Subject Index to 3,855 Lessons from Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Subject Index to 3.855 Lessons From
Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Ninth Version, July 23, 2023. Updated Monthly.  PDF, 374 Pages.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)

Book of Serenity/Equanimity 100 Koans (BOS)

Daily Stoic 366 Lessons Philosophy (STOA)

Dao De Jing 81 Lessons (DDJ)

Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)

Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)

Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)

Epictetus 95 Discourses (EPI)

Fireplace Records 30 Chapters (TFR)

Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)

Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)

Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)

Kamakura 40 Koans (ZWAY)

Meditations Marcus Aurelius (AUR)

Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)

Philosopher's Garden of Insights (PG)

Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)

Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)

Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)

Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)

Seneca 124 Letters (SEN)

Suzuki D.T. Books (SUZ)

365 Tao 365 Chapters (DMD)

Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)

Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE) 

Brief Lessons from Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koans.htm

Subject Index to 3.855 Lessons From
Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Subject Index to 1,685 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Index to 1,546 Taoist Lessons, Chapter, and Stories

Subject Index to 813 Stoic Lessons, Discourses, and Letters

Subject Index to 1,685 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Index to 1,975 Zen Buddhist Koans

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
Fourth Version, August 2, 2023. Updated Monthly. 358 Pages, PDF.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

Blue Cliff Record 100 Koans (BCR)
Book of Serenity/Equanimity 100 Koans (BOS)
Dao De Jing 81 Chapters (DDJ)
Dogen's Shinji Mana Shobogenzo 300 Koans (DSMS)
Dogen's Shobogenzo 95 Essays Buddhist (DSE)
Entangling Vines 272 Koans (ENT)
Fireplace Records 30 Chapters (TFR)
Flock of Fools: Parable Sutra 98 Koans (OHPS)
Gateless Gate 48 Koans (GB)
Iron Flute 100 Koans (IF)
Opening A Mountain 60 Koans (OM)
Philosopher's Garden (PG)
Record of Empty Hall 100 Koans (REH)
Record of Linji 50 Koans (LIN)
Rinzai Zen Buddhism (RINZ,SOG)
Samurai Zen 100 Warrior Koans (SAM)
Suzuki D.T. 10 Books (SUZ)
Transmission of Light: Keizan 53 Biographies (TOL)
The Whole World is a Single Flower 365 Koans (WWSF)
Zen and the Ways (ZWAY)
Zen Echoes 43 Koans (ZE)
Zen Flesh Zen Bones 100 Koans (ZFZB)
Zhuangzi 33 Chapters (ZUAN)

Zen Buddhist Koans and Discourses:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koansdup1.htm

Subject Index to 1,546 Taoist Lessons, Chapters, and Stories

Subject Index to 1,546 Taoist Lessons, Chapter, and Stories

Indexing by Michael P. Garofalo
First Draft, July 23, 2023. Updated Quarterly.  PDF, 83 pages.
Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

DDJ Dao De Jing 81 Chapters Lessons Taoist

DMD 365 Tao 365 Chapters Meditations Taoist

EDT Everyday Tao 365 Chapters Lessons Tapost 

ICHI I Ching Yijing 64 Hexagrams Taoist

PG Philsopher's Garden of Insights

TFR Fireplace Records 25 Chapters Philosopher

TFTO Tales From the Tao 31 Chapters Taoist 

TGPL Lieh-Tzu 111 Chapters Lessons Taoist

TLT Lunar Tao 150 Chapters Events Taoist

VES Vitality Energy Spirit 100 Lessons Taoist 

WEN Wen-Tzu 180 Chapters Lessons Taoist

ZHUA Zhuangzi Chuang Tzu 33 Chapters Taoist

Brief Taoist Lessons, Chapters, and Stories Taoists:
https://www.egreenway.com/buddhism/koans.htm

Subject Index to 3.855 Lessons From
Zen Buddhists, Stoics, and Solitary Taoists

Subject Index to 1,685 Zen Buddhist Koans

Subject Index to 813 Stoic Lessons, Discourses, and Letters

Subject Index to 1,546 Taoist Lessons, Chapter, and Stories

Breakfast With Seneca

Eight Core Teachings of Roman Stoicism

1.  Live in agreement with nature to find happiness.

2.  Virtue, or excellence of one's inner character, is the only true good.

3.  Some things are "up to us," or entirely under our control, while other things are not.

4. While we can't control what happens to us in the external world, we can control our inner judgments and how we respond to life's events.

5. When something negative happens, or when we are struck by adversity, we shouldn't be surprised by it, but see it as an opportunity to create a better situation.

6. Virtue, or possessing a excellent character, is its own reward.  But it also results in eudaimonia or "happiness." This is the state of mental tranquility and inner joy.

7. Real philosophy involves "making progress."

8. It is essential that we, as individuals, should contribute to society.

- David Fideler, Breakfast with Seneca, 2022, pp. 4-9.

Stoic Principles for Virtuous Living

Stoicism: Bibliography, Quotations, Links, Information

Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living. By David Fideler. W. W. Norton, 2022, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, 265 pages. VSCL, Paperback.

Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago, 2017, 604 pages. Complete collection of Seneca's Letters. VSCL, E-Book Kindle.

Letters From a Stoic. By Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Translated by Richard Mott Gunmere. Compass Circle, 2019, index, 351 pages. Complete collection of Seneca's Letters. VSCL, Oversize Paperback.

My recent reading of the Stoics in the Spring and Summer of 2023 includes:  

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. By Rayan Holiday. Portfolio, 2013, 224 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.

