thelerner Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) I thought this might be a good place to put in locations of quality e-books that can be downloaded. This year my favorite author has been Ajahn Brahms a pretty hip Buddhist monk. Two Three downloadable books of his can be found on this discussion page, Just this Moment, and The Jhanas. http://community.dha...hn-Brahm-eBooks  Reading long documents on a computer is a pain. My tablet has the Kindle app. It allows me to load pdf's and other formats onto it for easy 'magazine like' reading. Still not as good as a book but saves on ink & paper.  edit again: You can find dozens of Ajahn Brahms audio lectures at http://diydharma.org  later edit The site holybooks.com has many free downloadable gems. Just downloaded all 451 pages of The Complete Book of Buddhas Lists – Explained by Dr. David Snyder  It looks pretty good. Bam, I've (almost) filled up my reading schedule for 2013 Edited December 30, 2012 by thelerner 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konchog uma Posted December 23, 2012 thanks michael, i have that jhanas pdf on my reader but haven't read it yet.  I am almost ashamed to say i like my reader as much as a book, but for entirely different reasons. oh progress  heres a link, thanks to Tibetan Ice in the Dzogchen retreat w B Alan Wallace thread...  "If you are a voracious reader, I would recommend the classic Buddhist Meditation Manual. It is a really BIG book (853 pages) and it is free: http://www.accesstoi...ication2011.pdf but it is packed. A little hard to read, but it contains things nobody else talks about." 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flolfolil Posted December 24, 2012 lol i just got a kindle and was gonna post a thread asking for books Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) I consider Buddhism to be a relatively simple religion/philosophy, with commonsense ideas like don't spit in the wind or pull on superman's cape but boy do these guys write loong books. Â Here's a possible idea: To keep this thread short and to the point, I suggest we try to edit into our original post what books we think are worthwhile. That way we keep a tighter, to the point post. Really good books and reviews we can throw into the Book Discussion area. Â Ofcourse I'm adding a new post to say we should keep fewer posts. ah life. Edited January 6, 2013 by thelerner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flolfolil Posted December 25, 2012 so are we just posting up any book rip or only ones that are verified to be free? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konchog uma Posted December 25, 2012 there are site rules against posting copyrighted material (or links to) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) . Edited September 13, 2013 by Gerard 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites