"Through Dharma talks, Q&A, essays on practice, and conversations with leading scholars, Master Jinje speaks with urgency and compassion about the central work of his life: finding one's true self. In a style at once encouraging and uncompromising, he shares his story and the stories of past masters, revealing again and again that realization is possible. We cannot but question whether or not we are ready to embark on this arduous journey. Most...

We live in the Golden Age of publishing for spiritual, esoteric, and new age books of all conceivable stripes (and then there is the Internet). Amongst this wild proliferation of available information there has occurred a cheapening effect, in which many teachings have been watered down to make them palatable for a public with diminishing attention spans and suffering from information overload. For the sincere spiritual seeker there needs to be an...

When mystics like Angelus Silesius speak of God, they do so from a vibrant intensity of awareness, and in a tone of voice one trusts at once. The timeless wisdom embedded in these humble rhymes is beautifully, echoed by the observations of the ancient Zen masters, which punctuate the text, and in the haiku-like drawings by Frederick Franck. Addressing time and eternity, the one and the many, bondage and freedom, and other topics central to our shared...

All You Need To Know About Buddhism! Do You Ever Wonder Why We Suffer? Are You Looking For A Way To End Your Suffering And The Suffering Of Others? If so, THE SHORT GUIDE TO BUDDHISM is THE book for you! It covers all that you need to know in order to start practicing Buddhism and begin your journey to enlightenment. Buddhism is a philosophy dedicated to discovering the reason for suffering and finding the cure for suffering. It teaches that...

An essential guide to what it's like to spend a week inside a Zen Buddhist monastery. The notion of spending days at a time in silence and meditation amid the serene beauty of a Zen monastery may be appealing-but how do you do it, and what can you really expect from the experience? Waking Up provides the answers for everyone who's just curious, as well as for all those who have dreamed of actually giving it a try and now want to know where to begin. Jack...

UNFOLDING THE EIGHTFOLD PATH: A CONTEMPORARY ZEN PERSPECTIVE documents the author's study of the Fourth Noble Truth, from his first encounter as a young man, throughout his life as a Zen practitioner, and into his elderhood. This work presents a unique interpretation of the dynamic nature of the "right" elements of right view, thought, effort, concentration, mindfulness, speech, action, and livelihood. Nine distinctive explanations for each of the...

Nowadays people use the word Zen indiscriminately for everything from the Zen of making an instant fortune overnight to the Zen of cooking hard boiled eggs. But what is Zen and what are its philosophical origins as a living tradition of Mahayana Buddhism? This book explores the original "no-mind" teachings of early Zen Buddhism as they evolved in T'ang Dynasty China during the 8th and 9th centuries. In short this book is about Zen before it became...

In 2003, Brad Warner blew the top off the Buddhist book world with his irreverent autobiography/manifesto, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality. Now in his second book, Sit Down and Shut Up, Brad tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenzo, by thirteenth-century Zen master Dogen. Illuminating Dogen's enigmatic teachings in plain language, Brad intertwines musings on sex, meditation, death, God,...

This book covers how to find the truth in everyday life. This will give you joy and peace of mind. This will also give you hope. I hope you will find your true self and free yourself from vain things.This book teaches that you are a Buddha.This book consists of:▒ DAILY LIFE AND TRUTH▒ THE FORM OF TRUTH▒ THE ROAD TO TRUTH▒ AFTER TRUTH

Aprende a practicar Zen en tu vida cotidiana.Este libro contiene todo lo que necesita saber sobre el Budismo Zen para comenzar a usar su sabiduría en su vida diaria. El Budismo Zen es conocido por ir más allá de las palabras, con el propósito específico de catapultar al estudiante hacia lo indescriptible.Haciendo lo imposibleLos maestros espirituales del pasado han podido abandonar sus cuerpos físicos y recorrer las hebras del espacio sin corpus,...