Zen Buddhism category: 725 books
Ten Gates
The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
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 people from ever giving Zen...
Le Zen
Un essai pour trouver le bonheur à travers le bouddhisme
Language: French
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Federico Jôkô PROCOPIO partage "de cœur à cœur" son expérience de la méditation et, à travers elle, la philosophie du bouddhisme zen, inépuisable source de bonheurIl nous y donne accès, convaincu que l'homme est avant tout un être profondément spirituel et que la foi le pétrit au plus intime...
by Inés M. Martín
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 10, 2014
El objetivo de esta obra es acercar al lector a “la experiencia zen” que emana de su propio mundo interno y que llegue a ser una forma de vivir y reaccionar que se proyecte en cada una de sus actividades, cualesquiera que sean. Se trata de avivar el anhelo de la experiencia, del vivir más que...
Coeur zen, esprit zen
Les enseignements du maître zen Ama Samy
Language: French
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Ama Samy est le seul maître zen reconnu d'origine indienne. Né en 1936 dans une famille de confession chrétienne, il fait ses études chez les jésuites et devient prêtre. Il se tourne ensuite vers l'hindouisme et suit les enseignements de sages réputés, tel Ramana Maharshi, expérimentant la...
Die Stimme des Tales
Zen-Unterweisungen
Language: German
Release Date: July 4, 2016
'Die Stimme des Tales ist Buddhas weite und lange Zunge, die Form der Berge nichts anderes als sein reiner Körper.' Diese Zeilen aus einem bekannten Zen-Gedicht gaben einem 38-tägigen Sesshin (Zen-Retreat) in Val d'Isère in den französischen Alpen das Motto. Zen - das ist Zazen, Versenkung, Sitzen...
What More Do You Want?
Zen Questions, Zen Answers
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
All readers, both novice and longtime practitioners, will encounter in this book new answers, and new questions, to the what, why and how of Zen practice.
We've all had moments in our lives when we've thought, "Something is missing. There must be more to life than this." It is this...
The Mind of Clover
Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
In Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aitken provided a concise guide to zazen (Zen meditation) and other aspects of the practice of Zen. In The Mind of Clover he addresses the world beyond the zazen cushions, illuminating issues of appropriate personal and social action through an exploration of the...
by Myokyo-ni
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Written by one of today's most distinguished teachers, this Zen book provides an authoritative introduction to Zen training from the perspective of someone who has gone through it.
The author begins by setting out the basic Buddhist teaching based on the example of Buddha and then traces the...
A Zen Harvest
Japanese Folk Zen Sayings (Haiku, Dodoitsu, and Waka)
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
One of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is jakugo, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”) to study. When...
by Mel Ash
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A practical synthesis of AA’s Twelve Steps and Zen’s Eightfold Path.
In this compelling blend of East and West, Mel Ash shows how Zen mind and practice connect to the heart of recovery. Courageously drawing from his lifetime of experience as an abused child, alcoholic, Zen student, and...
by Perle Besserman
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Perle Besserman's adventures in a Japanese Zen monastery provide the groundwork for this lively, heartwarming narrative of a woman's life in Zen. Engaging in cross-cultural dialogues with nuns and laywomen in India, China, Japan, and more, Besserman dispels the notion that women had nothing to do...
Zen Master Raven
The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from a beloved American master.
A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing and deceptively...
by Gautama Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2019
Inspirational Llamas and Alpacas
Readers of Start with Why, You Are Here and Whatever You Are, Be A Good One will love the quotes and teachings of Zen Llamas (and Alpacas)
Advice from Zen Leaders: Join some cuddly llamas for encouragement from Buddhist teachers like Thich Nhat Hahn and...
Das torlose Tor: Mumonkan
Teisho über die 48 Koan des Mumonkan
Language: German
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Das Mumonkan ist eine der bekanntesten Koan-Sammlungen des Zen und seit Jahrhunderten Inspiration und Prüfstein unzähliger Generationen von Zen-Meistern und -Schülern. Endlich liegt nun wieder eine vollständige kommentierte Ausgabe dieses Basistextes vor. Das Buch enthält den vollständigen Text...