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Annalee Newitz (duplicate): Automatic Noodle (AudiobookFormat, 2025, Macmillan Audio)

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle …

Adorable People Taking Care of Each Other

On the surface, this is a story about a diverse group of adorable people (most of whom happen to be robots) taking care of each other while starting a hand-pulled #noodle shop. Slightly below the surface, and done with a lot of #kindness, Annalee Newitz does a wonderful job of putting the reader in a perspective to see how various kinds of #discrimination and #unskillful action make things unpleasant for everyone while at the same time showing that #handicraft, #compassion, and community-building have lovely results across the board.

#𰻞𰻞麵 #𰻝𰻝面 #biangbiangmian #handpulled #community

Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness (AudiobookFormat, 2024, Shambhala Publications)

Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense …

A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

It's a really good manual of brahmavihārā practice as it is taught in the tradition of the Insight Meditation Society. It covers everything one would want to start a practice and it's plenty deep enough for experience practitioners looking for a refresher. The four sublime abidings are complemented well by two chapters on #generosity (#dāna) and #morality (#sīla), so in a sense it's a bit like going backwards through the ten #pāramī

#brahmavihārā #IMS #meditation #lovingkindness #mettā #compassion #karuṇā #sympatheticjoy #muditā #equanimity #upekkhā