Alan Peto

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I am a author, researcher, and designer focusing on Buddhism.

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Buddhism
 

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What the Buddha Taught von Walpola Sri Rahula
What the Buddha Taught von Walpola Sri Rahula
The Ven. Dr. Walpola Sri Rahula has produced one of the best texts I have ever read on Buddhism! There are many out there that incorrectly talk about Buddhism and they also have many incorrect interpretations of the Buddha.

Venerable Rahula does an outstanding job in his correct translations/interpetations of important teachings of Siddhattha.

The reader is introduced to key Buddhist teachings such as:

-The Buddhist attitude of Mind

-The Four Noble Truths (each one having it's own chapter!) And the eightfold path as well as the five aggregates.

-The doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta. This is one of the most important ones and the author talks about how 'self' is incorrectly… Mehr dazu

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: How to &hellip von Joshua Piven
Consider the following scenarios:

- Mad gunman fires into a park

- Your child throws a stone at a beehive which just happens to contain killer bees

- While out hiking a rattlesnake bites you

- You've been carjacked and they are taking you hostage

You have seen all those scenarios on the news or in the papers...they are real life. 'The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook' covers all these topics and more. It's simply a book that you must read and keep in your glovebox!

The editors talked with specialists in their fields (really good ones) to get the straight scoop as well as how to present it in a way that us, the average Joe and Jane, will understand under stressful… Mehr dazu

Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively &hellip von John C. Maxwell
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I first got this book just because of the reviews on Amazon.com. The reviews are not wrong or off in any way, this is a great book and life manual!

While waiting during Jury duty selections I was able to read the entire book (you gotta love it) and it was hard to put down (until the Judge said so). Many other potential Jurors saw the book and asked about it and where ready to get one themselves after I told them a few of the things inside!

I write training and development manuals/courses for a major wholesale warehouse club and I used quite a few of the practices mentioned in a recent supervisor training manual and indicated this is a 'recommended reading'. In fact I mentioned… Mehr dazu