit and the academic code of honor, this short pocket guide offers tips for navigating LIFE at school — sex, drugs, laundry, criminal roommates, difficult class registration, and the all-terrifying spectre of The Term Paper. Written by a recent combatant in higher education, this slim, inexpensive volume offers both a student’s and a teacher’s perspective on the delicate art of surviving your freshman year. Also available for sale in hardcopy at http://http://extribulum.wordpress.com/opcsy/...

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The foreboding passage of secrets belongs to a place outside the realm of our own physical World. Along its walls, stand 15 doors, which open at a simple turn of a handle, leading a curious visitor into another tale. Delve into the unknown, and discover what lays beyond each entrance, Unlock the mystery behind each doorway, witnessing the unfolding events that follow.Find out what happens to Jenny, when she presses “Add me,” reach for the secret inside, “Carlton Lodge,” and visit the mysterious cove of Venus. Discover where "A Fine Point of No Return" is, and observe the appearance of a "Midnight lover." Explore passageways, where behind each door, a mysterious secret is ready to be told....

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Blood Harvest1The Screen Cafe14The Confession20Suffocation29Sisters of the Lamplight34The Visitor37Add Me45Charlton Lodge51Whispers in the Wind60Around a Country Lane64Rendezvous with Change74The Disappearance80Blake’s Quest84Midnight Lover91A Fine Point of No Return97EpilogueI...

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58 Versions of 2,000,000 eBooks Producing 116,000,000 eBooks. World Public Library Literary Machine Translation System (LMTS), is an automated translation service that provides automated translations between 58 different languages. It produces translated editions of all of our 2,000,000 eBooks. Each eBooks will be available to be downloaded in any combinations of our supported languages. With World Public Library Machine Translation Editions, we hope to make information universally accessible and useful, regardless of the language in which it’s written....

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"Life" is the 4th of the haiga eBook series. Beginning with haiga of birth and ending with that of rebirth

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"Light" is the 3rd of the haiga eBook series. This eBook includes related themes like fire, heat, and shadow

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"Water" is the 2nd of the haiga eBook series. Just as "wind", this book give you full view of haiku scene in the world

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When you need a moment to reflect, to be alone with your thoughts, this book will help you rediscover your inner compass. The Point in the Heart is a collection of excerpts from a man whose wisdom has earned him devoted students worldwide. Michael Laitman, a scientist and a Kabbalist, presents ancient wisdom in a compelling style. These stormy days, his site, www.kabbalah.info, offers a silver lining for those who seek true and lasting comfort....

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One evening in September 1991, Kabbalist Rabash summoned his prime student, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him a notebook, whose cover contained one word-Shamati (I Heard), containing transcripts of Rabash's conversations with his father, Yehuda Ashlag, author of a complete commentary on The Zohar. The following morning the Rabash perished.Following Rabash's legacy to disseminate the Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, retaining the text's transforming powers....

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The great Kabbalists, Rav Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, offer modern readers valid answers to life's most vital question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zohar and The Tree of Life explain how we can benefit by using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, clear illustrations accurately depict the evolution of the Upper Worlds as Kabbalists experience them....

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Your world is ready for change. Make it happen, with guidance from one of the greatest Kabbalists of our generation.Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, sees Kabbalah as a science that deals with drawing near to the Creator. It studies the system of creation, examines how the Creator conducts this system, and how creation can rise to the level of the Creator. It is a method of reaching spiritual fulfillment. Through the study of Kabbalah, you too can learn to direct your heart--and consequently your life--toward success, tranquility, peace, and happiness.In this distinctive, personal, and awe-filled introduction to an ancient wisdom tradition, Rav Laitman--a disciple of the great Kabbalist Rabbi Baruch Ashlag (son of Yehuda Ashlag)--provides you with a deeper understanding of the fundamental teachings of Kabbalah, and how you can use this wisdom to clarify your relationship with others and the world around you. Using language both scientific and poetic, he probes the most profound questio...

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Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passed down by Rabbi Baruch's father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the commentaries on The Book of Zohar, who continued the ways of many great Kabbalists throughout the generations before them. The goal of this book is to assist individuals in confronting the first stages of the spiritual realm. This unique method of study, which encourages sharing this wisdom with others, not only helps overcome the trials and tribulations of everyday life, but initiates a process in which individuals extend themselves beyond the standard limitations of today's world....