Buddhism 104

A simple & clear collection of reflections on basic Buddhist philosophy.
The Path to Self includes: a reflection on how all things rise & fade; the nature & permanence of change; breath vs. thought; larger mental phenomenon; the path from awareness, thru freedom to self & more.
The book is divided into seven sections with 34 concise pieces. Individual pieces include: all things rise & fade; everyday change; on breath vs. thought; on owning rising states; on fading larger things; on time as acid; awareness as self-defense; the path to truth; cutting strings for freedom; the fundamental core belief of self; being trapped inside the self; accepting difficult paths; self effort, self reliance, self confidence, self control & more.
Includes quotes from the Buddha, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Godwin Samararatne & Thich Nhat Hanh.
Also: photos of Buddha statues from temples in Bangkok's Dusit & Old Town districts — at Wat Inthara Wiharn, Wat Makut Kasatriyaram, Wat Sam Phraya, Wat Noranart Sunthirikaram, Wat Raja Thiwat & Wat Benjamabophit.
Willy Thorn is an artist, copywriter & meditation instructor in Bangkok; trained thru the renowned Willpower Institute of Wat Dhamma Mongkoln.
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Willy Thorn is a communications expert & artistic renaissance man. He is a journalist & copywriter, teacher, author & artist.
He has lived many places, beginning with Milwaukee & Rome & Minnesota & central Wisconsin. Among his other homes are Washington DC & Baltimore, Chicago & the Twin Cities, St. Francis South Dakota, the Bay Area & Shanghai. He currently lives & works in Bangkok.
Thorn has a Masters Degree in Journalism & has spent time as a Capitol Hill reporter & wire editor, sports writer, political columnist & arts critic. Other media endeavors include public relations campaigns, magazine feature writing, ghostwritten biographies & time on the radio – as a DJ & on-air host, play-by-play sports announcer & music promoter.
He has spent nearly a decade as a language specialist for Craft Worldwide & as a copywriter & creative for McCann Worldgroup. He currently works as senior copywriter at Quo Global branding agency in Bangkok.
He has won awards at Cannes Lions & been recognized for sports writing & political columns, magazine features, theatre scripts, religious publications & photography.
Thorn is also a photographer & classical oil painter, trained thru the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC. His artistic c.v. includes photography gallery shows; sculpting in Mamallapuram, India; concrete statuary at Wat Xieng Mouane, in Luang Prabang, Laos; and flower petal mosaics in Cagli, Italy.
He is a Buddhist meditation instructor; trained thru Thailand's renowned Willpower Institute. And he was even the rare foreigner to complete the entire six month course in spoken & written Thai. He currently sits as an advisor on the institute's English Foreign Language subcommittee – where he translates books, helps develop outreach programs & occasionally lectures.
He proudly notes a Master's Degree from Marquette University & books in both Washington's Library of Congress & the Vatican Archives in Rome.
His catalog is varied & he has written extensively about a number of subjects — including sports, politics, religion, Buddhist philosophy & Asian history & art. One of his largest endeavors was documenting & cataloguing several hundred temples in Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Yangon, Vientiane & Kuala Lumpur.
His catalog is available thru the following distributors: Am...