minhtam90

Essential reading if you are interested in Theravada Buddhism and more specifically the Thai Forest tradition. This magnificent volume is an intellectual, spiritual, and cultural biography/history of a revered teacher in this tradition. The 800 plus page story covers Ajahn Chah as a young man in Thailand and his practice, and then moves on to cover the story of his founding a prominent Thai Forest Monastery. _Stillness Flowing_ covers Ajahn Chah's teaching methods, and finally the influx of Western interest in his teachings which leads to monasteries being started in Britain and eventually the United States. An interesting comparison between Thai teaching methods and Western methods based on the needs of very different students. Thai culture as it relates to Buddhism is covered in depth. The book is filled with wisdom and pieces from Chah's teachings that impact the reader far beyond the historical information. An admirable, impressive, well researched and well written work about the Thai Forest Tradition.…

datiya_turquoise

Main CP: Triệu Viễn Châu/Trác Dực Thần/Ly Luân (eventually) ❗️ Chu Dực & Ly Dực endgame, Ly Chu là tình cảm đơn phương từ một phía nhưng họ sau này vẫn rất yêu nhau chỉ là không phải tình yêu kiểu kia thôi.Thế loại(?): Slowburn, Role-reverse, no beta we die like half of the main cast in canon, Hurt/Comfort, có bao gồm yếu tố lấy cảm hứng từ Sơn Hải Kinh và nhiều nguồn khác, mostly Ly Luân's POV.…

Beautiful4Books

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong? Even when you followed the every day life motions as everyone around you....only left you to feel empty. Emptiness that made you feel like something was amiss. I've felt like this for awhile maybe its my environment or the people I'm around. I'm not quite sure to be honest, I've pushed it aside for awhile hoping eventually it will disappear, keeping this feeling to myself is best. I have found though, when I'm alone or with my best friend (the only person who I feel comfortable with) I feel a little more st home with myself.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kenna lives in a town in which only females reside. She been taught that over-population is the cause of that. Its not so bad when its all your used to, but she's not used to how watched she feels or how her future is decided for her and everything else that the government forces adults to do. What's in store for Kenna is going to change everything especially when she realizes she's not human.…

creepypasta123story

There is a house that I spent a good portion of my childhood in, and the house that I, to this day, although no longer living in it, will always call my true home. I have many fond childhood memories in that house, and it's where our family lived the longest.What I'm about to describe are all real events experienced in this house by me and the rest of my family. These are true accounts, and are not exaggerated in any way.We've always known that house was haunted. Not to the point of being insane and deadly, like you see in the movies, but plenty of unnerving things have happened there. Let me start by telling you a little bit about the house. The first thing you should know is that it's very old; from the 1800's. It used to be a hotel. When my family bought it, I, being the youngest, was only a little kid. We remodeled that house, and even extended it a little. It took a very long time, but eventually, that old, rickety house from the 1800's got a brand new (modern) makeover. However, the things lingering in that house which we couldn't see, stayed.…