Zen Under The Gun

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861715926
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen Under the Gun written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, from one of the pioneering and preeminent translators of Zen for the West, presents a selection of Zen lessons from four teachers in four successive generations. More than just a book on Zen philosophy, "Zen Under the Gun" spans the turbulent period in Chinese history from the last generation of the Song dynasty (overthrown by the Mongols in 1279) to the first generation of the Ming dynasty (which drove out the Mongols, and proclaimed its own reign in 1368). These four Zen masters were all eminent public teachers, and their teaching words reflect the state of China and the art of Zen in their time.

Author : Vernon Kitabu Turner
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780282842
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Sword written by Vernon Kitabu Turner and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our fast-changing, uncertain world, it's easy to feel under the gun. Now Zen master Vernon Kitabu Turner throws away the gun and picks up the sword in an inspiring practical guide filled with step-by step advice to help you transform your life by unifying mind, body, and spirit. Wrapping profound truths in homespun analogies, Turner employs his trademark engaging style to awaken your inner samurai.

Author : Vernon Kitabu Turner
Publisher : Watkins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780280981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Sword written by Vernon Kitabu Turner and published by Watkins Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our fast-changing, uncertain world, it's easy to feel under the gun. Now Zen master Vernon Kitabu Turner throws away the gun and picks up the sword in an inspiring practical guide filled with step-by step advice to help you transform your life by unifying mind, body, and spirit. Wrapping profound truths in homespun analogies, Turner employs his trademark engaging style to awaken your inner samurai.

Author : Eliot Fintushel
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785353519
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen City written by Eliot Fintushel and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of ZEN CITY is a world of passionate desires: the desire for power, the desire for order, and the desire for self-transcendence. ZEN CITY is a story about the struggle and violence of people who see themselves as striving for the ultimate. Along the way, ZEN CITY presents a sly critique of the practice and perversions of imported spirituality in twentieth-century America. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review "...this book succeeds brilliantly, deftly weaving a tragic romance that’s about all of us, and none at all!

Author : Steven Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199837287
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Like Cats and Dogs written by Steven Heine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Heine offers a compelling examination of the Mu Koan, widely considered to be the single best known and most widely circulated and transmitted koan record of the Zen school of Buddhism.

Author : Tianxiang Ma
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819956862
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought written by Tianxiang Ma and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who places ideological developments in social contexts. The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology, as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T. Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.

Author : Robert Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635579910
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit written by Robert Kennedy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new revised edition of the classic title on Zen and Christian living. Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit is a study of the intersection between Zen Buddhism and Christianity. Robert Kennedy explores how Zen can help us to live deeper lives and how we can return from a study of Zen to a more profound understanding of Christian living and practice. "What I looked for in Zen," says the author, "was not a new faith, but a new way of being Catholic that grew out of my own lived experience and would not be blown away by authority or by changing theological fashion." Kennedy is unique in being competent in both Catholic and Zen practice and who responds to people who are drawn to this form of prayer and life. This is a refreshingly simple but also most beautiful book.

Author : Josh Bartok
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614291322
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Doses of Wisdom written by Josh Bartok and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Doses of Wisdom draws on the richness of Buddhist writings to offer a spiritual cornucopia that will illuminate and inspire day after day, year after year. Sources span a spectrum from ancient sages to modern teachers, from monks to laypeople, from East to West, from poetry to prose. Each page, and each new day, reveals another gem carefully selected from the entire list of titles published by Wisdom.

Author : Josh Korda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614292825
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsubscribe written by Josh Korda and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Josh Korda left his high-powered advertising job--and a life of drug and alcohol addiction--to find a more satisfying way to live. In Unsubscribe, he shares his three-step guide to recovery from addiction to consumerism, self-deception, and life as you thought it had to be: (1) Reprioritize your goals. (2) Understand yourself. (3) Connect authentically with others. Revolutionary, compassionate, and filled with wonderfully practical exercises, this book will help you lead a more authentic, more fulfilling life"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Rebecca Z Shafir
Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835630072
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zen of Listening written by Rebecca Z Shafir and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TV, radio, traffic, telephones, pagers - our minds are bombarded daily by constant noise and clutter. No wonder so many people find it increasingly difficult to listen and comprehend. Simple pieces of information such as names go "in one ear and out the other." Poor listening may have tragic consequences such as the Challenger disaster and the Potomac River crash of 1982, or it can result in smaller tragedies such as lost promotions, stalled marriages, and troubled children. Rebecca Shafir assures us that we can transform every aspect of our lives, simply by relearning how to listen. The Zen of Listening is grounded in the Zen concept of mindfulness, a simple yet profound way of learning how to filter our distractions and be totally in the present. Rather than a list of tricks, this book is an all-encompassing approach allowing you to transform your life. Readers will be amazed at how simply learning to focus intently on a speaker improves the relationship, increases attention span, and helps develop negotiating skills. Learn the great barricades of misunderstanding, find out how to listen to ourselves, discover how to listen under stress, and boost our memory. This is a fun and practical guide filled with simple strategies to use immediately to enjoy our personal and professional lives to the fullest.