Being Upright: Zen Meditation and Bodhisattva Precepts (Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts)
By: Tenshin Reb Anderson
4.43
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
Written in the tradition of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, this insightful Zen guide explores how we ca…
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1. The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
By: None , Shohaku Okumura , Molly Jokei , Kosho Uchiyama
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Abandon your treasured delusions and hit the road with one of the most important Zen masters of twe… read more
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"Whatever happens, I am I."-None, The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
"Human beings make mistakes despite careful thinking."-None, The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
"We do the self that is connected with the whole universe."-None, The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
"Karma is any action we take with the desire for satisfaction."-None, The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo
2. A Tale for the Time Being
By: Ruth Ozeki
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and h… read more
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"Maketa,"-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Live. For Now. For the time being."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"True freedom comes from being unknown."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
"Forget the clock. It has no power over time."-Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
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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"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. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
By: Alice Miller , None
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
As charming performers who skillfully reflect their parents expectations, far too many children gro… read more
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5. 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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6. 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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7. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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8. 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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9. Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
By: Ada Palmer
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, t… read more
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10. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
By: Marshall B. Rosenberg , Arun Gandhi
4.34
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of pers… read more
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"At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished."-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing an…"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
"All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message. The more we practice in this way, the more we realize a simple truth: …"-Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
11. The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
By: Irvin D. Yalom , Nicola Ferguson
3.66
Format: 162 pages,
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12. The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices
By: Jack Kornfield , Thich Nhat Hanh , Joan Halifax
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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13. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
Format: 387 pages, Paperback
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more
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"... “Dangerous!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Freedom is never very safe."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Who do you think is lying to us?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
14. Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
By: Elizabeth Wein
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Oct. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are … read more
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15. Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
By: None
3.82
Format: None pages,
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16. 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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17. 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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18. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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19. The Seven Storey Mountain
By: Thomas Merton , Robert Giroux , William H. Shannon
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influenti… read more
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20. The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics
By: Robert Aitken
3.71
Format: None pages,
In Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aitken provided a concise guide to zazen (Zen meditation) and oth… read more
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21. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
By: Alan W. Watts
0.00
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our… read more
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22. Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts
By: None
3.80
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Being Upright takes us beyond the conventional interpretation of ethical precepts to the ultimate m… read more
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23. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
By: Frank Herbert
3.96
Format: 609 pages, Paperback
Book three in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the… read more
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
24. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
By: Sean Carroll
4.07
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more
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"Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"As far as quantum field theory is concerned, a human being or the center of a star isn’t all that different from empty space."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"If there were some nefarious conspiracy to make the world look quantum-mechanical, it had to have been set up hundreds of years ago, when the light left those stars. It's possible, but doesn't seem l…"-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
25. The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
By: Chris Hadfield
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the sp… read more
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26. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
By: Kim Fu
3.86
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made… read more
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"Just imagine it: no longer feeling guilty for everything you have and don't deserve, for an unjust world bent in your favor, paying the piper at last. Wasn't it worth it, after all? My head on a pike…"-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
"My wife and I are that other kind of rich: the misers among you, in our quaint three-bedroom house in the suburbs, unrenovated since the 1990s, one modest hatchback car between us, our big-box store …"-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
27. The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life
By: Mark Epstein
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year's w… read more
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28. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
By: Jonathan Van Ness
4.19
Format: 6 pages, Audiobook
Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The tr… read more
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"At the end of the day, the people we let in our space affect our ability to get to where we want to go, so if they're in the way of realizing your potential, it's okay to disconnect because you must …"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"I hope culturally we can continue to normalize the idea that being a survivor is so much more common than anyone realizes and we all deserve to be heard, but more importantly are deserving of a recov…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"My joy and my accomplishments existed, and so did the pain from my abuse. How can we feel one without the other? Joyful accomplishments exist next to painful memories. I found a lot of my healing whe…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
"You know those plants that are always trying to find the light? Maybe they were planted in a location that didn’t necessarily facilitate growth, but inexplicably they make a circuitous route to not o…"-Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
29. Zen Is Right Now: More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
By: Shunryu Suzuki
3.98
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award Winner In this new collection of quotes from Sh… read more
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30. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
By: Norman Fischer
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
This engaging contemplation of maturity addresses the long neglected topic of what it means to grow… read more
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31. Being Upright: Zen Meditation and Bodhisattva Precepts (Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts)
By: Tenshin Reb Anderson
4.43
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
Written in the tradition of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, this insightful Zen guide explores how we ca… read more
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