Willy Thorn

Buddhism 103 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A simple collection of clear reflections on basic Buddhist philosophy. The Path of Meditation includes an overview of the path & basic methodology of meditation; what & who you will meet as you go; body & mind, past, beliefs & emotions; the permanent guests of the mind, the 11 eternal fires of Burmese Buddhism & more. The book is divided into eight sections with 48 concise pieces all written simply & clearly, in a way that is thoughtful & explanatory & built around analogy & rhyme. Individual pieces include: the path & pitfalls of meditation; on concentration & resistance; tools to develop; how your body & mind stay together; how to split them; on busy thoughts & wandering minds; making friends with difficult memories; accepting experiences; emotions like thunderstorms & floods; the deepest, darkest vaults & buried beliefs; removing the permanent guests of the mind; & extinguishing the fires of desire, delusion, despair & more. Quotes from the Buddha, Hluang Pau Viriyang Sirinthro, Ajarn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Dr. Pramahachanya Khongchinda, Aung San Suu Kyi & an artist named Phu. Includes photos of Buddha statues from temples in Bangkok's Yaowarat Chinatown neighborhood at Wat Mangkorn Kamalawat [aka the Dragon Lotus temple], Wat Traimitr, Wat Kusoln Samakorn, Wat Uphai Raja Bamrung, Wat Mongkoln Samakhom, Wat Chakrawat, Wat Pathum Kongkha & Wat Bampen Cheen, Willy Thorn is an artist, copywriter & meditation instructor in Bangkok. He was trained thru the renowned Willpower Institute of Wat Dhamma Mongkoln. - end

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Willy Thorn
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005731083
• Artikelnr.: 72407363

Autorenporträt

Willy Thorn is a communications expert & artistic renaissance man. He is a journalist & copywriter, teacher, author & artist. He has lived many places, beginning with Milwaukee & Rome & Minnesota & central Wisconsin. Among his other homes are Washington DC & Baltimore, Chicago & the Twin Cities, St. Francis South Dakota, the Bay Area & Shanghai. He currently lives & works in Bangkok. Thorn has a Masters Degree in Journalism & has spent time as a Capitol Hill reporter & wire editor, sports writer, political columnist & arts critic. Other media endeavors include public relations campaigns, magazine feature writing, ghostwritten biographies & time on the radio as a DJ & on-air host, play-by-play sports announcer & music promoter. He has spent nearly a decade as a language specialist for Craft Worldwide & as a copywriter & creative for McCann Worldgroup. He currently works as senior copywriter at Quo Global branding agency in Bangkok. He has won awards at Cannes Lions & been recognized for sports writing & political columns, magazine features, theatre scripts, religious publications & photography. Thorn is also a photographer & classical oil painter, trained thru the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC. His artistic c.v. includes photography gallery shows; sculpting in Mamallapuram, India; concrete statuary at Wat Xieng Mouane, in Luang Prabang, Laos; and flower petal mosaics in Cagli, Italy. He is a Buddhist meditation instructor; trained thru Thailand's renowned Willpower Institute. And he was even the rare foreigner to complete the entire six month course in spoken & written Thai. He currently sits as an advisor on the institute's English Foreign Language subcommittee where he translates books, helps develop outreach programs & occasionally lectures. He proudly notes a Master's Degree from Marquette University & books in both Washington's Library of Congress & the Vatican Archives in Rome. His catalog is varied & he has written extensively about a number of subjects including sports, politics, religion, Buddhist philosophy & Asian history & art. One of his largest endeavors was documenting & cataloguing several hundred temples in Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Yangon, Vientiane & Kuala Lumpur. His catalog is available thru the following distributors: Am...