Zen Buddhism Books

The authors of this book are all first or second generation dharma descendants of Sanshin's founder, Shohaku Okumura, and our chapters all respond in some way to his opening teachings about the four embracing actions: giving, loving speech, beneficial...

Interviews with:Hadrian Abbot / Chris Amirault / Hogen Bays / Sarah Bender / Roger Brennan / Joshin Byrnes / Gyokuko Carlson / Seiso Paul Cooper / James Córdova / Erin Joen Dempsey / Jean-Luc Foisy / James Ford / Valerie Forstman / Zenshin Michael...

The purpose of this book is to more firmly establish you in the sequence of stages for attaining enlightenment. It is written as if for Buddhist monks and nuns because it can be most useful to this audience, but it can help individuals in all...

Zen and Western Philosophy takes a novel approach to philosophy. The book's goal is to capture the body of thought called "Western philosophy" with an Eastern net-Zen as embodied in haiku. The book offers profiles of 139 Western philosophers by using a...

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō, October 18, 1870 - July 12, 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in...

 Tất cả ngàn kinh muôn luận của nhà Phật đã được Đức Thế Tôn tóm gọn thành ba điều: (Thứ nhất) Chư ác mạc tác, (Thứ hai) Chúng thiện phụng hành, và (thứ 3) Tự tịnh kỳ ý.  Có thể nói hai điều đầu tiên là mục tiêu chung của hầu hết...

El nombre de Gautama el Buda es más dulce que la miel, es más dorado que el oro mismo. Gautama el Buda es más divino que Dios mismo. De hecho, no existe otro Dios. Dios sólo existe cuando existe la budeidad. Dios necesita el contexto de un buda para...

EMILY HERDS AN OX "TO LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING IN GRACE" Is a narrative through the ten stages of Zen practice and enlightenment.Emily Herds an Ox is a contemporary novel that utilizes the framework of the "Ten Ox Herding Pictures" from Zen Buddhism...

McDowell characterizes the spiritual life as a captivating dance. Sometimes the steps are easy to follow; other times they become confusing or lost from view. In a clear and compelling voice, McDowell guides the reader through the steps of the dance...

Prepare for a fascinating journey with "Ya-Vo" (the hidden truth) - ideal for those seeking wisdom. This book offers a deep philosophical exploration through 108 meaningful dialogues between a wise master and his curious student. "Ya-Vo" is not just a...

Écrit dans un langage clair, simple et souvent léger, Le Sutra du cœur propose des discours sur les sutras les plus importants de la littérature bouddhiste, pénétrant au cœur de la croyance bouddhiste.Explorant ces enseignements essentiels, il nous guide...

La voie de Gautama le Bouddha est la voie de l'intelligence, de la compréhension, de la conscience, de la méditation. Ce n'est pas la voie de la croyance ; c'est la voie de la vision de la vérité elle-même. La croyance ne fait que couvrir votre ignorance...

THE STORY OF ZEN is a complete overview of the ideas, history, evolution, and practice of Zen Buddhism, based on interviews with more than 100 Zen teachers and senior students in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Richard Bryan McDaniel, the...

The title “What Are You Doing” is designed to encourage readers to ask that question of themselves in the context of being compassionate (Buddhist) citizens in the modern world of global warming, human over-population, environmental...

The author demystifies the spiritual path of Eastern Spiritual practices by removing dogma and culture and mystical stories by re-framing concepts to fit the modern, scientifically trained western mind. If you've ever had trouble understanding...

Much of the teaching many Buddhists receive doesn't really get to the core of our suffering. After years of practice, nothing much really changes. As the 17th century Zen Master Benkei said, "the feeling I get is that of scratching an itchy foot with my...

The author says: "I began my Zen practice in the midst of a life crisis, under the guidance of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. When I asked that Zen Master what I should do about my life dilemmas, he responded, 'Do zazen. Life without zazen is like winding your...

42 Zen Teachers talk about the scope of Zen teaching and practice in North America ...Discovering Zen / The Function of Zen / Zen Practice / Adapting Zen to the West / Compassionate Action / EcodharmaGeoffrey Shugen Arnold / Chimyo Atkinson / Mitra...

Présentation de l'ouvrageLa philosophie zen était particulièrement adaptée aux samouraïs du Japon. Les principes moraux élevés du bouddhisme, lorsqu'ils furent adoptés et adaptés par les guerriers japonais qui devinrent les samouraïs, créèrent une...

