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Dharma, Not Dogma! Buddhism and the Fluid Art of Realization    by Lawrence W. Dolnick
Price: $0.99 USD. 2130 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 19, 2010. .

This paper explores Buddhist teachings regarding faith, belief, and the difference between these terms, examining the individual's relationship to doctrine on the Buddhist path. It is my hope that seekers on all spiritual paths will discover the unique possibilities embodied in this Buddhist approach to the Divine, and the advantage of this view to any spiritual quest, regardless of Tradition.
Monks, Beasts & Dreams on Heavenly Terrace    by Alexander Goldstein
Price: $6.99 USD. 143640 words. Published on November 27, 2011. .

This book's pages form the record of events that really happened in the Tang-period China (the 8th century) at Guo-qing Temple secluded on Mount Tian-tai. For this no extra charge has been made with the exception of delightful insight into the background of the four figures: three eccentric persons and the forth—the unnamed tigress, a creature on the back of which Chan monk Feng Gan usually rode.
Taste of Hanshan (Cold Mountain)    by Alexander Goldstein
Price: $6.99 USD. 31550 words. Published on February 15, 2012. .

Han Shan and Shi De are two inseparable characters in the history of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, forming one of the most favourite subjects of Oriental fine arts: Shi De is often pictured with a broom, and Han Shan with a scroll to represent two of many paths to Enlightenment—honest labour and scriptural studies. Their poems became famous Chan quotations to be a compulsory reading for Chan practitioners.