Philosophie / Est / Zen

Just Use This Mind

de Master Miao Tsan & Ellen Cregan

Here is a spiritual home that isn't about temples or traditions. It's a place in your own pure mind where you become the master of your own thoughts. When you learn to follow the path of Zen with diligence and...

The Bells of Mindfulness

de Thich Nhat Hanh

The Bells Of Mindfulness is Thich Nhat Hanh’s dramatic vision of the future of our planet and a call for environmental awareness. He uses the Buddhist teachings of interconnectedness and the impermanence of...

The Spirit of Zen - A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East

de Alan W. Watts

Here is something quite unfamiliar to the West, something which will appeal strongly to all who are trying to find deeper reality in life than philosophy and conventional religion can express. Historically,...

What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All

de Yogi Berra & Dave Kaplan

Could Confucius hit a curveball?

Could Yoda block the plate?

Can the Dalai Lama dig one out of the dirt?

No, there is only one Zen master who could contemplate the circle of life while rounding the bases....

Zen Computer

de Phil Toshio sudo

Anyone who has ever cursed a computer will benefit from Zen Computer, with its soothing approach to living calmly amid the constant upheavals of new technology. In a simple, easy-to-read style, Philip Toshio...

Zen Soup

de Laurence G. Boldt

If, as the I Ching says, thoughts are spirits, then this collection of highly distilled thoughts from history?s greatest philosophers and religious figures will certainly put you in good spirits. Laurence Boldt...

Zen and the Art of Poker

de Larry Phillips

Inside the intriguing world of poker lies a fascinating exercise in strategy and extreme concentration--many of the same principles that underpin the one-thousand-year-old philosophy of Zen spirituality. Zen...

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen

de Guo Jun, Kenneth Wapner & Robert Thurman

An inspiring introduction to Chan Buddhism in a value-priced hardcover edition. Perfect for daily spiritual guidance and gifts.

Healing Breath: Zen for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World

de Ruben L. F. Habito

Many people are taking positive steps to address the needs of the global community, but the magnitude of the task can be overwhelming. Healing Breath helps readers become socially active without being depressed...

Zen Birding

de David M White

David M Whites inspiring stories see birding as a meditative practice and pathway to true connectedness.

Meeting the Monkey Halfway

de Ajahn Bhikkhu Sumano & , Emily Popp

Simple and straightforward, this "little book" is a distillation of 20 years of a Buddhist monk's meditation practice. With a sense of reverence and respect for everything, Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu shows us how...

Samurai Zen

de Scott Shaw

In this book, Shaw draws upon his knowledge of Asian culture and years of study in the martial arts to show us how we, too, can achieve higher understanding through the tenets of Zen Buddhism. Iado - the meditative...

Barefoot Zen: The Shaolin roots of Kung Fu and Karate

de , Nathan Johnson

Most books about Kung Fu or Karate deal with techniques or history. Few examine the underlying purpose of these arts, or approach them as a tool for spiritual, rather than physical, development. Barefoot Zen...

Zen War Stories

de Brian Victoria

Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.

Victoria reveals for...

China on the Mind

de Christopher Bollas

Several thousand years ago Indo-European culture diverged into two ways of thinking; one went West, the other East. Tracing their differences, Christopher Bollas examines how these mentalities are now converging...

Nishida and Western Philosophy

de Robert Wilkinson

Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is the most important Japanese philosopher of the last century. His constant aim in philosophy was to try to articulate Zen in terms drawn from Western philosophical sources, yet in...

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

de Bodhidharma & Red Pine

A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his...

Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

de Hee-Jin Kim & Taigen Dan Dan Leighton

Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese branch of the Soto Zen Buddhist school, is considered one of the world's most remarkable religious philosophers. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist is a comprehensive introduction...

Making Zen Your Own: Giving Life to Twelve Key Golden Age Ancestors

de Janet Jiryu Jiryu Abels

In this book, Janet Jiryu Abels traces the life stories of twelve Chinese Zen masters who, together, shaped what was to become known as Zen’s Golden Age. She presents their biographies, describes their teachings...

Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity

de Soko Morinaga & Belenda Attaway Attaway Yamakawa

As can be seen in its glowing endorsements and reviews — from Publishers Weekly to well-known Buddhist figures — this modern spiritual classic has been embraced by readers of all types. In his singularly humorous...