2013 Reprint of 1955 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This collection of essays reprints seven articles or lectures written by Suzuki beginning in 1906. The are:The Zen Sect of...

A letter to my parents regarding their current state in relation to God and peopleAnd he [Jesus] said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:9I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John...

Buddhism first came to the West many centuries ago through the Greeks, who also influenced some of the culture and practices of Indian Buddhism. As Buddhism has spread beyond India, it has always been affected by the indigenous traditions of its new...

Algunas de las historias zen más conocidas se utilizan aquí para ilustrar la naturaleza de la iluminación, la meditación, el amor, el conocimiento y el saber, la identificación errónea del hombre con su ego y otras cuestiones muy relevantes hoy en día...

Das Lied der Erleuchtung (Zhengdao ge) ist ein berühmtes Zen Gedicht aus der frühen Tang Dynastie in China und wurde von Yongjia (665-713 n. Chr.), einem Zeitgenossen des 6. Zen Patriarchen Huineng verfasst. Dieser Text übte eine sehr starke Wirkung aus...

Die Texte im Buch sind allen Suchenden gewidmet. Die Suchenden wissen, dass die identifizierende Suche aufgegeben werden sollte. Der Zwang der Suche über das Ego kommt endlos immer wieder. Die Vorstellungen von der eigenen Person und die Identifikation...

"Revelatory and therapeutic...a must-read for those impacted by war."--Camillo Mac Bica, author of Beyond PTSD: The Moral Casualties of WarIn his first book of poetry, Vietnam combat veteran and Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas explores the boundaries...

Former Zen monk, Alex Mill, shares his writings and full-color cartoons (drawn while he was at the monastery) in this lighthearted, coffee table-worthy book on meditation and personal transformation.Meditation and Reinventing Yourself is a collection of...

Zen, the practice of seeking and achieving enlightenment, is embodied in art forms as diverse as sand gardens and tea ceremonies. However, the attempt to artistically express the inexpressible finds one of its clearest manifestations in painting...

Taro does not know how to provide for his family after the death of his father, but he knows he cannot be something he is not. Against the wishes of his family and expectations of his culture, Taro sets out to undergo one of the most difficult training...

Everyone is a poet and an artist. Life is an experiential range of wow and woe and the in-between ordinary living. Our unfolding moments are poetry in motions, actions, intentions, and emotions. The extremes write themselves while the mundane; you must...

Nowadays people use the word Zen indiscriminately for everything from the Zen of making an instant fortune overnight to the Zen of cooking hard boiled eggs. But what is Zen and what are its philosophical origins as a living tradition of Mahayana...

History has pretty much established the fact that India has had many religious beliefs. It was the birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism too. This book will focus on the latter. Read about the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama otherwise known as...

The essays in this volume attempt to place the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. In particular, they show the extent to which these traditions, despite their...

THE FIVE MINDFULNESS TRAININGS are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. In For a Future to Be Possible, Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh discusses these Five Mindfulness Trainings and offers insights and challenges for how...

Tập Tổng quan kinh Đại Bát Niết-bàn này được chúng tôi biên soạn như một phần trong công trình dịch thuật và chú giải kinh Đại Bát Niết-bàn và đã được in chung...

Bản dịch Anh ngữ của sách này do Ramjampa Dupchok Gyaltsen và Peter Gold thực hiện vào tháng 4 năm 1992, dưới sự hướng dẫn biên tập của Lotsawa Tenzin Dorje và một số điểm hiệu đính nhất...

Thiền học Trung Hoa khởi đầu từ Bồ-đề Đạt-ma, vị tổ sư đã khai mở pháp môn “truyền riêng ngoài giáo điển, chẳng lập thành văn tự, chỉ thẳng tâm người, thấy tánh thành Phật”...

Trong khoảng vài thập niên vừa qua, sự bùng nổ các phương tiện thông tin trên toàn thế giới, và nhất là trên khắp các thành phố lớn ở Việt Nam ta, đã mang đến những...

Đức Phật ra đời vì một đại sự nhân duyên, một mục đích duy nhất là cứu khổ ban vui cho tất cả chúng sinh, hay nói một cách cụ thể hơn là chỉ bày cho nhân loại con đường...

Thiền đã trở thành một trong những tinh hoa của nhân loại. Ngày nay, từ Đông sang Tây người ta không còn xa lạ gì với thiền và những công năng kỳ diệu của nó. Nhiều trung...