Eastern Religions category: 6161 books
The Book of Equanimity
Illuminating Classic Zen Koans
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2005
The Book of Equanimity contains the first-ever complete English language commentary on one of the most beloved classic collections of Zen teaching stories (koans), making them vividly relevant to spiritual seekers and Zen students in the twenty-first century. Continually emphasizing koans as effective...
Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind
The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
One of the most beloved Buddhist books of all time-having inspired popular musicians, artists, a documentary film, and countless readers-is now in an expanded, new edition, loaded with extras. Absolutely absorbing from start to finish, this is a true story you might truly fall in love with.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2005
The Blue Cliff Record is a translation of the Pi Yen Lu, a collection of one hundred famous Zen koans accompanied by commentaries and verses from the teachings of Chinese Zen masters. Compiled in the twelfth century, it is considered one of the great treasures of Zen literature and an essential study manual for students of Zen.
Inside the Now
Meditations on Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This beautifully designed book will be cherished for generations. Written in the summer of 2013, Inside the Now contains the most recent, never before published commentaries and reflections of Thich Nhat Hanh on living in stillness and timelessness.
The book begins with an autobiographical...
by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2000
Enlightenment Unfolds is a sequel to Kaz Tanahashi's previous collection, Moon in a Dewdrop, which has become a primary source on Dogen for Western Zen students. Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) is unquestionably the most significant religious figure in Japanese history. Founder of the Soto school of Zen...
Taoism
The Enduring Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2004
This clear and reliable introduction to Taoism (also known as Daoism) brings a fresh dimension to a tradition that has found a natural place in Western society. Examining Taoist sacred texts together with current scholarship, it surveys Taoism's ancient roots, contemporary heritage and role in daily...
Together We Are One
Honoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2005
Based on four retreats that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh led specifically for people of color, this book is for people of all colors, backgrounds, and experiences who have ever felt excluded or alienated, or anyone concerned with issues of social justice. Although Together We Are One is based on teachings...
Beating the Cloth Drum
Letters of Zen Master Hakuin
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1769) is one of the most influential figures in Zen Buddhism. He revitalized the Rinzai Zen tradition (which emphasizes the use of koans, or unanswerable questions, in meditation practice), and all masters of that school today trace their lineage back through him. He is responsible...
by Ross Bolleter
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Discover how the mysterious, powerful form of the koan—known for bringing about sudden enlightenment—can disrupt and illuminate your everyday understanding of life.
Traditionally, Zen koans—the teaching stories of Zen—are drawn from the words and teachings of ancient masters and primarily...
This Is Getting Old
Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over sixty, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her reader fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included here are an essay on the gratitude...
The Great Spring
Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
From beloved writing teacher and author of the best-selling Writing Down the Bones: a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys—inner and outer—zigzagging around the world and home again.
Here, Natalie Goldberg, "a writer both energized and enlightened"...
by Kelly Watt
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
Camino Meditations is a pocket book for spiritual adventurers. This small practical book includes short inspirational chapters, followed by simple walking meditations, journal exercises and action steps. The writing is peppered with Camino wisdoms Watt learned on her own pilgrimage walking with fellow...
Comes the Peace
My Journey to Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
"I packed a blue Samsonite suitcase with my belongings -- a couple of pairs of jeans and shirts, UB40 tapes, the Swiss army knife I had stolen from my mother, my Tibetan prayer book, and a red plastic Camay soap dish I bought in Dharamsala that had become a good luck charm for me."
With these,...
Dreaming Me
Black, Baptist, and Buddhist — One Woman's Spiritual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist. She is simply both. Dreaming Me is the story of her life, as a child growing up in the Jim Crow South, dealing with racism in an Ivy League college, and becoming involved with the Black Panther Party. But it wasn't until meeting Lama Yeshe, a Tibetan Buddhist...