Publications

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As well as the material published on the site, Bodhipaksa has a number of other publications to his name:

"Living a Buddhist Life: Vegetarianism"

Bodhipaksa has written a book about vegetarianism as a Buddhist practice, and you can read more about the book "Vegetarianism", including sample chapters, on this site.

Wave Magazine Review

This book, the first in a series on different aspects of Buddhist life, doesn’t seek to convert as much as it aims to ensure that we have the relevant information we need in order to make enlightened decisions about our food consumption. The author, a practising Buddhist and qualified vet, became a vegetarian after a visit to an abattoir, and uses this experience as a springboard to examine the differences between unskilful actions (i.e. those that proceed from ignorance) and skilful actions (i.e. those that come from wisdom and generosity). The book also covers awareness and non-awareness regarding food as the most basic aspect of our lives, by destroying the protection the West is given from knowing the true details of meat production. Read this book if you dare - all romanticised and sanitised views of farming and justifications for meat consumption are laid bare and forced to stand alone in the face of some truly distressing and despicable statistics.

"Vegetarianismo: La dieta mas sana y solidaria"

"Vegetarianism" is available in Spanish as "Vegetarianismo: La dieta mas sana y solidaria" as part of Ediciones Oniro’s series entitled "El Viaje Interior".

El primero de los cinco preceptos budistas ampliamente observados consiste en no dañar a ningún ser vivo, lo cual abarca tanto al ser humano como a todos los animales, y puede expresarse como un compromiso a afirmar y apoyar la vida en cualquiera de sus formas. La dieta vegetariana constituye una manera clara e inmediata de llevar a la práctica esta afirmación de la vida. Bodhipaksa, experimentado veterinario al tiempo que budista practicante, se encuentra en la posición ideal para desvelar el sufrimiento de los animales que viven en granjas industriales y para identificar las consecuencias éticas que se derivan de infligir esa clase de sufrimiento. En este libro sencillo y directo, el autor expone tanto las bases éticas y filosóficas del vegetarianismo como sus ventajas para la salud física y mental, hoy científicamente demostradas.

"Vegetarismi: miksi ja miten ryhtyä kasvissyöjäksi"

Vegetarianism is available in Finnish as "
Vegetarismi: miksi ja miten ryhtyä kasvissyöjäksi".

Eläinlääkäri ja buddhalainen opettaja Bodhipaksha kertoo, miten kamalaa tuotantoeläinten elämä on nykyaikaisilla maatiloilla. Hän tuntee myös buddhalaiset opit ja opettaa, miten niitä voi soveltaa länsimaiseen elämään. Hän osoittaa, että buddhalaisuuden harjoittamisen ja kasvissyönnin välillä on selvä yhteys, joka ei koske vain yksittäistä ihmistä, vaan koko ympäröivää maailmaa. Buddhalaiseen etiikkaan perustuvat yksilön omaa elämää koskevat valinnat voivat vaikuttaa koko maailman ja siinä elävien olentojen elämään. Kirjailija vastaa selkeästi kasvissyöjille esitettyihin outoihinkin kysymyksiin, kuten “Eivätkö kasvitkin ole eläviä olentoja? Kuinka siis kärsimystä välttävä buddhalainen voi syödä niitä?”, tai “Miksi pitäisi välittää eläinten kärsimyksistä, kun maailmassa on niin paljon ihmisiä, jotka joutuvat kärsimään?”.

“Vegetarianism" will soon be appearing in a Taiwanese translation.

"Guided Meditations" (Wildmind, 2002)

And Bodhipaksa has a Guided Meditation CD available on the Wildmind site. This CD has been one of Amazon.com’s best selling meditation titles since July 2003.

Amazon.com Reviewer

This is hands-down the best meditation CD I’ve come across. I’d give it 6 stars if I could. It’s not tarted up with hokey sound effects and New Age music but is simply the teacher’s (very pleasant) voice, guiding you to calm and relaxation. His approach is highly accessible for Westerners and really taught me how to meditate. I’m such a big fan of this CD, in fact, that I’ve bought at least four to give as gifts to stressed-out friends and family members. (One of the recipients was a voice teacher who said she could listen to him all night.) If you like what you hear, you should also check out the outstanding online meditation courses he offers on wildmind.org. I can’t recommend the CD or the courses highly enough.

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