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The Illustrated Guide to Dharma Stuff: Rupas (statues)
The Illustrated Guide to Dharma Stuff: Rupas (statues) This free e-book is for those who want to look at Tibetan Buddhist “Rupas” or statue close-up and in detail.
104 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Jul 15, 2015
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Tong-Len: The Alchemy of Reaction
A complete dharma practice that is easy to learn and that can be used both on-the-cushion and off-the-cushion during the rest of your day. In my opinion this is a practice tailored for Westerners.
49 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Jul 10, 2015
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Small Worlds: BuddhistSHrine
I have been involved with the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD) Monastery since 1983, when they were just pouring the foundation. Most of the photos photos shown here were taken at the KTD monastery (KTD) which is located in the mountains above the city of Woodstock, N.Y. KTD is one of the largest Buddhist monasteries in North America, the seat of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje.
41 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Feb 20, 2015
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The Dharma of Marriage
Tibetan Buddhist monks and laypersons, along with Zen Buddhist, have developed methods of training the mind that are over 1,000 years old and have proved very effective. These amount to a life-long practice. Marriage for many of us is also a life-long practice just as difficult and complete as many dharma practices. This article is about using these tried and true dharma practices within a marriage to solve problems and to help keep it together.
58 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Nov 18, 2014
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Alteration of the Self
These are a series of articles on psychedelic drugs and their relation to the Self and to Buddhist mind training.
36 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Nov 9, 2014
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Using Lunar Calendars
How to use a lunar calendar, complete with introduction, and section on the Lunar Month, Phases of the Moon, Major Practice Days, Detailed Practice Days for a Year, Hindu Tithies, illustration and interpretation for each of the thirty lunar days, The Eleven Karanas with interpretations and graphics, Detailed Indian Tithies, Nakshatras (Lunar Mansions), with graphics and interpretations.
141 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Aug 13, 2014
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2014 Blogs and Stories
I give up trying to arrange and sort these articles. This book contains a variety of blogs on different topics and in different categories. You know what you feel like reading, so please suit yourself.
339 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Jun 18, 2014
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Tranquility and Insight Meditation
A series of blogs on the two main types of meditation, Tranquility and Insight meditation, everything you need to learn Tranquility meditation, plus an introduction to Insight meditation.
53 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Jan 30, 2014
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Dharma: The Intangibles
Meditation training is still quite new in this country. We are just getting the word out, so most of the emphasis is on the actual physical meditation technique itself, the bare bones, but there is more. Aside from the basic physical technique, there are what I sometimes call the “intangibles’ – everything else. There is so much emphasis on learning the basic techniques of meditation that these intangibles are usually ignored until later on down the line. The problem with this is that these so-called “intangibles” are not just supplementary add-ons — afterthoughts. Quite the contrary, they are crucial to the success of actually learning to meditate properly.
44 Pages pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Nov 22, 2013
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Change and the Self and Other Writings
What we have here are recent essays and blogs, mostly from 2013, but some from 2012. These offerings are a bit of a smorgasbord, but two principle themes are the effects of change on the Self and its reactions. Although I have many interests, of late they seem to be narrowing down to dharma-related themes, in particular phenomenology and the dharma. It is a little embarrassing to have such a narrow perspective, but then I remind myself that the dharma is not only the middle way, but it is a wide path, and the only one I feel like traveling just now.
224 pagesBy Michael ErlewinePublished on Jun 2, 2013
