Everyday Zen: Love and Work
By: Charlotte Joko Beck
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Combini…
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1. Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
By: Shunryu Suzuki , Edward Espe Brown , Zen Center San Francisco
4.31
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is frame… read more
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- buddhism
- zen
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves."-Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
"To die is more important than trying to be alive. When we try to be alive, we have trouble. Rather than trying to be alive or active, if we can be calm and die or fade away into emptiness, then natur…"-Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
"Usually when you practice zazen, you become very idealistic, and you set up an ideal or goal which you strive to attain and fulfill. But as I have often said, this is absurd. When you are idealistic,…"-Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
"If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense, then even though you practice very hard, what you acqu…"-Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen
2. What the Buddha Taught
By: Walpola Rahula , None
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more
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"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
3. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
By: Pema Chödrön
4.28
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
4. Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
By: Pema Chödrön
3.86
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
In this book Pema Chodron shows us how to break free of destructive patterns in our lives and exper… read more
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- self help
5. Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time
By: Dainin Katagiri , Andrea Martin
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
It's easy to regard time as a commodity--we even speak of "saving" or "spending" it. We often regar… read more
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6. 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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- self help
"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
7. How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
By: Dōgen , Kosho Uchiyama , Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen--perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosoph… read more
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- zen
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8. The Old Tea Seller: Life and Zen Poetry in 18th Century Kyoto
By: Norman Waddell , Baisao
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Poet, Zen Buddhist priest, renowned thinker, and seller of tea -- Baisao was all of these things, a… read more
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9. No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.25
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, T… read more
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- buddhism
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- self help
"Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
"The most effective way to show compassion to another is to listen, rather than talk."-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
"If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight."-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tende…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
10. Everyday Zen: Love and Work
By: Charlotte Joko Beck
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Zen guide to the problems of daily living, love, relationships, work, fear and suffering. Combini… read more
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11. Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai
By: Shunryu Suzuki , None , Mel Weitsman , Michæl Wenger
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
When Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mindwas published in 1972, it was enthusiastically… read more
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12. The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
By: Alex Korb
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you down into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and… read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
13. Buddhism Plain and Simple
By: Steve Hagen
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book offers a clear, straightforward approach to Buddhism in general and awareness in particul… read more
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14. Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
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15. Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
By: Gregory Hill
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the great books of our time, Principia Discordia is the official bible of the most relevant … read more
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16. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
By: C.G. Jung , None
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the world's leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a … read more
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17. Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
By: Pema Chödrön
4.01
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compa… read more
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18. The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering an… read more
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- zen
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- spirituality
- self help
"Everything is in your own heart."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest miracle is to be alive."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
"The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence."-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
19. 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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20. The Way of Zen
By: Alan W. Watts
4.17
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up t… read more
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"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
"A te elibera de convenție nu înseamnă a o refuza cu dispreț, ci a nu fi amăgit de ea. Înseamnă a fi capabil să o folosești ca pe un instrument, nu a fi folosit de ea."-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen
21. Zen in the Art of Archery
By: R.F.C. Hull , None , Eugen Herrigel , Φοίβος Ι. Πιομπίνος
3.76
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Pro… read more
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