Beautiful4Books

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong? Even when you followed the every day life motions as everyone around you....only left you to feel empty. Emptiness that made you feel like something was amiss. I've felt like this for awhile maybe its my environment or the people I'm around. I'm not quite sure to be honest, I've pushed it aside for awhile hoping eventually it will disappear, keeping this feeling to myself is best. I have found though, when I'm alone or with my best friend (the only person who I feel comfortable with) I feel a little more st home with myself.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kenna lives in a town in which only females reside. She been taught that over-population is the cause of that. Its not so bad when its all your used to, but she's not used to how watched she feels or how her future is decided for her and everything else that the government forces adults to do. What's in store for Kenna is going to change everything especially when she realizes she's not human.…

minhtam90

Essential reading if you are interested in Theravada Buddhism and more specifically the Thai Forest tradition. This magnificent volume is an intellectual, spiritual, and cultural biography/history of a revered teacher in this tradition. The 800 plus page story covers Ajahn Chah as a young man in Thailand and his practice, and then moves on to cover the story of his founding a prominent Thai Forest Monastery. _Stillness Flowing_ covers Ajahn Chah's teaching methods, and finally the influx of Western interest in his teachings which leads to monasteries being started in Britain and eventually the United States. An interesting comparison between Thai teaching methods and Western methods based on the needs of very different students. Thai culture as it relates to Buddhism is covered in depth. The book is filled with wisdom and pieces from Chah's teachings that impact the reader far beyond the historical information. An admirable, impressive, well researched and well written work about the Thai Forest Tradition.…