Maverick Sutras [Paperback]

G BlueStone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 1994

This upbeat, informal yet profound book will help you discover the principles that underlie excellence in every activity, while also crafting a deeper and richly satisfying life.

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A functional, wise and powerful manual . . . challenges us to be all that we can be." Tom Thompson, Director, Hara Foundation

"These are short, sharp essays that cut right through the everyday jungle of our lives" -- The Bookreader, Summer, 1999

Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Avant Press; 1st edition (November 6, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962874434
• ISBN-13: 978-0962874437
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,685,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clarity Unveiled, October 23, 2000

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yamajin (Colorado,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maverick Sutras (Paperback)

This book has helped me to see clearly how to have a true spiritual practice. I feel like the author G. BlueStone is talking to me personally; you can feel a very down to earth, sincere presence in the words. It is well tailored to those who are self motivated and willing to see for themselves rather than relying on someone else's words for how things are. The principles in the book can be applied to any Way: martial arts, calligraphy, yoga, meditation, Buddhism, Taoism. I am impressed with the universality of approach. The exercises are immediately useful. The book engenders a sense of deep questioning and offers a guide that is practical and real. I have read this book many times now and will keep it close for life. Valuable for anyone who wants to take the next step in practice.

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Conventional Delusion, December 30, 2003

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SR Higgins (Coral Springs, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maverick Sutras (Paperback)

I only hope this poor fellow never actually wakes up and realizes what terrible karma he has inflicted on unsuspecting readers. Here's an excerpt from page 20:

"Especially beware of people who say that the ego must "die." Nonsense! The ego must stop interfering! That's all! Why should the ego die? It's existence is questionable as it is! Thinking like that will only engage the gaining-mind. The ego, in order to practice on one's own, in order to Practice, just needs to recede in importance a bit."

How someone thinks he can write a book of "Sutras" and still be completely unaware of the role of his own ego is completely beyond me. At least Alan Watts tried to actually experience realization, but this poor fellow is completely happy with understanding it.

I would also caution everyone to beware of spirituality books where the author coins his own terms, such as Practice (capital P), Returning, Clarity, Blue Sky Mind, Flow, etc. There are no shortage of English and Buddhist terms with which to explain a spiritual path, so I have to conclude that Mr. Bluestone is uncomfortable actually defining what he is talking about. Of course, in this book he doesn't actually say anything, so it's mostly an exercise in learning his particular framework of reality. But it doesn't have much to do with helping YOU encounter the actual practice of Buddhism, and completely misses the experience from which real sutras spring forth.

Please don't waste anything on this drivel. Savor two pages from Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and forget this unfortunate fellow altogether. As for you Mr. Bluestone, stop writing and start sitting.