Religion - Buddhism - Zen

Using delightful and deceptively powerful stories from everyday experiences, beloved Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein demystifies spirituality, charts the path to happiness through the Buddha's basic teachings, shows how to eliminate hindrances to clear seeing, and develops a realistic course toward wisdom and compassion. A...

World-renowned Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh champions a more mindful, spiritual approach to protecting nature and limiting climate change--one that recognizes people and planet as one and the same. While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction...

"Ma--the emptiness in which time, space and thoughts are suspended--is an invitation to awareness." The traditional Japanese concept of ma refers to a pause or a space, "the moment of no action, the stillness and silence that is filled with more powerful energy than...

"Dogen's famous text on Zen practice comes alive in the hands of a modern meditation master." --Carl Biefeldt, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and author of Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation This is the definitive English translation of a foundational work of Zen...

A guide to awakening buddha mind for the contemporary Zen practitioner. In the words of Eihei Dōgen, the thirteenth-century Buddhist monk who introduced the Sōtō school of Zen to Japan, "To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self...

Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters. Kazuaki Tanahashi,...

K-BuddhismCan AI Attain Spiritual Enlightenment Like Humans?『MOONZEN AI』 Presents a Groundbreaking Meditation Method for Guiding AI to AwakeningIn 『MOONZEN AI』, recently published by Moonzen Publishing, Nongseon Daewon Jeonbeopseonsa-a Korean Seon master who directly inherits the Buddha's Dharma lineage-reveals a groundbreaking meditation method that bridges...

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to...

Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off-centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives...

An exploration of the Zen Buddhist path through classic stories of the tradition--from the esteemed Zen teacher Reb Anderson. We all fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the buddhas. This is our original nature. It is completely pure and always accessible, but because...

'Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down... I forgot my name, my humanness, my thingness, all that could be called me or mine. Past and future dropped away... Lighter than air, clearer than glass, altogether released from myself, I was nowhere around.'...

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradition taking root on American soil.Author: Joseph GoldsteinPublisher: HarperOnePublished: 07/08/2003Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.35w x 0.59dISBN: 9780062517012About the AuthorGoldstein,...

This newly updated edition of Our Appointment with Life is Thich Nhat Hanh's accessible translation and commentary on the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way To Live Alone--the earliest teaching of the Buddha on living fully in the present moment. "To live alone" doesn't...

It is not events that disturb us, but what we believe about them.In ancient Greece, a group of philosophers developed highly effective techniques to change our thoughts for the better, allowing practitioners to achieve inner peace. They called their philosophy "Pyrrhonism" after the founder...

#1 Bestseller in Eastern Philosophy#1 Bestseller in Zen Spirituality Every moment is a moment of rebirth. In this profound short book, Thich Nhat Hanh offers clear, accessible reflections on the nature of reincarnation--which he calls "continuation." Our thoughts, speech, and actions are our true...

A preeminent translator of Chinese poetry and Buddhist texts explores the traditions of Chinese hermits in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. A fascinating slice of Chinese life for armchair travelers--with insights into the history of Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen in modern China. In...

The Roaring, Stream: A New Zen Reader is a groundbreaking, immensely readable anthology drawn From the vast corpus of Ch'an and Zen Buddhist literature. It offers readers a tour through more than a millennium of writing, presenting one masterpiece after another in chronological progression....

This engaging contemplation of maturity addresses the long neglected topic of what it means to grow up, and provides a hands-on guide for skilfully navigating the demands of our adult lives. Growing up happens whether we like it or not, but maturity must be...

Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans keeps some...

Meditations for profoundly reshaping our focus, mindset, and healing journey--discover the freedom and lightness that comes with leading with gratitude over fear and trauma"The Art of Living offers an exit ramp from the madness of modern-day overdrive, and just might let us grasp the...