Robert Pirsig's journey to enlightenment on the back of a motorcycle was rejected 121 times before its publication in 1974. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE immediately hit the best-seller lists, and, even decades later, it remains a cult classic. A combination of travelogue, philosophical tract, gripping novel, and probing memoir, ZEN ...
This is not the average Zen book full of feel-good stories designed to lull readers into beautiful dreams of peace and wonder--it's a book written in an open, accessible style with biting humor that spares no one.
A week at the Gethsemani Abbey left Zen priest and poet Norman Fischer inspired by the soaring beauty of the Psalms chanted each day, but shocked by their violence, passion, and bitterness. Thus he began a journey through Eastern and Western spirituality and his own Jewish roots toward these moving and intimate translations.
Drawing upon the symbolism of good and wicked witches, ruby slippers, the Scarecrow, Tin Man and the cowardly Lion, this text offers insight into the journey along the yellow brick road and ten spiritual lessons that are part of Zen consciousness.
In Zen for Americans, Zen Master Soyen Shaku's vivid explanations of Buddhist beliefs are published together with the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, the first collection of Buddha's sayings to be introduced from India into the Far East. Too long out of print, the first words from the Buddhist East to the West are perhaps the best words to introduce ...
The Zen priest author of three classic, bestselling cookbooks ("The Tassajara Bread Book, Tassajara Cooking" and "The Greens Cookbook") weaves together recipes and reflections on food, cooking, and eating into a remarkable book about spirituality and life.
As part of Zen training, pupils have long been asked koans or paradoxical questions by their teachers. These seemingly nonsensical questions teach students how to reject empiricism and reason and instead develop a powerful intuitive sense. John Tarrant believes that through ancient koans readers can find greater happiness in their lives. In BRING ...
When Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" was published in 1972, it was enthusiastically embraced by Westerners eager for spiritual insight and knowledge of Zen. The book became the most successful treatise on Buddhism in English. "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness" is the first follow-up volume to Suzuki Roshi's important work. ...
Koans are the intellectually unsolvable problem riddles at the core of the Rinzai tradition of Zen Buddhism. Though widely recognized, most koan remain narrowly understood. In this new edition, 100 of the most challenging and enlightening koan from the Chinese Ch'an patriarchs of the T'ang and Sung dynasties are presented, along with commentary ...
A Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Combining earthly wisdom with spiritual enlightenment, it describes how to live each moment to the full and shows the relevance of Zen to every aspect of life.
After years in the world of big business, Geri Larkin decided to become a full-time dharma student. This sequel to "Stumbling Toward Enlightenment" picks up her story several years later as she moves beyond the stage of dharma novice and begins to explore the Metta Sutra.
Described as a "genius" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Cleary has translated more than 30 classic Chinese texts. Now comes the first authoritative, popular new translation of the ancient book of Zen allegories, or koans--the Wumenguan--using the original Japanese source rather than Chinese secondary sources.
Zen Buddhism has had a significant impact on the Western world, yet many people are intimidated by the alleged complexity of the discipline. A veteran practitioner brings insight and richness to the Zen experience for Westerners.
This first English translation of a great Zen master's work introduces the liberating force of Zen practice in everyday experience. Demonstrating how the words of Ch'an Master Foyen apply to contemporary life, Instant Zen introduces the teachings of the 11th-century master in clear, practical language.
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