Zen Buddhism Books

Настоящата книга съдържа пълната транскрипция на поредицата от епизоди, в които се разказва за живота и делото на учителя Сюендзан. След дълго и трудно пътуване до Индия той донася в Китай множество будистки сутри и шастри, с което дава тласък на...

Bài giảng của Thầy là hợp tuyển các bài giảng pháp của hai vị Đạo sư tôn quý dòng Drikung Kagyu: Sonam Rinpoche và Garchen Rinpoche (tại Việt Nam) trong năm 2009 - 2010. Trong tập...

If you're a person who loves beer, then you probably like to share with friends. If you're someone who enjoys meditating on the deeper meaning of life, then you probably spend a lot of time alone.  Either way, each page of this...

Đạo Phật đã song hành cùng dân tộc Việt suốt mấy ngàn năm nay, ngay từ thuở mới du nhập vào xứ Việt. Đạo Phật đã lập tức bén rễ và ăn sâu vào dòng tâm thức của người Việt, giáo lý từ bi, giải thoát kết hợp với truyền thống văn bóa đã tạo nên một bản sắc...

Down the age Zen has conveyed its wisdom through stories. Those stories are very short, but are deep and profound; pregnant with meaning. This book is a collection of 50 Zen Stories which will make you smile!

Stories, parables, and examples have been a favoured way of conveying spiritual insights and truths since time immemorial, and Trevor Leggett was a master at it. He had the knack of pointing out the spiritual implications of practical events which...

The Way Of The Zen Cowboy: Fireside Stories From A Globetrotting Rhythmatist is a new collection of 35 short stories from Grammy-winning percussionist, composer, and storyteller Barrett Martin. These stories are based on personal experiences around the...

This anthology is a classic of Chan (Zen) Buddhism that has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. It is a compendium of extracts, over 80% of which are drawn from an enormous Chan corpus dating from the late...

Generally, by Zen people think about peace and meditation. But sometimes the Zen Masters can fiercely use their stick to awaken you. This book is a collection of such 91 weird Zen Stories. In these stories, sometimes the Zen master hits the student,...

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradition taking root on American soil.

"Watermelons and Zen studentsgrow pretty muchthe same way.Long periods of sitting 'till they ripen and growall juicy inside, butwhen you knock them on the headto see if they're ready -sounds like nothing&

This book comprises eighteen essays written with simplicity and humour, but with an underlying discipline and authority derived from a lifetime of spiritualand martial arts training both in Adhyatma Yoga and Judo. Trevor Leggett addresses matters...

Awaken your true power to heal your mind and soul with the ancient wisdom of the East.Are you searching for a powerful path to healing your mind, body and soul? Do you want to become more in touch with the universe around you and discover ancient Eastern...

Offers alternative approaches to the study of colonial and postcolonial Korean Buddhism, suggesting new directions for scholarship.

"[T]errific and reveals the incomparably profound, minutely subtle, and disarmingly humorous Mind of the Master. For the first time a koan collection includes Christian and Taoist koans as well as the more familiar Japanese koans. The "Buddhist" koans...

Originally published in Kyoto in 1966 by the First Zen Institute of America in Japan, and by Harcourt, Brace & World in New York in 1967, "Zen Dust: The History of the Koan and Koan Study in Rinzai (Linji) Zen" quickly established itself as the only...

JT2 is the second book in the Jed Talks series by Jed McKenna, author of the Enlightenment Trilogy and the Dreamstate Trilogy.Jed McKenna is the author of The Enlightenment Trilogy (Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, Spiritually Incorrect...

BEING PEACE is a timeless and eloquent introduction to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his most important teachings. First published in 1987 and translated into more than thirty languages, this spiritual classic reveals the connection between our own...

Enlightenment is within reach -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.If you're searching for revelation and contentment, look no further than a handshake, a cup of coffee -- even your laundry pile. The most mundane details of life contain zen's profound...

Wahres Zen weist über sich selbst hinaus und findet sich jenseits aller Lehren. Erst in der Erfahrung einer zeit- und raumlosen Unermesslichkeit erkennen wir unseren Urgrund, uns selbst und das Wesen der Welt. Dabei ist spirituelles Erwachen auch das...

When faced with an event that disrupts every aspect of our lives, how do we avoid succumbing to hopelessness, bitterness, and other destructive habits of the mind, and instead find ways to allow joy, kindness, and generosity to fill our hearts in the...

Que faire si on doit traverser une épreuve difficile ?Comment surmonter ses peurs et ses inquiétudes ?Comment trouver son but dans la vie ?Découvrez un guide pour apprendre la philosophie japonaise ancestrale et adapter ses principes à votre vie !Dans...

Drawing on myth, legend, Zen koans, and Buddhist folklore, as well on his own more than 50 years of formal Zen practice and over 10 years of Zen teaching, in this companion volume to A Zen Life of Buddha, (Sumeru 2022), award-wining author Roshi Rafe...

For a non-Chinese and non-Buddhist like me, Chu Dongwei's version of Huineng comes as a revelation. Chu's lucid prose and verse translation of the great sage in my view opens us to what ultimately we cannot know but must always seek: the understanding of...

""Allgemeine Betrachtungen �����ber das Weltgeb�����ude"" ist ein Buch von Johann Elert Bode, das 1808 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Betrachtung des Universums und seiner Struktur. Bode besch�����ftigt sich mit der...

Welcome to Get Your Zen On!In this book, Zen Enthusiast Kathleen Pope invites you to travel with her on a journey of overcoming struggles, discovering inner strength, and ultimately finding Zen. Kathleen never seemed to have it easy...

Beyond the House of the Lama, now in paperback, traces Crane's adventures as a writer, wanderer, and anarchic but still failing student of Zen. It begins in 1996 at the edge of the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, where he and his teacher and friend, Zen...

The Lyric Self offers a precise and thorough examination of Zen, based on classical and contemporary scholarly works as well as the author's personal experience.Eight themes that are common to the practice of Zen Buddhism and the poetry of E.E. Cummings...

'Birth and Death' is a very personal description of the path of training in Zen Buddhism by the second Abbot of Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey, Rev. Master Leandra Robertshaw.R.M. Leandra writes; 'It is a paradox that the more we take on board, and are in...

A question and answer discussion about what consciousness is and is NOT. Includes explanations about the mind and body, the ego, and the customary feeling of 'I' behind human psychology and behavior. Goes into depth about negative emotions and what it...

""Der Gedanke V5-6"" ist ein Buch des franz������sischen Historikers und Schriftstellers C. L. Michelet, das im Jahr 1864 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Essays und Artikeln, die sich mit verschiedenen Themen der...

Ernest Wood has taken an interest in Zen since writing his first article on the subject for a Shanghai magazine when he was in Japan in 1920. This book gives a clear picture of Zen ideas, history, and biography of the growth of Zen in China and Japan. ...

Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the...

In "The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America", Richard Bryan McDaniel continues the story, begun in his earlier work, of the spread of Zen from India to China ("Zen Masters of China: The First Step East"), thence to Japan ("Zen Masters of Japan: The...

Whether you are a kendo fanatic or merely curious about the martial arts, this book will interest you.The author, Geoff Salmon, has taken the lessons learned over his 45 year kendo career and distilled them into a series of instructive, thought-provoking...

Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Spinning your wheels in the mud, directionless, daunted by the darkness of this world, uncertain of your future? Do you want to heal yourself, to find a center and a spiritual balance? Do you just want to know what,...