The challenge is actually an optical illusion, so it may be trickier to spot the object than it appears. Studies have shown that the more you exercise your brain, the smarter you tend to be, so why not try out some other ones? Complete with dynamic, detailed illustrations, Soto Zen Priest Seigaku Amato uses a semi-narrative style to take you on a visual tour of Buddhism and, using specifics to illuminate universals, dives deep into the practices and forms of Soto Zen. I know this was likely nothing more than a thoughtless choice of words, but it does underscore the fundamental sexism very much alive and kicking in our society.

Nor, until now, have scholars and translators brought to the West so many of the old Buddhist stories about women. Fear of inadequacy to mother sons, to making enough money as a single parent to support my family, fear of losing them, to harm, or illness, and death. This is certainly true in most of the familiar Zen stories and koans, like those in the famous Chinese koan collections: the Blue Cliff Record, The Gateless Barrier, and the Book of Serenity. The hidden camera is located one of the vertical faces of the base viewing the room environment though a discreet pinhole. The shades use heavy acid-free rag papers and are preserved with UV and moisture-lock archival protection.

This may look like an normal table lamp, but in fact it cleverly incorporates a high grade covert camera and digital video recording system that is completely hidden within making it an ideal room surveillance video system.

No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. This work is perhaps the most influential explanation of Candrakirti’s seventh-century classic Entering the Middle Way ( Madhyamakavatara). After recognizing the rarity of our human existence and the great opportunities it affords, he follows with reflections on impermanence, suffering, and the promise of liberation from our past actions, proceeding then to the path of bodhisattvas, whose universal compassion seeks to free every being from suffering. An accessible, inspiring book on one of the most important topics in Tibetan Buddhism, written by one of its renowned masters who has an international following of thousands.Just because we have fitted spy camera technology within the lamp, this doesn’t mean that the light will not function in the normal manner.

One hundred Koans were selected (vaguely similar to the parables of Christian tradition, but the tales end in mysteries whose deeper meanings are best found through focussed meditation).

This rare teaching by Rinpoché is a uniquely concise volume of the teachings of the path to liberation that is authentic, authoritative, and complete. We recommend the use of low energy bulbs with your lamp shades - they use less energy and are cool to the touch, avoiding the problem of scorching the shades.