The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment FROM THE PUBLISHER
Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen—teaching, practice,
and enlightenment—Roshi Philip Kapleau presents a comprehensive
overview of the history and discipline of Zen Buddhism. An established
classic, this 35th anniversary edition features new illustrations and
photographs, as well as a new afterword by Sensei Bodhin Kjolhede, who
has succeeded Philip Kapleau as spiritual director of the Rochester
Zen Center, one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the
United States.
FROM THE CRITICS - Tricycle Magazine
Everything from classic texts to modern interviews between masters and
students. The book that launched a thousand Zen careers.
Introduction to Zen Buddhism FROM THE CRITICS
This reprint of the Black Cat edition (1964) makes Suzuki's important
text available on alkaline paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland,
OR (booknews.com)
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No shelf is complete without at least one Suzuki volume, and this one
contains everything from the history of Zen to mind-bending theory to
everyday practice. CUSTOMER REVIEWS
We studied this book in my religious mysticism class, and there were
absolutely no dispassionate reactions to this text. (i.e. either ya
love it, or ya hate it). I felt that Suzuki's work contradicted itself
quite alot, and that he is a bit too ethnocentric- he seems to Zen as
the most advanced form of Buddhism and sees and other forms of Buddhism
(as well as Hinduism) as "primitive." I come away from this
book feeling only frustration, and a sense that if Zen is so perfectly
simple, trying to explain it in the written medium is utterly useless
in progression in achieving satori, or even a closer perception of what
Zen truly is.
Everyday Zen: Love and Work ANNOTATION
An American Zen Master offers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach
to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living. FROM THE PUBLISHER
Everyday Zen offers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach to
using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living-love, relationships,
work, fear, ambition, suffering. Beck shows how to live each moment
to the fullest.
Zen Judaism: For You, a Little Enlightenment FROM THE PUBLISHER
Few spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of
Zen Judaism,” says David M. Bader in the foreword to Zen Judaism.
“This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps
of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much weight.” These
nearly 100 sacred teachings are capable “of bringing about an enlightenment
experience so pure, so elevating, and so intense, you could plotz.” For you, some samples:To know the Buddha is the highest attainment.
Second highest is to go to the same doctor as the Buddha.Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that
so complicated? There is no escaping Karma. In a previous life,
you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault
was that?If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be patient and achieve all things. Be
impatient and achieve all things faster.
Waking up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation
with Intelligence and Compassion FROM THE PUBLISHER
The practice of the Zen precepts can
transform our relationship to the world by leading us to a keen awareness
of the motivations behind every aspect of our behavior, allowing us
to act from the kindness and insight that is our true nature. The precepts
are usually thought of as Buddhist moral guidelines—which they
indeed are—but they are also far more than that, as Diane Rizzetto
shows. They are a form of Buddhist practice that does not necessarily
involve meditation. Anyone can do this practice, and it is rich enough
to be worked with for a lifetime.
The precepts are traditionally phrased in short statements such as: "I take up the way of speaking truthfully," or "I take
up the way of using sexual energy wisely." But Diane encourages
us to rephrase them in ways that have personal meaning for us. She advises
us to take them on one at a time, beginning with one that has particular
personal resonance. The practice then becomes learning to live with
the precept until it naturally arises in situations where it applies.
We soon learn that the precepts are just about always impossible to
fulfill, and that their true function is to teach mindfulness—particularly
of our actions and of our interactions with others. The precepts are ultimately a practice about choice, Diane teaches,
about responsibility and being awake to the motivation and consequences
of our actions. We all must engage in events as they unfold in our lives,
but we have a choice to do this with either intelligence or ignorance.
The Zen precepts as presented in this book are guidelines to help us
tap the intelligence within.
Library Journal
Rizzetto is the abbess of the Bay Zen Center in Oakland, CA, and, according
to the book's publicity, a "dharma heir" to Charlotte Joko
Beck, who has contributed a foreword. Religious publishing has proved
itself capable of steadily producing translations and interpretations
of ancient Buddhist classics, as well as beginners' guides to Buddhist
practice and its meaning. The distinctive charm of Rizzetto's book is
that she not so much explains Buddhism as applies its precepts to an
active, committed, and contemporary life. For Rizzetto, Buddhist awareness
implies personal transformation and responsible action. For most collections.
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Zen and the Art of Falling in Love
We are meant to be in love. Being in love energizes our daily existence,
fills us with positive feelings, heals the body and heart and makes
every moment precious. In Zen and the Art of Falling in Love, psychologist,
relationship expert and Zen practitioner Brenda Shoshanna offers a completely
different way of looking at love by comparing the psychological understanding
of relationships with the timeless principles of Zen practice.
Contrary to popular opinion, real love never hurts - it's the popularized
illusions we have about it that hurt and upset us. Each chapter in this
book is structured around a different principle of Zen practice, giving
us many lessons we can readily absorb to show us how to reclaim love,
happiness and our true selves. You'll learn new means of dealing with
the usual trouble spots in relationships, including miscommunication,
insecurity and jealousy. As you look at these and other issues through
the lens of Zen practice, you'll receive life-changing revelations that
will lead to a new understanding of relationships and love.
Zen and the Art of Falling in Love will set you on a path to inner awareness
and ultimate happiness. As you take this journey, you'll meet different
individuals who are struggling to make love work in their own lives
and you will develop a brand-new understanding of what it really means
to love. It is a wondrous adventure that will show you how to open your
life to love, fall in love ... and stay in love.
SYNOPSIS
We are meant to live a life of love. Being in love energizes our daily
existence, fills us with positivity, heals the body, and make every
moment precious. In Zen And the Art Of Falling In Love, Dr. Brenda Shoshanna
offers a completely different way of looking at love, using the timeless
principles of Zen. Based on 13 essential Zen practices, the book guides
us in the simple steps that open our lives to love.
Readers will discover new ways to cope with trouble spots in relationships
through chapters titled, Taking Off Your Shoes (Becoming Available),
Doing Nothing (Relesing Control), Walking Meditation (Taking New Steps)
and Being the Doorman, (Being There for Others). The book also includes
exercises and instructions for applying the material to our everyday
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