More Than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Skeptical Age.  By Antonia Macaro. Icon Books, 2018, 208 pages. VSCL, Paperback.

Stillness Is the Key. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2019, 288 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.  Excellent, insightful, relevant biographies, clear writing, practical, positive psychology.  Maintaining calmness, courage, consistency during the challenges of life.  

Ego is the Enemy. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2016, 256 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.

Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2020, 352 pages. FVRLibrary.

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL, Hardbound. Outstanding commentary.  

My reading of the Stoics in the Summer and Autumn of 2022 included:  

Meditatons: The Annotated Edition. Translated, introduced and edited by Robin Waterfield. New York, Basic Books, 2021, 326 pages. Introduction, bibliography, notes, annotations. VSCL. 

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL. 

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. By Massimo Pigliucci. 288 pages, 2013. VSCL.

The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual. By Ward Farnsworth. Goldine, 2018, 256 pages. VSCL. 

Virtue Ethics

How to Live a Good Life: Advice From Wise Persons

Stoicism: Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Notes

Goals for the Summer and Autumn of 2023

I am determined to sit far less and move more often this summer and autumn.

More emphasis upon taijiquan, yoga, walking, gardening, home chores, giving things away, self-care, etc.

Less emphasis upon sitting and watching television, I've watched television less than 30 minutes each day since April 2023.

Less emphasis upon sitting and overloading on information from the Internet.  Keep it under 30 minutes each day.  Take a long break from posting to Facebook or this blog.

Resume my monthly four day camping trip to a Yurt at the Pacific seashore in Washington or Oregon.

As for reading: more emphasis on Stoicism and poetry.

Stoic Lifestyle Traits

 Positive Behaviors, Actions, Habits or Virtues for Stoics

"The qualities you can offer, then, are those that are entirely up to you: candor, dignity, endurance, indifference to pleasure, acceptance of your lot, frugality, kindness, self-reliance, unaffectedness, discretion, stateliness."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Notebook 5.5

"Can what happened to you stop you from being fair, high-minded, moderate, conscientious, unhasty, honest, moral, self-reliant, and so on."
Meditations, Notebook 4.49

Simplicity, calmness, peace of mind, composed, practical, social, tranquility, serenity, awareness ...

All Taijiquan and Qigong teachers place strong emphasis upon character and moral development.  There are many statements of codes of conduct for serious taijiquan martial artists.  In my opinion, the key intellectual, philosophical, and moral sources for current Taijiquan and Qigong players are Buddhism, Taoism, TCM, and Stoicism.  

My recent reading in the Summer 2023 of the Stoics includes:  

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. By Rayan Holiday. Portfolio, 2013, 224 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.

Stillness Is the Key. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2019, 288 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.

Ego is the Enemy. By Ryan Holiday. Portfolio, 2016, 256 pages. VSCL, Hardbound.

Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2020, 352 pages. FVRLibrary.

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL, Hardbound. 

My reading in the Autumn of 2022 of the Stoics included:  

Meditatons: The Annotated Edition. Translated, introduced and edited by Robin Waterfield. New York, Basic Books, 2021, 326 pages. Introduction, bibliography, notes, annotations. VSCL. 

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living. By Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Portfolio, 2016, 416 pages. VSCL. 

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. By Massimo Pigliucci. 288 pages, 2013. VSCL.

The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual. By Ward Farnsworth. Goldine, 2018, 256 pages. VSCL. 

Virtue Ethics

How to Live a Good Life: Advice From Wise Persons

Stoicism: Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Notes

The Psychology of Awe

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.  By Dacher Keltner.  Penguin 2023.  Excellent overview, well researched, practical advice.  Notes, bibliography, index, 309 pages. FVR Library.

After extensive international surveys and interviews, as well as careful research, Dacher Keltner outlines the "Eight Wonders of Life."  These experiences are what most commonly led people around the world to feel awe:

1. Other people's courage, kindness, strength, or overcoming.

2. Collective effervescence: group rituals and ceremonies and events

3. Nature, outdoors, dramatic scenery, gardens, fearsome events

4. Music, dancing, singing

5. Visual Design, Art, Architecture, Beauty

6. Stories of spiritual and religious awe, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, films

7. Stories of life and death, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, films

8. Epiphany, Mystical Experience, Altered Consciousness

"We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany."
- Dach Keltner, "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder," p. 18

Till the Last Shots Fired

Till the Last Shots Fired
Sung by Trace Atkins 

"I was there in the winter of '64
When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors

Three hundred miles our trail had lead
We barely had time to bury our dead
When the Yankees charged and the colors fell
Overton hill was a living hell
When we called retreat it was almost dark
I died with a grapeshot in my heart

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set my spirit free
Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

In June of 1944
I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores
Twenty-one and scared to death
My heart poundin' in my chest
I almost made the first seawall
When my friends turned and saw me fall
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud
As I lay there dying from a loss of blood

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set my spirit free
Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

I'm in the fields of Vietnam,
The mountains of Afghanistan
And I'm still hopin', waitin' prayin'
I did not die in vain

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set my spirit free
Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

'Til the last shot's fired

Say a prayer for peace (for peace)
For our daughters and our sons
Set our spirits free (set us free)
Let us lay down our guns

Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired
But we can't come home (No we can't come home)

'Til the last shot's fired."

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Doug Johnson / Rob Crosby

Doctor, My Eyes

"Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand

I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can

Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long

'Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams

People go just where they will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems

Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what you see
I hear their cries
Just say if it's too late for me

Doctor, my eyes
Cannot see the sky
Is this the prize
For having learned how not to cry."

Doctor, My Eyes, 1972
By Jackson Browne