Zen category: 918 books
The Zen of Heraclitus
A quote book of Presocratic Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The Zen of Heraclitus presents the reader with 60 thought provoking quotes from twelve of the earliest writers in the Western philosophic tradition. As Faulkner explains in the introduction, the parallels between the ‘simple, transcendental wisdom’ of these ancient thinkers and the ‘personal...
The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po
On the Transmission of Mind
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
This complete translation of the original collection of sermons, dialogues, and anecdotes of Huang Po, the illustrious Chinese master of the Tang Dynasty, allows the Western reader to gain an understanding of Zen from the original source, one of the key works in its teachings; it also offers deep and...
The Supreme Doctrine
Psychological Studies in Zen Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
(With an Introduction by Aldous Huxley)
In its Eastern aspects—Chinese, Hindu, and Japanese—Zen Buddhism has proved a puzzle, although a stimulating one, to the Western mind. Himself a Westerner, Dr. Benoit has approached it through an occidental manner of thinking. “For the first time,...
Zen and the Art of De-programming (Vol.1, Lipstick and War Crimes Series)
Letting Go of Social Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Vol . 1 of the Lipstick and War Crimes Series - the Zen edition.
Zen and the Art of De-programming : Letting go of Social Engineering is the Zen edition of Vol. 1 from the Lipstick and War Crimes Book Series by Ray Songtree, with an introduction that gives the Buddhist perspective. The author...
Hsin Hsin Ming
The Zen Understanding of Mind and Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Understanding our minds and consciousness are topics high on everybody's list of important issues. Science and psychology are delivering every day captivating news of understanding in this area. In this extraordinary series of talks, Osho lays out a clear understanding of the difference between mind...
The Most Important Point
Zen Teachings of Edward Espe Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
From master baker, cook, and Zen priest Edward Espe Brown comes a collection of timeless essays on Zen, food, and life itself. Brown was among the Westerners ordained as priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi before his passing in 1971. Suzuki hoped that Zen might be transformed into a vibrant new form in...
by Henry Mittwer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
This Zen flower arranging book teaches the delicate art of Japanese Chabana—the precursor to ikebana.
Up to now, with the exception of Okakura Kakuzo's excellent account of flowers used in the art of Chanoyu in his delightful The Book of Tea, almost nothing has been available on the subject....
Zen Camera
Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Zen Camera is an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone.
David Ulrich draws on the principles of Zen practice as well as forty years of teaching photography...
by Barry Graham, Dogo Barry Graham
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
You might as well take your socks off...because they'll be knocked off anyway by the writing of Dogo Barry Graham. Little diamonds of Zen blasted into your mushy brain to pry your eyelids open."
—Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
No, this book doesn't advocate suicide — it teaches something...
The Light That Shines through Infinity
Zen and the Energy of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
A Zen Buddhist perspective on the universal flow of cosmic energy and how to incorporate that energy into one's life and spiritual practice--from one of the most revered figures in American Zen.
The universe is alive with a dynamic energy that creates and sustains our lives. It surrounds...
Eat Sleep Sit
My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's account of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training,...
by Susan Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Who are you? When are you? What were you conscious of a moment ago? This groundbreaking book sees acclaimed psychologist Susan Blackmore combining the latest scientific theories about mind, self, and consciousness with a lifetime’s practice of Zen. Framed by ten critical questions derived from Zen...
Wake Up and Laugh
The Dharma Teaching of Zen Master Daehaeng
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Wisdom, warmth, and humor from a renowned Zen Master.
The compassion, humor, and practical intelligence of one of Korea's foremost Zen masters shines throughout this new collection of Dharma talks. On each page, Master Daehaeng reveals how everything in daily life, even the ugly and difficult...
The Five-Minute Buddhist Returns
Apply Buddhist Principles to Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
A jargon-free, plain-language introduction to the foundational ideas of Buddhism and real-world tips for practicing Buddhism while balancing life in the real, modern world.
This follow-up to the immensely-popular "Five-Minute Buddhist" continues the tradition of easily-understood...