Teachings
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Writings
Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem - Will James
Form, the Formless and the Cessation - Will James
Inquiry - A Factor of Awakening - Rowan Holden
Inquiry Into Inquiry - Rowan Holden
Why Emptiness Is Important - Rowan Holden
Is Buddhism a Doctrine of Invulnerability? - Rowan Holden
Right Effort - Rowan Holden
Violence and Discomfort - Rowan Holden
Buddha's Words on Loving-kindness - a translation - translator unknown
The teachings above have been given or referred to by Teachers at Tallowwood Retreats, Meditation gatherings or Days of Mindfulness.
Poetry
Freedom's Edge - Rowan Holden
All is Arising in Emptiness - Rowan Holden
Sometimes ............. - Rowan Holden
Skip It - Jonathan Lockyer
The poetry below has been referenced at various Tallowwood Retreats:
Ajahn Chah: Do Not Try
Mary Oliver: Wild Geese, When Death Comes, Summer’s Day, The Journey
Hafiz: Deepening the Wonder, Cast All Your Votes For Dancing, With That Moon Language
Rumi: That Lives In Us
Xinxin Ming: Faith In Mind
Galway Kinnell: Saint Francis and the Sow
Music
Great Compassion Mantra - Ani Choying Drolma
Gate Gate on album ‘Love is Space’ - Deva Premal
Other Resources
Suggested readings, books and websites for exploration
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha - Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha - Bhikkhu BodhiThe Fundamental Wisdom of the
Middle Way - Jay L Garfield
The Sound of Silence - Ajahn Sumedho
The Mind and the Way - Ajahn Sumedho
Light on Enlightenment - Christopher Titmuss
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree - Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
In the Buddha's Words - Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Wise Heart- Jack Kornfield
The First and Last Freedom - J Krishnamurti
Meditations - J Krishnamurti
The Experience of the Samadhi - Richard Shankman
Satipatthana - Analayo
Seeing That Frees - Rob Burbea
The Island - Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. This book can be downloaded from: https://www.amaravati.org/audio-and-books/
Women in the Dharma
Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters - Grace Schireson, published 2009 by Wisdom Publications
Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom - Sallie Tisdale, published 2007 by Harper
Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure. Writings and Stories of Mystic Poets, Scholars and Saints - Camille Helminski, published 2003 by Shambala
The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women
- Zenshin Florence
- Caplow (Editor),
- Reigetsu Susan
- Moon (Editor),
- Zoketsu NormanFischer (Foreword)
Published 2013 by Wisdom
The following links might also offer teachings of interest