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Paul R. Fleischman

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Paul R.Fleischman’s legacy book, "Wonder: When and Why the World Appears Radiant" expresses Dr. Fleischman’s knowledge as a psychiatrist, scientist, meditator, poet, lover of literature, and world traveler. Each chapter builds on the next and takes the reader deeper and deeper into the understanding of human life’s connection to all life. Readers of the book say that the writing is powerful and the concepts build on themselves like a suspense novel. Wonder makes an impression that commands full attention. The book makes a significant contribution by bridging the two domains of scientific and religious cosmology, and it does so with inspiration and elegance. It connects the dots of biology, physics, and spirituality and helps to crystallize ...more

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Wonder: When and Why the World Appears Radiant

Wonder has inspired beautiful poetry and great science, from Dylan Thomas and Rachel Carson to Newton and Einstein.
Wonder was once thought to be a religious emotion, but now we know that the more information we have, the more likely we are to feel wonder. The book, "Wonder: When and Why the World Appears Radiant" leads the reader through the voices of famous scientists and poets, up to the modern Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.19 · 510 ratings · 63 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Karma and Chaos: New and Collected Essays on Vipassana Meditation 4.17 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultivating Inner Peace: Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha, and Others 4.45 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Path by Paul R. Fleischman (Goodreads Author), Richard Crutcher (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vipassana Meditation and the Scientific Worldview: Revised & With New Essays 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vipassana Meditation: Healing the Healer and The Experience of Impermanence 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Therapeutic Action of Vipassana: Why I Sit (The Wheel Publication No. 329/330) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonder: When and Why the World Appears Radiant 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Can Never Speak Up Too Often for the Love of All Things really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Practical and Spiritual Path: An introduction to Vipassana Meditation 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do what helps others.
Refrain from harming others.
Transcend your own ignorance, clinging, hate, fear and delusion.
This and only this is the dispensation of all the Buddhas.”
― Paul R. Fleischman

tags: buddha, buddhism, delusion, dharma, ignorance, philosophy

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“by plants and animals, which I call food, into other biochemicals with which I mold this form called my body, which is constantly, continuously being remolded, reformed, like a cloud. And this form will eventually cease its regeneration and vanish, as it arose, from causes, forces in nature.”
― Paul R. Fleischman, Karma and Chaos: New and Collected Essays on Vipassana Meditation

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“Like a business, like a child, inner peace will flower only from the sunshine of your focalizing effort.”
― Paul R. Fleischman, Cultivating Inner Peace: Exploring the Psychology, Wisdom and Poetry of Gandhi, Thoreau, the Buddha, and Others

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