Name: The wisdom of no escape
ISBN: 9781570628726

The wisdom of no escape

It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves and we can only experience real joy when we stop running from pain. The key to understanding these truisms lies in remaining open to life in all circumstances, and here Pema Chodron shows us how. Because when we embrace the happiness and suffering, intelligence and confusion that are a natural part of life, we can begin to discover a wellspring of courageous love within our hearts. 4 CDs, 4 1/2 hours. Unabridged.

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rg111Dec 2022

- Sapiens by Yuval Harari

- Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

- Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter

- Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walker

- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (changed my outlook, attitude)

- Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen, Chuang

- Meditation by Aurelius

- (some other deep, high quality novels)

- Books by Steven Strogatz

- Classical Indian Philosophy by Ganeri

- Not a book, but Andrew Ng's old ML MOOC, also LeCun's MOOC.

- nand2tetris, SICP

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Meditation and mindfulness have fundamentally changed my level of effectiveness. They have made me smarter, and fixed some serious problems I had. Regular practice is essential. These books were great:

- The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa

- Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratna

- The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron

- Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

- What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula

__________

There are many books from many fields that has made me less dumb. I cannot list all of them.

You too, should pursue directions of your interest and genuinely enjoy what you do. Enlightenment is choice-of-books invariant.

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lioetersDec 2020

_The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World_ by Pema Chödrön

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1582074-the-wisdom-of-...

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elliusSep 2017

• The Prize

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

• The Lean Startup

• Poke the Box

• The Elements of Computing Systems

• The Death of Common Sense

• Up the Organization

• The Personal MBA

• The Wisdom of No-Escape

• The Adapted Mind

• Brain Rules

• Getting Things Done

• On Writing

• Steal Like An Artist

• George Orwell: A Collection of Essays

And these are technically not books, but Glenn Greenwald's "Speech to the Massachusetts ACLU" and the Christopher Hitchens speech criticizing the proposed Canadian hate speech law.

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