Zen category: 918 books
ZEN IN THE ART OF DARTS
A Western Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
The definition of Zen is to be "ordinary." What? You want to win, and winning is not ordinary! To Zen, winning is ordinary! Losing is also ordinary. How is this so? Again, there are many ways to practice the art of Zen. Meditation (zazen, tai chi, and yoga0, riddles (koans), ceremonies (tea ceremony),...
The Heart of Zen
Enlightenment, Emotional Maturity, and What It Really Takes for Spiritual Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
While we are more and more familiar with popular ideas of enlightenment and spiritual awakening, life still comes at us full force, and hope can turn to frustration as the gulf between our spiritual belief and our everyday life seems to loom ever larger. Through spirited Q&A sessions with Zen...
by Stewart W. Holmes, Chimyo Horioka
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
This book is about emptiness and silence—the mind-expanding emptiness of Zen painting, and the reverberating silence of haiku poetry. Through imaginative participation in the visions of painters and poets, its readers are led to the realization that, in the author's words, "emptiness, silence,...
The Rinzai Zen Way
A Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
The first accessible beginner's guide to Rinzai Zen practice.
The recognition of the true nature of oneself and the universe is the aim of Rinzai Zen—but that experience, known as kensho, is really just the beginning of a life of refining that discovery and putting it into practice in...
by Joanne P. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Zen and the Gospel of Thomas illuminates sacred, mysterious wisdom from two traditions, revealing how these profound teachings apply to our everyday life and spiritual practice.
Imagine that the Buddha asked Jesus to write a text for a Zen audience that would explain his take on the mysteries...
Zen and the Art of Deprogramming (Vol. 2, Lipstick and War Crimes Series)
Letting go of social engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2015
Vol 2 Zen and the Art of Deprogramming - Letting Go of Social Engineering is the Zen edition of Vol 2 of the Lipstick and War Crimes Series by Ray Songtree. It includes the Zen, Christian, and Indigenous introductions to the previous Vol. 1 of series.
Zen actually means Zen Buddhism which the...
Zen Bridge
The Zen Teachings of Keido Fukushima
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A funny, poignant, and illuminating masterclass on Zen philosophy and practice from a beloved teacher.
Zen Bridge collects Dharma talks given by the Zen master Keido Fukushima Roshi. Fukushima Roshi's anecdotes on his own training are humble, hilarious, and full of wisdom. His reflections on...
by Eugen Herrigel
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Eugen Herrigel. Dans ce recueil de notes rassemblées en volume après sa mort par Hermann Tausend puis édité aux Etats-Unis par Alan Watts, Eugen Herrigel livre une description précise et documentée des techniques et pratiques du Bouddhisme Zen...
Zen Berserker
Bekenntnisse eines missratenen Mönchs
Language: German
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Zen in Las Vegas Diese komischen und tiefgründigen, zuweilen schockierenden Essays über das Leben innerhalb und außerhalb des Zen-Klosters fügen sich zu der spirituellen Biografie eines Zen-Mönchs, der eigentlich nie einer sein wollte. Shozan Jack Haubner erzählt über Sex, Kloregeln im Kloster,...
by Myokyo-ni Irmgard Schlögl
Language: German
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: July 5, 2016
«Da in jedem Herzen eine Flamme der Erleuchtung Buddhas brennt, gibt es nichts, was man suchen oder erwerben müsste. Wir sind erleuchtet, und alle Worte der Welt werden uns nicht das geben, was wir bereits haben. Der Zen-Mensch ist daher nur um eines bemüht, nämlich dessen gewahr zu werden, was...
Tracking Bodhidharma
A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A fresh take on the life and legacy of the “founding father” of Zen.
The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen...
by Laurence G. Boldt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
If, as the I Ching says, thoughts are spirits, then this collection of highly distilled thoughts from history's greatest philosophers and religious figures will certainly put you in good spirits. Laurence Boldt has long made a practice of applying Zen principles to everyday life. Here he applies wisdom...
Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2002
The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration–the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist...
The Unfettered Mind
Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573–1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and...