Enso: Zen Circles Of Enlightenment
The enso is one of the most prevalent images of Zen art, and it has become a kind of symbol of the clean and strong Japanese aesthetic. It has been subject to a rich variety of interpretations-seen as...
Beyond The House Of The False Lama: Travels With Monks, Nomads, And Outlaws
Beyond the House of the Lama, now in paperback, traces Crane's adventures as a writer, wanderer, and anarchic but still failing student of Zen. It begins in 1996 at the edge of the Gobi Desert in Inne...
The Flowing Bridge: Guidance On Beginning Zen Koans
Koans such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" have become part of everyday speech, yet those who encounter them while exploring Zen practice often find them utterly baffling. This book offer...
At Home In The Muddy Water: A Guide To Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos
"May we exist like a lotus, at home in the muddy water. Thus we bow to life as it is. This verse, often recited in Zen retreats, is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of what the spiritual life...
You Have To Say Something
Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990) was a central figure in the transmission of Zen in America. His first book, Returning to Silence, emphasized the need to return to our original, enlightened state of being,...
Zen Buddhism: Beliefs And Practices
Informed by almost two decades of dialogue, research and teaching, this book refutes the mistaken premise that Zen Buddhism is more suited to people who lived years ago. Beginning with the annotated "...
Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Readings From China, Korea, And Japan
A collection that offers selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions. Through representative selections from their poetry, letters, sermons, and visual a...
Lectures On The Ten Oxherding Pictures
A favorite with early Zen practitioners in China and Japan, The Ten Oxherding Pictures uses the ox as a symbol for Buddha nature--the original possession of all human beings--and the taming of the ox ...
Advaita Vedanta And Zen Buddhism: Deconstructive Modes Of Spiritual Inquiry
Explores the relationship between the philosophical underpinnings of Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism and the experiential journey of spiritual practitioners. This title examines Advaita and Zen as livin...
Buddha Is Dead: Nietzsche And The Dawn Of European Zen
Drawing on Zen as well as on Nietzsche's thought and its ramifications in and for western culture, this book is a fervent call for a re-visioning of philosophy as vocation. The author is critical of t...
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