Zen Buddhism category: 725 books
The Heart of Understanding
Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
The heart of the Prajñaparamita Sutra is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality and the letting go of all preconceived notions, opinions, and attachments, and so becoming open to all the wonders of our life.
The Heart Sutra is recited...
Mushotoku Mind
The Heart of the Heart Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Based on the translation by Ilsa Fatt and the edition by Reiryu Philippe Coupey “Mushotoku mind†means an attitude of no profit, no gain. It is the core of master Taisen Deshimaru’s Zen. This respected teacher of Japanese Soto Zen moved from Japan in 1967 and brought this work to Paris, from...
by Ray Grigg
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The premise of The Tao of Zen is that Zen is really Taoism in the disguise of Buddhism-an assumption being made by more and more Zen scholars.
This is the first Zen book that links the long-noted philosophical similarities of Taoism and Zen. The author traces the evolution of *Ch'an
The The...
by Michelle Dujardin, Willem Radder
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
This eBook is derived from the hardcover book called 'the Zen drawing Pack', which was published in October 2014 by Rockpoint publishers and as an eBook called 'The Zen drawing eBook' by the authors. In this eBook version called 'Zen drawing - a new way to become mindful', the reader finds lots of...
Thomas Hoover's Collection: The Zen Experience (Illustrated)
The best history of Zen ever written
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The truth of Zen has always resided in individual experience rather than in theoretical writings. To give the modern reader access to understanding of this truth, THE ZEN EXPERIENCE illumines Zen as it was created and shaped by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries....
Zen Meditation Magic
Secrets to Finding the Time for Peace of Mind, Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012
Did you always want the benefits of meditation without the required 20 to 30 minutes of sitting “doing nothing?” Perhaps you would love to meditate but find it difficult to relax your body long enough? Or maybe it’s your mind that careens out of control, refusing to think of “nothing?”...
Zen & Karma
Teachings of Roshi Taisen Deshimaru
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) was a Japanese Zen Master, and the individual largely responsible for bringing Soto Zen to Europe. A legendary figure, widely acknowledged throughout the Zen world, he stands in the ranks of the great Zen teachers of modern times, including, Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, and...
Flower Does Not Talk
Zen Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
These essays by a prominent Zen master are a classic introduction to Zen Buddhism, specifically written for Westerners.
The former abbot of Nanzenji Monastary in Kyoto, the Reverend Zenkei Shibayama, understood Western ways, and, in the early 1970s, prepared these introductory essays for English...
by Michelle Dujardin
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This eBook is derived from the hardcover book called 'the Zen drawing Pack', which was published in October 2014 by Rockpoint publishers and as an eBook called 'The Zen drawing eBook' by the authors. In this eBook called 'Zen drawing - a new way to become an artist', the authors have put less emphasis...
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few."
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple...
Dogen's Extensive Record
A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto School of Zen, is renowned as one of the world's most remarkable religious thinkers. As Shakespeare does with English, Dogen utterly transforms the language of Zen, using it in novel and extraordinarily beautiful ways to...
Zen
The Authentic Gate
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Whether a beginner or at the highest level of practice, learn Zen from one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century.
Why practice Zen? What sets Zen apart from religion? What are its different practices?
These questions, and more, are examined and answered by Zen Master Koun Yamada,...
Two Zen Classics
The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
The strange verbal paradoxes called koans have been used traditionally in Zen training to help students attain a direct realization of truths inexpressible in words. The two works translated in this book, Mumonkan (The Gateless Gate ) and Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record), both compiled during the...
Zen Bow, Zen Arrow
The Life and Teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Archery Master from Zen in the Art of A rchery
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Here are the inspirational life and teachings of Awa Kenzo (1880–1939), the Zen and kyudo (archery) master who gained worldwide renown after the publication of Eugen Herrigel's cult classic Zen in the Art of Archery in 1953. Kenzo lived and taught at a pivotal time in Japan's history, when martial...