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Gleaned from the author's experiences over many years of yoga and Zen training, as well as from conversations with teachers, folk stories and temple magazines, this is a fascinating and enlightening compendium of tales from the yoga and Zen traditions.

Stories such as these are used in many spiritual schools' teaching - they're the flint or steel that makes the spark which, when nurtured daily, fires the imagination, heralding enlightenment and insight.

Defeat and joy, struggle and serenity, fear and confidence, the emotions that arise in the practice of sports make it a fitting paradigm for life as a whole. In this unique work, Bob Mitchell looks at the mysteries and challenges of the Game and what it has to teach us. He makes a compelling comparison between the experience of participating in sports and the effortless action that lies at the heart of the Tao. The result is a highly practical and imaginative work that is part philosophy, part poetry, part common sense.

Celebrada como uma nova e original voz do budismo, a monja francesa Kankyo Tannier parte de sua rica experiência pessoal para nos mostrar o poder transformador da prática do silêncio. Não apenas o silêncio das palavras, mas também dos pensamentos, dos olhos e do corpo. Escrito com sensibilidade e a dose certa de humor, A magia do silêncio traz dicas, meditações e exercícios práticos para incluir pequenos intervalos de paz na agitação do dia a dia.

What if someone told you that you could get all the rewards of meditation - the health benefits, sharpened focus, a boost in memory - without the need to sit chanting some mantra for up to a half hour a day? Zen Meditation Magic: Secrets to Finding the Time for Peace of Mind, Everyday provides you with practical, proven, and powerful meditative remedies to your stressful lifestyle. While it shows you how to meditate in the common 20-minute sessions, it also provides you with methods to grab minutes of Zen contemplation.

This book is based on the Buddhist teachings around mindfulness and all practices of the mind. Within the text, you will learn valuable information about how Buddhist teachings relate to mindfulness and how you can use them to leverage your inner purification, peace, and happiness. Understand that you do not have to consider yourself a Buddhist by religion to gain value from these teachings and practices.

Zen and Your Life offers a brand new look at how to bring happiness and calm into your life. Zen practice explores the unexpected causes for upset, and how to remove it from your life, and this book will offer you a prescription for true medicine. By helping you return to your natural self, you will find the healing and happiness you most need.

Do you suffer from anxiety or other mental problems? Do you find sleeping at night a real challenge? Are you desperately seeking inner-peace and a balanced daily routine? Most of us just want to be able to live a happy and contented life that is stress-free and has less worry. Finding it, in a world that is increasingly demanding and chaotic, is harder than ever but there are always things we can learn to do that makes things easier.

Jesus Christ was a Zen master? In at least one version of early Christian belief, he sure sounded like one. The Jesus narrative that eventually won out was passed on to future generations while the losers had their books burned and adherents imprisoned, tortured, or put to death. Talk about issues with freedom of religion! Luckily, an early Christian group called the “Gnostics”, in seeing their beloved books burned and adherents mistreated, buried their most important works in hopes of future discovery.

Essential life lessons from the world's most famous monk. Through a beautiful collection of autobiographical stories and teachings, At Home in the World tells the remarkable life of the beloved Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. With his signature clarity and warmth, he shares tales from his childhood in rural Vietnam through to his travels teaching the world the art of mindfulness.

A profound wisdom which transforms and liberates. In this audiobook we feel the absolute directness and freedom of Zen. With clear words that expose each illusion, Zen Master Zensho captures the essence in a nutshell. He shows us the mirror of our true being, and in it we recognize our constantly present buddha-nature, our original, true self. His clear words are filled with such spiritual force that they touch us at our very deepest. Here, the logic of our conceptual, discriminating thinking is often profoundly shaken so that we can grasp the truth beyond all words.

This book is about the space we all have in the now of our lives that we live and love day to day as we travel through it to find what we have never lost in that complete isness that comes upon us suddenly sometimes when we least expect it but is so welcomed and reached for and so wished for when. This is my story of Zazen....

The Zen of Art starts with the premise that making art is akin to what happens when wind engages with a set of chimes. The chance encounter of source and instrument generates a song that enriches and elevates the moment. Author and artist Carolyn Schlam draws a parallel with what she calls the "Zen of Art"—the process of allowing creative expression to manifest in a natural and unencumbered fashion. Schlam tells her personal story of making art while applying the knowledge she has gained to live an "artful life" in chapters on courage, joy, beauty, love, and more.

50 Things to Know About Buddhism by Ali Amer offers an approach to understanding the core principles of Buddhism, its history, the founder of Buddhism, how it grew to be the fourth world’s largest religion, and various practices and traditions. This book will help you grasp the essence of Buddhism and its vibrant line of development to its present stage, covering the paths it took and its widespread influence around the globe. It might even spur you on a spiritual quest, seeking knowledge and meaning of the universe and life.

¿Qué es el budismo?, ¿Quién fue Buda?, ¿Qué enseñnazas nos dejó? ¿Cómo puede el budismo ayudar a mi paz interior?, ¿Qué nos enseña Buda sobre nosotros mismos?, ¿Cómo mejorar nuestra realación con los demás? "GuíaBurros: Budismo - Buda y su enseñanza", desde la figura de Buda, Shiddarta Gautama, pasando por los conceptos clave para entender el budismo y su enseñanza, hasta las prácticas para la paz interior y el sosiego de la mente, para mejorar la relación con uno mismo y para mejorar la relación con los demás.

We all possess a spiritual side. In some, it is apparent at first sight, while in others, it is buried deep inside and rarely, if ever, shown. With such spiritual understanding comes great gifts of healing through use of positive energy and development of the mind. Positivism, forgiveness, and appreciation are at the heart of a spiritual life and are essential elements in spiritual healing. Together, they form indestructible bonds that will remain with you forever and will help you on your journey of discovery.

Daily Mindfulness: Meditate along with these verses daily. Learn from the bountiful bunny to be true in body and mind. If you appreciated the mindfulness encouragement from Peace Is Every Step, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching and Together Is Better, you will love the quotes in Zen Bunnies. Let your inner Zen Bunny guide you to enlightenment.

This is the black and white collection of poems in haiku form written by Koyote the Blind, a Salvadoran writer currently living in California. These haiku are conceived as an adumbration of the writer's journey through life and the forging of his experience as a Thelemic magician and a Toltec survivor.

Join author and Japanologist Beth Kempton on a sacred journey to uncover the secrets of fearless writing which have lain buried in Eastern philosophy for two thousand years. In a radical departure from standard advice and widely held assumptions about the effort and suffering required for creative success, The Way of the Fearless Writer will show you there is another way to thrive—a path of trust, ease, freedom and joy.

Meditation has been around for centuries, especially for those in Eastern cultures. Over that last decade or so, meditation has found new popularity for people in Western cultures as a means to relax and de-stress. Even though meditation is not a new practice, it is still fairly new to those of us in the US. That’s why this book is here to teach those of us who weren’t raised in a culture that taught us about meditation and its benefits.

In the world of philosophy and spirituality, few figures stand as distinctively as Alan Watts. With a charismatic and eloquent demeanor, he effortlessly blended insights from Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and other spiritual traditions with Western thought, challenging conventional perspectives and encouraging a deeper understanding of oneself and the universe.