Zen Questions
By: Robert Allen
4.10
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Outside teaching; apart from tradition, not founded on words and letters, pointing directly to the …
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1. 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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"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
2. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
3. Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations
By: Richard Wagamese
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger … read more
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4. For Joshua : An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son
By: Richard Wagamese
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Celebrated Ojibway author Richard Wagamese shares the traditions and teachings of his people, entwi… read more
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5. Who Moved My Cheese?
By: Spencer Johnson , Kenneth H. Blanchard
4.15
Format: 130 pages, Hardcover
Written by Spencer Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager, this enlightening and amusing story… read more
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6. One Native Life
By: Richard Wagamese
4.00
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
One Native Lifeis a look back down the road Richard Wagamese has traveled -- from childhood abuse t… read more
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7. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
By: Tara Brach
4.16
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much--just hear… read more
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"The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live."-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
"What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?"-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
8. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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9. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
3.85
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more
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"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
10. No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)
By: Chris Niebauer
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
While in grad school in the early 1990s, Chris Niebauer began to notice striking parallels between … read more
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"Perhaps the reason we can't find the self in the brain is because it isn't there."-Chris Niebauer, No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)
11. Jag kan ha fel och andra visdomar från mitt liv som buddhistmunk
By: Björn Natthiko Lindeblad
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Jag kan ha fel är Björn Natthiko Lindeblads självbiografiska berättelse om hur han lämnar en löftes… read more
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"Någon som försökte lugna mig efteråt menade att anledningen till att ormen var så långsam och inte hann hugga efter mig var att detta var en av de giftigaste ormarna och de behövde inte vara så snabb…"-Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, Jag kan ha fel och andra visdomar från mitt liv som buddhistmunk
12. The Cat Who Taught Zen
By: James Norbury
4.32
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a b… read more
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"What we want is seldom what we need. And what we need is almost never what we want."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"I once heard someone say, it was not the journey or the destination that mattered most, but the company."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"If something isn’t right, just telling your friend can make it seem better, even though they might not know how to fix it."-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
"It is better to begin the journey, make some mistakes and correct your course, than to wait until everything is perfect and never even start"-James Norbury, The Cat Who Taught Zen
13. The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #5)
By: David Michie
4.58
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
As kittens we feel it often. All it takes is a wind-blown feather, an unexpected delicacy, or the a… read more
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14. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
By: Caroline Van Hemert
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more
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"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
15. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past
By: Brett Popplewell
4.31
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of… read more
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16. Zen Questions
By: Robert Allen
4.10
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Outside teaching; apart from tradition, not founded on words and letters, pointing directly to the … read more
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