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Read any good books lately?

lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
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Does anyone have any suggestions for good Buddhist fiction?

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  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    If you can find a copy of either, The Power of Nothingness and The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden are both pretty good.
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran
    lillymac61 said:

    Does anyone have any suggestions for good Buddhist fiction?

    any of the Mahayana Sutras or Tantric revelations . . .
    ;)
    lillymac61BunksTosh
  • AnicAnic
    Awakening The Buddha WIthin by Lama Surya Das :) Great book so far. Almost done.
  • AnicAnic
    Wait.... The above response of mine is non-fiction. Sorry!!! Forgot you asked for fiction. Still a good read though. :)

    Namaste
  • lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
    Anic said:

    Wait.... The above response of mine is non-fiction. Sorry!!! Forgot you asked for fiction. Still a good read though. :)

    Namaste

    That's cool :) I'll note your recommendation anyway!
  • lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
    Jeffrey said:

    Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

    Thanks, I started watching the film but stopped it after about 20 mins. It is often said that the book is better than the film ;)
  • lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
    Jason said:

    If you can find a copy of either, The Power of Nothingness and The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden are both pretty good.

    Thanks!
  • BhanteLuckyBhanteLucky Alternative lifestyle person in the South Island of New Zealand New Zealand Veteran
    Cloud Atlas is a great book... Sort of buddhist, if you squint a bit.
  • lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
    JamestheGiant said:

    Cloud Atlas is a great book... Sort of buddhist, if you squint a bit.

    I'm actually looking for squint-a-bit. I started Cloud Atlas when it was first published but put it down. Sometimes it's just not the right time to read a book. I see the film of the book is due for release early 2013 and that it is directed by that Buddhist flirt, Andy Wachowski, who also directed the squint-a-bit Matrix Trilogy ;)
    BhanteLucky
  • footiamfootiam Veteran
    Rev Cheng Yen, Still Thoughts. Quotations by the Rev mainly.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    Herman Hesse is brilliant and I liked Siddhartha, but I'm not sure if I learned anything about Buddhism from it? I enjoyed it when I read it though and hadn't yet read any dharma literature.

    All Herman Hesse is wonderful. I liked Narciss and Goldmund and also the Glass Bead Game.
  • lillymac61lillymac61 Explorer
    Jeffrey said:

    Herman Hesse is brilliant and I liked Siddhartha, but I'm not sure if I learned anything about Buddhism from it? I enjoyed it when I read it though and hadn't yet read any dharma literature.

    All Herman Hesse is wonderful. I liked Narciss and Goldmund and also the Glass Bead Game.

    Maybe read Siddharta again now that you've found the dharma... you may recognise aspects you didn't see the first time round. I recently watched the Matrix Trilogy again and the Zen concepts just kept jumping out, not that I felt any more enlightened for it ;)
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