What is Zen?

Reducere. Shortly after accepting the flat earth as a model for the world, I decided to revisit the Book of the Courses of the Heavenly Luminaries to see if ...

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. In ZEN ROOTS, Red Pine has gathered nine texts from the first thousand years of Zen. Dating fr...

Reducere. The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging fr...

Drawing on over three decades of study and practice, Chuan Zhi, an ordained monk in the Chinese Linji tradition, takes us on a fascinating journey ...

Reducere. Throughout history, throughout most of the world, psychopaths have gotten a bad rap. That is quite understandable since almost all of the world's r...

Reducere. Take a transformative journey to a deeper level of connection, and discover how to train animals through compassionate wisdom...In Mindful Partners...

Reducere. The Poker Mindset has transformed the games of tens of thousands of poker players becoming one of the most popular poker books of all-time. The suc...

Reducere. What is the highest state of consciousness? St. Paul called it "the peace that passeth understanding" and R. M. Bucke named it "cosmic consciousnes...

Reducere. Baseball and Philosophy brings together two high-powered pastimes: the sport of baseball and the academic discipline of philosophy. Eric Bronson as...

Reducere. What comes to mind when you hear the word "koan"? You probably know koans as paradoxes, and you may believe that they are therefore illogical or in...

Reducere. Introduce your child to mindfulness with Zen Pig In the 7th book of Mark Brown's series, Zen Pig shows what it looks like to peacefully protest and...

Reducere. What do you do when it seems the world is crashing down on you? Follow Zen Ninja's Five Star Breathing and you'll find your zen in no time. Find ou...

Reducere. Zen Pig continues his adventures in Book 5 of the series. Follow along with Zen Pig as he helps a new friend trying to figure out what he wants to ...

Reducere. Drawing on over three decades of study and practice, Chuan Zhi, an ordained monk in the Chinese Linji tradition, takes us on a fascinating journey ...

Reducere. Zen experience defies all thinking and linguistic description and simply affirms what is evidently real. "The ordinary way -- that precisely is the...

A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1685-1768) is credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing Japanese Zen after th...

This book is meant to be for the very beginner who needs the basics and the most important information about portrait painting to start on his or h...

"Shakil is a rare jewel in the work of what it means to heal, repair, and take responsibility...This book is required reading for anyone interested...

Reducere. Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) was a Japanese Zen Master, and the individual largely responsible for bringing Soto Zen to Europe. A legendary figure,...

Reducere. A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration--rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research--of the many ways the living can and do ac...

Reducere. A master of what he called "the sculpturing of space, " Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure for modern public art. Born to an American mother and a Ja...

Reducere. Interest in mindfulness has been booming in recent decades, but a lot of misconceptions have grown up around this ancient practice, some of which c...

Reducere. You can thrive in the classroom. All it takes are a few moments of peace and a little focus. If you're like many teachers, your day is busy, demand...

Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding q...

May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is. This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of w...

The Eisner Award-winning story about a student figuring out radical politics in a messy worldSophie is young and queer and into feminist theory. Sh...

Reducere. 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...

Reducere. Zen To Done is a simple system to help you get organized and productive--keeping your life saner and less stressed--with a set of simple habits. Ze...

Poems that gaze and listen: What is stillness? Can you hold emptiness? Waking to Snow tracks twenty-five years of living in Kyoto. The poems are ar...

Reducere. This book how to get started repairing houses and renting them out in your spare time. It covers various aspects such as house selection, what to r...

Reducere. Undecided: Neti-Neti Neti-Neti: Neither this, nor that. This is a self-inquiry technique of negation which negates all things that you are not. Fin...

Reducere. Reflect, meditate, and explore through a year of Zen journaling Each day is a new empty space to bring to life--it can be loaded with stress or dec...

Reducere. DescriptionThere are hundreds of books on meditation and most provide only an "in the clouds" explanation of the process. This book is different. T...

Reducere. This practical guide is perfect for those looking to try this ancient art form for the first time! In this book, Japanese master artist Shozo Koike...

Karl is like quicksilver, you can't catch him and he's impossible to define. He offers no teaching, and no help, and only speaks 'I' to 'I'. He emp...

Mind loves new concepts for they provide a cosy terra firma - a comfortable landing place. Of late 'Peace' has been one of the famous landing place...

