The Sound of One Hand: 281 Zen Koans with Answers
By: Hau Hōō
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When The Sound of the One Hand came out in Japan in 1916 it caused a scandal. Zen was a secretive p…
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1. The Book of Disquiet
By: Fernando Pessoa , Richard Zenith
4.41
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alt… read more
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"My past is everything I failed to be."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
2. The Kreutzer Sonata
By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
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"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
3. Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple
By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Kaoru Nonomura
3.41
Format: None pages,
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4. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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5. The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen
By: Isshu Miura , Ruth Fuller Sasaki
4.50
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
The first scholarly examination in any language of the historical development and traditional metho… read more
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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
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7. The Art of Seduction
By: Robert Greene , Робърт Грийн
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
The season's most talked-about all-purpose personal strategy guide and philosophical compendium," s… read more
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8. Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living
By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Mayumi Oda , Annabel Laity
3.96
Format: 425 pages, Paperback
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9. Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity
By: Soko Morinaga , Belenda Attaway Yamakawa
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
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10. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
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11. Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and The Blue Cliff Records
By: None , None
3.91
Format: 144 pages,
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12. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
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4.03
Format: 606 pages, Paperback
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13. Akira, Vol. 3
By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None , None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
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14. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
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15. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
By: Robert M. Pirsig
3.78
Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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"This forest silence improves anyone."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
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"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
16. Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
By: Stephen Batchelor
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
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17. The Three Pillars of Zen
By: Philip Kapleau
3.61
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
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18. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
By: C.W.R.D. Moseley , John Mandeville
4.02
Format: 982 pages, Paperback
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19. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
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20. Discovering the True Self: Kodo Sawaki's Art of Zen Meditation
By: Kodo Sawaki
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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21. The Sound of One Hand: 281 Zen Koans with Answers
By: Hau Hōō
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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