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Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xi, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"This comprehensive guide to the Buddhist path is as accessible as it is complete. Traleg Kyabgon breaks the teachings down conveniently into the three traditional "vehicles," while never letting us forget that the point of all the Dharma is nothing other than insight into the mind and heart. Along the way he provides vivid definitions of fundamental Buddhist concepts such as compassion, emptiness, and Buddha-nature..."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xix, 117 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
For anyone curious about the teachings of Buddha and modern Buddhist practice, Tell Me Something about Buddhism offers the perfect introduction. Written by Soto Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and organized in an easy-to-use question and answer format, this brief book answers the many common questions people have about Buddhism, everything from who was Buddha to why do monks, nuns, and priests shave their heads.--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author?s life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh?s childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam. There are stories from his years as a teenaged novice, as a young teacher and writer in war torn Vietnam, and of his travels...
18) Getting unstuck
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
3 CDs (3.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The author here gives us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, and shows us how to recognize "shenpa." She guides us through the sticky feeling - exploring the moments when we get hooked - and offers us a look at the freedom available when we uncover "shenpa," and work with it intelligently and compassionately.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Description
"We live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a roiling and turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy the world. Why, then, shouldn't we cling to the certainty of the shore--to our familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging keeps us from the infinitely more satisfying experience of being fully alive. The teachings she presents here--known as the 'Three Commitments'--provide a...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xv, 286 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"These days, when Zen has become a kind of shorthand for anything that?s enigmatic or aesthetically spare, it?s refreshing be reminded that Zen is at heart a practice for waking up from the dream we inhabit?in order to free ourselves from the suffering the dream imposes on us. Elihu Genmyo Smith?s eminently practical Zen teaching never loses sight of that central concern: Whether it takes the form of zazen (meditation), koan work, or just eating...
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