China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen
By: David Hinton
4.13
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by ren…
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1. The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Peter Levitt
4.42
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. In The Heart of Understanding, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a lucid… read more
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- buddhism
- zen
- philosophy
- religion
- spirituality
"If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"If you don't understand and you love, that is not love; it is something else."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
"Views, knowledge, and even wisdom are solid, and can block the way of understanding."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
2. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
3. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Huston Smith , Trudy Dixon , Richard Baker
4.21
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” So begins… read more
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- buddhism
- eastern philosophy
- zen
- philosophy
- spirituality
"Waves are the practice of the water."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Sincerity itself is the railroad track."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"You do not say, “This is enlightenment,"-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
"Zen practice is to open up our small mind."-Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
4. My Name is Red
By: Orhan Pamuk , Erdağ M. Göknar
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the powe… read more
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5. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this book, the author maps out a simple path for cultivating mindfulness in one's own life. It s… read more
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- philosophy
- buddhism
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6. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings
By: Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When Zen Flesh, Zen Boneswas published in 1957 it became an instant sensation with an entire genera… read more
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- poetry
- buddhism
- zen
- philosophy
- religion
- spirituality
7. The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
By: Michael A. Singer
3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provokin… read more
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- philosophy
- spirituality
8. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
By: Nicholas Carr
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Mont… read more
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9. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey s… read more
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10. Reality is Not What it Seems
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.17
Format: 120 pages,
From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more
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11. Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
By: Shohaku Okumura , Thomas Wright , Kosho Uchiyama , None
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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12. Tao: The Watercourse Way
By: Alan W. Watts , Chungliang Al Huang , None
4.17
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A lucid discussion of Taoism and the Chinese language . . . profound, reflective, and enlightening.… read more
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- buddhism
- eastern philosophy
- philosophy
- religion
- spirituality
- china
- taoism
"[S]een as a whole the universe is a harmony or symbiosis of patterns which cannot exist without each other."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"Trust in human nature is acceptance of the good-and-bad of it, and it is hard to trust those who do not admit their own weakness."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"The human organism has the same kind of innate intelligence as the ecosystems of nature, and the wisdom of the nerves and senses must be watched with patience and respect."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
"[W]hen "the rule of law" becomes absolutized and everything is done by the book or the computer, people call out in desperation for the intervention of a reasonable human being."-Alan W. Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way
13. Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
By: Ernst F. Schumacher
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Nothing less than a full-scale assault on conventional economic wisdom." --Newsweek One the 100 mo… read more
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14. The Golden Age of Zen: The Classic Work on the Foundation of Zen Philosophy
By: John C.H. Wu
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Wu's book has long been a primary source for understanding the development of the hugely influentia… read more
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15. Supercooperators: The Mathematics of Evolution, Altruism and Human Behaviour {Or, Why We Need Each Other to Succeed}
By: Roger Highfield , M.A. Nowak
2.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Im Spiel des Lebens treibt uns das Streben nach Erfolg an. Wir alle wollen Sieger sein. Selbst unse… read more
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16. The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind #6)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences.… read more
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18. The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha's Path
By: Addison Hodges Hart
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
In the twelfth century, the Chinese Zen master Kakuan Shien produced the pictures, poems, and comme… read more
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19. Taoism: An Essential Guide
By: Eva Wong
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A leading scholar feng shui master presents the great depth and diversity of Taoist philosophy, pra… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- spirituality
- china
- taoism
20. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
By: David Lynch
4.29
Format: 426 pages,
Where do ideas come from? In Catching the Big Fish, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch… read more
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21. Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life
By: Jill Bolte Taylor
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology … read more
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22. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
By: Annie Duke
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in footbal… read more
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23. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
By: Jennifer Ackerman
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more
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"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
24. Life for Sale
By: Yukio Mishima
3.72
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more
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"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
25. Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
By: Shohaku Okumura
4.62
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned a… read more
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26. The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
By: Iain McGilchrist
4.80
Format: 1500 pages, Hardcover
Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? A… read more
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- religion
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"On the left hemisphere of the brain: 'Because it knows less, it thinks it knows everything."-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
"Cynicism appears to be a coping strategy by the cognitively less gifted to avoid being duped by others."-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
"To Heraclitus it was the logos; to Lao Tzu the tao; to Confucius lǐ; in Hinduism Brahman, and to the Vedic tradition Ṛta; in Zen ri; o Arabic peoples, since pre-Islamic times, Allah; to Hebrews YHWH.…"-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
"Wittgenstein wrote: 'To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life.' And he continued: 'To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end o…"-Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
27. Being Myself
By: Rupert Spira
4.66
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
Being Myself is a contemplative exploration of the essential nature of our self. Everyone has the … read more
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- spirituality
28. Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas
By: Leigh Brasington
4.38
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
A practical guidebook for meditators interested in achieving the states of bliss and deep focus ass… read more
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- eastern philosophy
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29. The Essence of Chan: A Guide to Life and Practice according to the Teachings of Bodhidharma
By: Guo Gu
4.45
Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition
Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, an Indian Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma arrive… read more
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- china
- buddhism
30. China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen
By: David Hinton
4.13
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by ren… read more
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- taoism
31. The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice
By: Meido Moore
4.31
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The first accessible beginner's guide to Rinzai Zen practice.The recognition of the true nature of … read more
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