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This guide to enlightened conduct for people in positions of authority is based on the teachings of several great Chinese Zen masters. Drawing on ... More

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This classic scripture of Mahayana Buddhism and Zen emphasizes spiritual practice in the midst of secular life. Composed in about the second century ... More

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"May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is. " This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, ... More

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Here are the famous sutras, or sermons, of the Buddha; the gathas, or hymns; the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan; and the dharanis, or ... More

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An essential resource for people who practice mindful living, or for anyone interested in liturgy, the newly revised "Chanting from the Heart" ... More

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Merzel, one of the most highly regarded American Zen teachers, brings a friendly and inviting flavor to Zen Buddhist wisdom. Merzel (also known as ... More

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"The purpose of a reclusive monk such as myself audaciously presenting a volume like this is to transmit the True Dharma and the Great Compassion of ... More

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The human mind is inherently free. It neither affirms nor denies. It is not constrained by the conflict of the opposites, like right and wrong or ... More

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Translated from the Japanese Shumon mujintoron.

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Originally published: Pocket Zen reader. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala, 2008, in series: A Shambhala pocket classic.

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"No words can explain enlightenment," says the seventh-century Zen classic "Xin Ming, " or "Song of Mind," yet, paradoxically, this poem is a ... More

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A translation of the classic "Denkoroku" by one of the premier translators of Buddhist and Taoist texts illustrates how to arrive at the epiphanic ... More

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Zen mind is one of those enigmatic phrases used by Zen teachers to throw you back upon yourself, to make you go behind the words themselves and begin ... More

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Attention, self-consciousness, insight, wisdom, emotional maturity: how Zen teachings can illuminate the way our brains function and vice-versa.

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For many people, one key question prevents them from taking the next step in their personal development, the development of their spiritual practice, ... More

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Renowned Zen master and Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, explores the origins of fear and offers detailed practises on how to deal with its often ... More

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"The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation" is a classic Buddhist meditation instruction manual deeply rooted in the Indian Buddhist "calming-and-insight ... More

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After the Zen boom of the 1960s and 1970s, Tibetan Buddhism increasingly captured the West's imagination. Today, entire stadiums fill when the Dalai ... More

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"The Six Gates to the Sublime" is a classic Buddhist meditation instruction manual explaining the six practices crucial to success in traditional ... More

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The full story of Buddhism in the United States--illuminated and enlightened for today's reader.

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Hanh offers a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in readers' daily lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and ... More

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When the thirteenth century master Eihei Dogen, one of the most influential thinkers in Zen Buddhism and founder of the Japanese Soto school, ... More

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Happiness is available to all of us--right here, right now. All that's required is that we learn to let go of our expectation that life should go ... More

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Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves working with short phrases (called "slogans") as a way of generating bodhichitta, the heart and ... More

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Zen rituals--such as chanting, bowing, lighting incense before the Buddha statue--are ways of recognizing the sacredness in all of life. A ritual is ... More

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