Simon and Schuster, 2011. — 160 p. Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha's path of understanding. Releasing our attachment to past and future, to self and other, we can...
Wisdom, 2002 — 128 p. Written in a warm and easily accessible style, the book appeals to anyone with an interest in meditation, Zen, or, as is often the case today, a combination of the two. Zen Meditation in Plain English emphasizes the importance of receiving good instruction and of finding groups to practice with, yet it lays out the necessary steps to practice Zen...
Wisdom Publications, 2011, 568 p., ISBN-10: 9780861716173, ISBN-13: 978-0861716173. Zen's Chinese Heritage traces twenty-five generations of enlightened Buddhist teachers, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry. The result is an intimate and profound human portrait of the enlightened Zen ancients and an unprecedented look into the depths of the...
Weiser Books, 1997. — 243 p. Nan Huai Chin, a learned representative of the Chinese Buddhist tradition, explores the many different schools of Buddhism and the many stories surrounding the life of Buddha. He explains various philosophical trends in Buddhism and the aspects it hastaken on throughout Asia, Europe, and America. For a solid understanding of Buddhism, this book is...
Translated by Hue En (Pia Giammasi). — Primordia Media, 2005. — 324 p. Master Nan Huai-Chin's discourses on the treasured Buddhist Diamond Sutra bring together a lifetime's personal cultivation experience that crosses into every single school of esoteric and spiritual practice. The great contemporary Master uses the Diamond Sutra as a tool to gauge the understanding that we...
Weiser Books, 1984. — 160 p. A discussion of Taoist theories, symbols, methods and the results of meditation from a psychological-physiological point of view. Includes the use of meditation to promote a long and healthy life, and outlines the effects of opening up ch'i energy.
C.E. Tuttle, 1995. — 258 p. The Story of Chinese Zen begins with the premise that the climate during Shakyamuni's founding of Buddhism in India ultimately influenced the differences behind Hinayana and Mahayana thought, practice, and methods of seeking realization. From there - beginning with its transmission to China - Master Nan outlines the Zen School, exploring influences...
S. Weiser, 1994. — 312 p. To Realize Enlightenment has been written for contemporary students who want further understanding of the details and practices behind the various schools of self-realization.
Samuel Weiser, 1993. — 292 p. Through examples from the Zen school, Taoism, the school of esoteric Buddhism and Confucianism, Master Nan presents exercises and meditation techniques to help one attain Tao.
Counterpoint, 2008. — 352 p. The Platform Sutra occupies a central place in Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist instruction for students and spiritual seekers worldwide. It is often linked with The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra to form a trio of texts that have been revered and studied for centuries. However, unlike the other sutras, which transcribe the teachings of the Buddha himself,...
Quarto Publishing Inc, 2018. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78240-675-4. We've come to believe that living in a city is the very opposite of living a mindful life. But this couldn't be further from the truth. Enriching, inventive, ever-evolving, and social, cities are rich with ingredients for sparkling spiritual health. In this beautifully illustrated little book, Mindful Thoughts for...
Buddha Dharma Education Association, 1935. — Set in PDF by M. G. Sheet, Baghdad, Iraq, 2005. — 115 p. Here are the famous sutras, or sermons, of the Buddha, the gathas, or hymns, the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan, and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. Included also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monks — intimate dialogues...
The three documents included in The Unfettered Mind (The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom, The Clear Sound of Jewels, and Annals of the Sword Taia) all touch on this spiritual aspect and how it can be applied not only to swordsmanship and day-to-day life. Takuan Soho (1573-1645) was a prelate of the Rinzai Sect of Zen, well remembered for this strength of character and...
Shambhala, 2014. — 289 p. The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study - from philosophy to quantum physics. In just 35 lines, it expresses the truth...
Riverhead Books, 2002 - 240 p. ISBN10: 1573229377. Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that,...
Parallax Press, 1987 - 118 p. ISBN: 0938077007. Since its publication in 1987, "Being Peace" has become a classic of contemporary religious literature. In his simple and readable style, Thich Nhat Hanh shows how our state of mind and body can make the world a peaceful place. We learn to transform the very situations that pressure and antagonize us into opportunities for...
Parallax Press, 2014. — 128 p. — ISBN10: 1937006727. How to Eat clearly and succinctly explains how you can incorporate eating as a form of meditation. The book provides practical advice on how to become truly nourished through the mindful preparation, serving, eating, and cleaning up of food. Eating a meal in mindfulness reveals that you are nourished by the whole universe....
Riverhead Books, 2003 - 210 p. ISBN: 1-57322-333-6. In this masterwork, he presents his understanding of death along with profound ancilliary teachings on freedom, looking deeply, transforming grief, practicing resurrection, touching the Earth, and accompanying the dying. With the simplicity and clarity that are hallmarks of his writing, the author reveals that freedom is one...
Bantam Books, 1992 - 160 p. ISBN10: 0553351397. In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to...
Parallax Press, 2010. — 184 p. Based on Dharma talks by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and insights from participants in retreats for healing the inner child, this book is an exciting contribution to the growing trend of using Buddhist practices to encourage mental health and wellness. Reconciliation focuses on the theme of mindful awareness of our emotions and healing our...
Beacon Press, 199 - 140 p. ISBN10: 0807012394. In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward...
Parallax Press, 1988. — 142 p. — ISBN10: 0938077120. The Sun My Heart is one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most beloved books. It was written as a sequel to Miracle of Mindfulness and contains the journey, on the path of everyday practice, from mindfulness to insight in an informational, conversational manner. Using the objects and events of everyday life in his hermitage in Plum...
Parallax Press, 1987. — 22 p. — ISBN10: 0938077074. Entirely in accord with both the Mahayana and Theravada tradition, The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings contain eight essential subjects for meditation. Although simple in form, their content is extremely profound.
New World Library, 2016. — 320 p. The Shobogenzo is a revered but seldom-read 800-year-old Zen Buddhism classic. Great books often meet such fates but Brad Warner, a Zen priest who is a tad contrary by nature, has long been drawn to this writing. While Warner is sometimes irreverent and always entertaining he is also an astute scholar who sees very modern psychological concepts...
New World Library, 2010. — 240 p. With his one-of-a kind blend of autobiography, pop culture, and plainspoken Buddhism, Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics from masturbation to dating, gender identity to pornography. In addition to approaching sexuality from a Buddhist perspective, he looks at Buddhism emptiness, compassion, karma from a sexual vantage. Throughout,...
New World Library, 2007. — 256 p. In "Sit Down and Shut Up, " Brad Warner tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenzo by 13th-century Zen master Dogen.
New World Library, 2009. — 288 p. How does a real-life Zen master not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture help others through hard times when he s dealing with pain of his own? How does he meditate when the world is crumbling around him? Is meditation a valid response or just another form of escapism? These are the questions Brad...
London: Vintage, 2011. The first edition of the book appeared in 1951. An exploration of man's quest for psychological security and spiritual certainty in religion and philosophy. This is a book about living in the present moment, and it kind of messes with your mind in that great expansive sort of way. What if there really only is this present moment, unfolding forever? Watts...
Wisdom Publications, 2017. — 84 p. — ISBN: 1614292817. "Ordinary Mind is itself the Way," said Mazu Daoyi. See what this master has to say-and discover the extraordinary nature of your own "ordinary" life. In Master Ma's Ordinary Mind, you will learn the true nature of enlightenment from one of Zen's great teachers. Master Mazu's teachings help us to see how our own "ordinary...
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