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Re: Book Thread: Yes im very serious
« Reply #90 on: April 08, 2011, 10:28:02 pm »

Have you read Siddhartha yet?
nope, this is the first official book I've read on Buddhism. Well, I did read "The Art of Happiness" by the Dali Lama a few years ago, but I don't think that really counts.
I remember correctly (5 years since high school freshman) Siddhartha was the biography of "the Buddha" we all know today.

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« Reply #91 on: April 08, 2011, 10:41:26 pm »

Have you read Siddhartha yet?

Do you mean the Herman Hesse version?
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« Reply #92 on: April 09, 2011, 03:08:22 am »

Reading Tiassa. Tis ok so far.
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« Reply #93 on: April 09, 2011, 04:25:05 am »

I just bought a Kobo eReader (pretty barebones but has an SD memory slot and such so it's not bad, and supports ePub and our Canadian libraries seem to all support it). It came with 100 classics preloaded so I'm doing Don Quixote first. Got some other great stuff ready to load up, though.
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« Reply #94 on: April 09, 2011, 07:15:37 am »

Just finished reading the Malazan Book of the Fallen series and would recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy on an epic scale.
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« Reply #95 on: April 09, 2011, 08:00:21 am »

Just finished The First Heretic, one of the books in the Warhammer 40,000 The Horus Heresy series. And I only now have realised how much more I will have to spend to finish the series. Money down the drain. But I have to finish it!
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« Reply #96 on: April 09, 2011, 02:47:00 pm »

Just finished reading the Malazan Book of the Fallen series and would recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy on an epic scale.
Suggestion: Don't touch the add-on books written by Ian Cameron Esslemont (for example, Return of the Crimson Guard). They're really really bad.
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« Reply #97 on: April 09, 2011, 02:55:46 pm »

I read "Soon I will be Invincible" yesterday, good book. I like how he doesn't explicitly spell everything tout for you like so many others do.
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« Reply #98 on: April 09, 2011, 03:11:01 pm »

I read "Soon I will be Invincible" yesterday, good book. I like how he doesn't explicitly spell everything tout for you like so many others do.

That was a really cool book.
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« Reply #99 on: July 15, 2011, 02:09:07 pm »

Just finished Adwd. Not bad. Not whoah'ish, though.  I think it switches to and forth too many different scenarios.
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Re: Book Thread: Yes im very serious
« Reply #100 on: July 15, 2011, 07:14:40 pm »

Holy crap you resurrect this thread from far ago, I was surprise when I got my email alert.
well I'm just reading Genius Girl right now, damn good comic for allthat is SCIENCE!

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« Reply #101 on: July 15, 2011, 07:19:11 pm »

Reading Cathedral, by Raymond Carver.

So far, I have to say that it's not my thing.
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« Reply #102 on: July 15, 2011, 07:28:37 pm »

Very recently finished Bad Science by Ben Goldacre which I mostly enjoyed. I knew of most of the content already but having it all laid out was nice. Well worth checking out if you are annoyed by how the media reports science and/or alternative medicine in general. Not everyone's cup of tea.
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« Reply #103 on: July 15, 2011, 08:04:14 pm »

Currently reading Buddhism (by Damien Keown), and it's really interesting. I knew a lot of it (like being a historical guy, not having any supreme gods, and so forth), but I didn't realize that the original Buddha didn't believe in an immortal soul, and said before he died that he wasn't going to be reborn. That, and the whole reincarnation thing is apparently extremely fuzzy, with different Buddhists having very different beliefs about it.

The cycle of birth and death is a remnant belief from the previous Brahmanism, which Buddha himself is trying to "break" (still is, he never "died"). But without proper context as in India, people elsewhere  saw Buddhism as a foreign religion, and its "foundation" of believes must be built before it can be accepted. So it's not surprised Buddhism was not only carrying its core believes when spreading, but also some "root believes" from Brahmanism as well.

A center idea in Buddhism as "breaking free from the cycle" would seem odd, if you don't know or don't believe in cycle of birth and death in the first place. And Buddha as he is the embodiment of enlightenment, should always exist (or non-exist), and already break free from the cycle. So yes, there will be no incarnation of Buddha, and also there is no Buddha himself in the first place (his mortal body is just a temporary vessel). Since the concept of oneself is also an idea that needs to be abandoned on the path to enlightenment.

On the topic of the book I am reading, not surprisingly mostly about papers, like journals and conference collections. But on the case of publishing books, well, one of them is "Civilisation matérielle, économie et capitalisme, XVe-XVIIIe siècle" by Fernand Braudel (translated version of course). If you are interested in the history of economics thoughts, its a good book to read and think of. I am not quite accepting his whole idea, but it's a good way of thinking in terms of how capitalism functioned before the dawn of modern world. Like it or not, capitalism is all around you in every aspect of your life. You should understand more about it if you can.
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Re: Book Thread: Yes im very serious
« Reply #104 on: July 15, 2011, 11:30:05 pm »

Reading Cathedral, by Raymond Carver.

So far, I have to say that it's not my thing.
By the regligon part?
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