Zen Buddhism category: 725 books

Conflict is going to be a part of your life—as long as you have relationships, a job, or dry cleaning to be picked up. Bracing yourself against it won’t make it go away, but if you approach it consciously, you can navigate it in way that not only honors everyone involved but makes it a source...

How can we let go of illusion and see ourselves as we really are? Profound and always approachable, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us the art of looking deeply-in to our knee-jerk assumptions and runaway thoughts-so we can recognize the true meaning and essence of our lives. The Mindfulness...

Drawing inspiration from such diverse sources as Khalil Gibran, Virginia Woolf, and Frank Sinatra, as well as the Bible and the great Zen masters of old, this book offers a path to rich and lasting happiness achieved through what Huston Smith calls "goal-attaining patience." In Joyously Through the...

Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student—later a widely celebrated mystery writer—who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,...

Korea's premier poet, the former Buddhist monk Ko Un, presents 108 Zen poems. Ko Un, who is affectionately called "the great mountain peak" by his friends, is a traveler on the Way. Throughout his eventful life as monk, poet, novelist, political dissident, husband and father, Ko Un has dashed...

Dans ce livre, le maître zen Thich Nhat Hanh explique comment trouver la véritable sécurité à une époque où règne la terreur. Avec une sagesse toute simple, il montre comment nous pouvons transformer et éradiquer le terrorisme par la pratique de la compassion, de l'écoute profonde et de...

Un manuale in cui Maurizio Maltese, Professore di Stato e Maestro d'arti marziali, offre ottimi consigli su come evitare che gli urti della vita deformino la nostra esistenza. "La storia dell’uomo c’insegna che non è il più forte che emergerà vittorioso dalla crisi e...

Selfless Love shows how meditation can help us realize that we don’t love—we are love. Gentle, elegant, and radically inspiring, Selfless Love presents a holistic, experiential meditative path that enables us to see beyond our preconceived notions of identity, spirituality, and humanity....

Dans cet ouvrage, Karlfried Graf Durckheim ne nous transmet pas des théories mais des expériences. Il ne fait pas appel à notre intelligence mais à notre disposition intérieure et à notre expérience de la vie. Il nous invite à prendre au sérieux le contenu de nos heures les plus profondes...

Der Westliche Himmel aus dem Titel dieses Buchs ist der geistige Bereich, aus dem laut buddhistischer Überlieferung der kommende Buddha erscheinen wird. Er soll im Westen unserer Welt, nämlich bei uns, geboren werden und uns ähnlich sehen. Tatsächlich lebt er bereits in uns allen und möchte nur...

'Was das menschliche Herz wirklich will, ist eine Wieder-Verbindung mit der Harmonie, die alles durchdringt und in der sie ihr Sein hat. Damit wird seine Sehnsucht erfüllt, und so erfüllt entsteht eine aktive und freudige Anteilnahme an und mit allem, was ist.' Dieses Thema, die Suche des Herzens...

Buddhist Scriptures by E.J. Thomas A short collection of Buddhist scripture, from the Wisdom of the East series. This is a short collection of excerpts from Buddhist scripture, selected by an expert in the field. It includes several stories drawn from the Buddhas' life, including past...

It may well be questioned whether, in the course of a like period of time, any country has ever undergone greater transitions, or made more rapid strides along the path of civilization than has Japan during the last quarter of a century. A group of numerous islands, situated on the high-road and thoroughfare...

Since you are a Buddha, your daily life expresses Buddha’s three bodies. These bodies are an infinite and borderless landscape which unifies your inner and outer worlds. Your Body Buddha manifests as your immediate experience and authenticity. Your Heart Buddha manifests as your emotion and experience...