Zen category: 918 books
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...
by Diana St. Ruth, Richard St. Ruth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the significance of this particular school of Buddhism,famous for its focus on meditation and self-awakening• to understand the history of Zen and the ‘Ways of Zen'• to discover how Zen is a way of life — not a belief system• to avoid faux pas in...
by D.T. Suzuki
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The highly influential book that helped bring Eastern spiritual principles to the Western world.
One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and...
The Zen of Creativity
Cultivating Your Artistic Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there...
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,...
by Robert Aitken
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
There is a fine art to presenting complex ideas with simplicity and insight, in a manner that both guides and inspires. In Taking the Path of Zen Robert Aitken presents the practice, lifestyle, rationale, and ideology of Zen Buddhism with remarkable clarity.
The foundation of Zen is the practice...
Infinite Circle
Teachings in Zen
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2003
In Infinite Circle, one of America's most distinctive Zen teachers takes a back-to-basics approach to Zen. Glassman illuminates three key teachings of Zen Buddhism, offering line-by-line commentary in clear, direct language:
1. The Heart Sutra: the Buddha's essential discourse on emptiness,...
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...
Simple Zen
A Guide to Living Moment by Moment
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Simple Zen is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Zen's history, themes, and uses in our modern Western world.
Beginning with a history of Zen from the time of its origin to the present, the book goes on to outline the themes and practices associated with Zen, such as koans, meditation,...
Grassroots Zen
Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the States
Of all the different kinds of Buddhism, Zen is uniquely attractive to Westerners due to its lack of dogma. Experience, rather than belief, is what is most highly valued in Zen. It was first popularized by the Beats including Jack...