Zen category: 918 books
Hoofprint of the Ox
Principles of the Chan Buddhist Path as Taught by a Modern Chinese Master
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2002
Revered by Buddhists in the United States and China, Master Sheng-yen shares his wisdom and teachings in this first comprehensive English primer of Chan, the Chinese tradition of Buddhism that inspired Japanese Zen. Often misunderstood as a system of mind games, the Chan path leads to enlightenment...
Joyously Through the Days
Living the Journey of Spiritual Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
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...
For Nirvana
108 Zen Sijo Poems
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
For Nirvana features exceptional examples of the poet Cho Oh-Hyun's award-winning work. Cho Oh-Hyun was born in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea, and has lived in retreat in the mountains since becoming a novice monk at the age of seven. Writing under the Buddhist name Musan, he has composed...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Secondo il Buddha per dimorare in eterno con il Brahma, il Dio universale, bisogna praticare i Brahmavihara, vale a dire l’amore, la compassione, la gioia e l’equanimità. I Brahmavihara sono i quattro elementi costitutivi dell’amore, e sono detti «incommensurabili» poiché crescono ogni giorno...
by White, Guyette
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
David M Whites inspiring stories see birding as a meditative practice and pathway to true connectedness.
Finding Silence – and Living from it
Hints and Prompts for Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This is no 'manual' but, by her inspiring reflections on the nature and quality of silence and on its transformational effect on those who experience it, as well by the down-to-earth advice she gives, Sylvia Osterag encourages her readers both to practise silent meditation and to seek silence in their...
The Empty Mirror
Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
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,...
Realizing Awakened Consciousness
Interviews with Buddhist Teachers and a New Perspective on the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
If, as Buddhism claims, the potential for awakening exists in all human beings, we should be able to map the phenomenon with the same science we apply to other forms of consciousness. A student of cognitive social science and a Zen practitioner for more than forty years, Richard P. Boyle brings his...
Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader
Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Boils down sometimes complex Eastern philosophy into clear and powerful practices that the author has taught to corporate audiences around the world, including Google, Twitter, and Stanford University
The author is cofounder and former CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute...
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2004
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...
Apaiser l'esprit face à la violence
La réponse du zen au terrorisme
Language: French
Release Date: January 13, 2017
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...
by Bryan Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
There is a tremendous amount of breathing living wisdom in each of us. Sometimes it's a matter of seeing that the wisdom is already there. Seeing triggers the growth, evolution, and reinforces awareness. I explore the applications of the Dharma teachings. This book draws on the wisdom teachings...
Lo Zen e l'arte della manutenzione di se stessi
Le strategie delle arti marziali al servizio della tua vita
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 25, 2013
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
Beyond the Boundaries of Self and Other
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
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....