Opening The Hand Of Thought

Author : Kosho Uchiyama
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861719778
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opening the Hand of Thought written by Kosho Uchiyama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in clarity and power. This is the revised edition of Kosho Uchiyama's singularly incisive classic. This new edition contains even more useful material: new prefaces, an index, and extended endnotes, in addition to a revised glossary. As Jisho Warner writes in her preface, Opening the Hand of Thought "goes directly to the heart of Zen practice... showing how Zen Buddhism can be a deep and life-sustaining activity." She goes on to say, "Uchiyama looks at what a person is, what a self is, how to develop a true self not separate from all things, one that can settle in peace in the midst of life." By turns humorous, philosophical, and personal, Opening the Hand of Thought is above all a great book for the Buddhist practitioner. It's a perfect follow-up for the reader who has read Zen Meditation in Plain English and is especially useful for those who have not yet encountered a Zen teacher.

Author : Kōshō Uchiyama
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Approach to Zen written by Kōshō Uchiyama and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandy Boucher
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807073094
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opening the Lotus written by Sandy Boucher and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part primer, part personal history, part guide to spiritual practice, this book opens the door to an understanding of Buddhist spirituality, which engages more and more Westerners as the millennium approaches. Through personal anecdotes, lively explanations, and thoughtful discussions, Sandy Boucher presents a female perspective on fundamental Buddhist teachings such as compassion, detachment, and enlightenment. Includes a directory of women teachers in the United States, Canada, and abroad.

Author : Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614290474
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo written by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandon your treasured delusions and hit the road with one of the most important Zen masters of twentieth-century Japan. Eschewing the entrapments of vanity, power, and money, "Homeless" Kodo Sawaki Roshi refused to accept a permanent position as a temple abbot, despite repeated offers. Instead, he lived a traveling, "homeless" life, going from temple to temple, student to student, teaching and instructing and never allowing himself to stray from his chosen path. He is responsible for making Soto Zen available to the common people outside of monasteries. His teachings are short, sharp, and powerful. Always clear, often funny, and sometimes uncomfortably close to home, they jolt us into awakening. Kosho Uchiyama expands and explains his teacher's wisdom with his commentary. Trained in Western philosophy, he draws parallels between Zen teachings and the Bible, Descartes, and Pascal. Shohaku Okumura has also added his own commentary, grounding his teachers’ power and sagacity for the contemporary, Western practitioner. Experience the timeless, practical wisdom of three generations of Zen masters.

Author : Shohaku Okumura
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614290105
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living by Vow written by Shohaku Okumura and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sot Zen priest and Dharma successor of Kosho Uchiyama Roshi explores eight of Zen's most essential and universal liturgical texts and explains how the chants in these works support meditation and promote a life of freedom and compassion.

Author : Sakya Trizin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861716140
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freeing the Heart and Mind written by Sakya Trizin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His Holiness Sakya Trizin, the head of the glorious Sakya lineage, one of the four primary schools of Tibetan Buddhism, presents here the essential Buddhist teachings of the four noble truths, universal compassion, and the proper motivation for practice. This book opens by sharing a private teaching His Holiness gave to a young newcomer seeking to understand this great master's spiritual heritage. His Holiness's advice inspires us to integrate the living power of these teachings into our daily lives. Full of timeless wisdom, Freeing the Heart and Mind contains, in addition to this introduction, an explanation of the teaching Matchless Compassion by the Indian saint Virupa, and a selection of commentaries on the essential teaching called Parting from the Four Attachments. Developed as the first volume in a course of study for students of the Sakya tradition, it nonetheless stands alone as an excellent entry into the teachings of the Buddha. Freeing the Heart and Mind includes a full-color photo insert of Sakya lineage masters.

Author : Dōgen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0865471851
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon in a Dewdrop written by Dōgen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dogen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824329
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Cook Your Life written by Dogen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2005-11-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern-day commentary on Dogen’s Instructions for a Zen Cook reveals how everyday activities—like cooking—can be incorporated into our spiritual practice In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook. In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training, he reveals far more than simply the rules and manners of the Zen kitchen; he teaches us how to "cook," or refine our lives. In this volume Kosho Uchiyama Roshi undertakes the task of elucidating Dogen's text for the benefit of modern-day readers of Zen. Taken together, his translation and commentary truly constitute a "cookbook for life," one that shows us how to live with an unbiased mind in the midst of our workaday world.

Author : Brad Warner
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458783693
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hardcore Zen written by Brad Warner and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not your typical ''Zen'' book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one - just like Reality itself. This bold new approach to the Why of Zen Buddhism is as strongly grounded in the tradition of Zen as it is utterly revolutionary; Warner's voice is hilarious, and he calls on the wisdom of everyone from punk and pop culture icons a to the Buddha himself to make sure his points come through loud and clear. The subtitle (and the cover!) say it all; there has never been a book like this one.

Author : Robert Aitken
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 9780679417019
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encouraging Words written by Robert Aitken and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1993 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover--one of the few Western Zen Buddhist masters--offers a collection of specific teachings he has given his own students during the past two decades--a time of volatile cultural and spiritual changes. Includes a glossary, a gathering of important sutras, and an annotated reading list.