Being Upright takes us beyond the conventional interpretation of ethical precepts to the ultimate meaning that informs them. Reb Anderson first int...

Many books have been published in recent years on happiness. Ezra Bayda, a remarkably down-to-earth Zen teacher, believes that the happiness "boom"...

DescriptionNowadays people use the word Zen indiscriminately for everything from the Zen of making an instant fortune overnight to the Zen of cooki...

Reducere. Nagarjuna stands second only to the Buddha in his importance in Buddhist thought. The concept of "emptiness (shunyata)" became the central ontologi...

Reducere. A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprisin...

Reducere. Kodo Sawaki Roshi [1880-1965] was commonly referred to as "Homeless Kodo" due to his nomadic lifestyle. In the tradition of Soto Zen, which emphasi...

"What is a minimalist life? It's one that is stripped of the unnecessary, to make room for that which gives you joy. It's a removal of clutter in a...

Reducere. The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman! Secrets and Mysteries will give you a profound understanding of what it means to be a woman. Full of passi...

DescriptionRoger Federer is the global star who emerged from our very midst. Mad about ball sports from a young age, his playfulness and passion pu...

Reducere. Everybody has problems--and sadly, despite our best efforts, most of us daily struggle with them. As Pierre says, we try everything: ..".psychother...

Reducere. John Horgan, author of the best-selling The End of Science, chronicles the most advanced research into the mechanics--and meaning--of mystical expe...

Reducere. From public radio This American Life contributor and self-described "history nerd" Sarah Vowell comes a collection of humorous and personal essays ...

Reducere. What is this? Ancient questions for modern minds presents talks given by Martine and Stephen Batchelor during a Sŏn (Chan/Zen) retreat in England ...

Reducere. The Trans-Canada, the world's longest national highway, comes to life in words and pictures. Russia has the Trans-Siberian Highway, Australia has H...

Reducere. This is How You Get Rid of Procrastination Once and For AllDid you know that the average human being has an attention span of only 8 seconds? A sig...

Reducere. Introduce your child to mindfulness with Zen Pig In the 7th book of Mark Brown's series, Zen Pig shows what it looks like to peacefully protest and...

Reducere. Zen Pig continues his adventures in Book 5 of the series. Follow along with Zen Pig as he helps a new friend trying to figure out what he wants to ...

Reducere. Zen Pig continues his adventures by helping a new friend discover what life is really about... "The good can only come from your own caring hands. ...

Reducere. Have you ever thought about beekeeping? Have you ever thought about the different and the interesting things that you can do with regards to beekee...

``Very positive and in tune with our needs today.``LEO BUSCAGLIAAlan Cohen's story is an inspiration. From his roots as an Orthodox Jew, he took a ...

Reducere. What can Kabbalah teach us about our lives today? What can it teach us about our future? According to the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, Eh...

Reducere. You Are About To Learn How To Effortlessly Tame Your Stress, Anxiety AndDepression With Meditation Meditation is an art which is more than thousand...

Reducere. In 1633, at age eleven, Bankei Yotaku was banished from his family's home because of his consuming engagement with the Confucian texts that all sch...

Reducere. Buddhist masters of the past have explained the relationship between Buddhist theory and the Truth by way of a simple metaphor. The Truth, they say...

Reducere. BOURGEOIS TO BUDDHA is a tale of one woman's mid-life inferno after her nest empties and how she exits her standard American home, husband and care...

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Reducere. DescriptionZen koans, beginning some 1500 years ago, refer to stories or questions arising in encounters between monks and old Chinese and Japanese...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Leo BabautaThe Zen Habits Handbook for Life is a compilation of Leo Babauta's best articles on living from a Zen Habits per...

Reducere. What does it mean to say Yes to receiving-without guilt or shame? How many of us can say that we use our bodies to do this with sleep, rest, food, ...

Reducere. Zen and the Art of Jiu Jitsu - The 30 Day Program to Improve Your Jiu Jitsu Game 1000% Are you Stuck? Struggle. That's the word that comes to mind ...

DescriptionA deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, wide...

Reducere. Join author Robert Goldstein and his wife, Melinda Denson, on a seemingly idyllic trip to celebrate his retirement by traversing Canada on the remn...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Oliver StaarkFeeling confused? Is being a White Belt creating a few challenges? This is a manual designed to get White B...