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Zen Heart

Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

By: Ezra Bayda

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Zen Heart

Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

By: Ezra Bayda

There’s a secret to spiritual practice, and it’s surprisingly simple: learn to be present with attention. Do that, and the whole world becomes your teacher, you wake up to the sacredness of every aspect of existence, and compassion for others arises without even thinking about it. In Zen Heart, Bayda provides a wealth of practical advice for making difficult experiences a valued part of the path and for making mindfulness a daily habit.

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0834825813

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9780834825819

Beyond Happiness

The Zen Way to True Contentment

By: Ezra Bayda

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Beyond Happiness

The Zen Way to True Contentment

By: Ezra Bayda

A Zen teacher explains that true happiness can only be found by dropping our ideas about happiness—and learning to live fully and fearlessly in the moment Many books have been published in recent years on happiness. Ezra Bayda, a remarkably down-to-earth Zen teacher, believes that the happiness “boom” has been largely a bust for readers. Why? Because it's precisely the pursuit of happiness that keeps us trapped in cycles of dissatisfaction and suffering. In Beyond Happiness, Bayda draws on Zen teachings to question our conventional notions about what happiness is and where we can find it. Most of us seek happiness in things that are external to us. We imagine that getting more money, a better relationship, or going on a nice vacation will finally make us happy. But Bayda shows us that the deepest and most lasting form of happiness does not rely on external circumstance at all. Bayda offers Zen insights and practices that point readers toward the true sources of lasting happiness: mindfulness, compassion, gratitude, and generosity.

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1590309219

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Saying Yes to Life

(Even the Hard Parts)

By: Ezra Bayda

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Saying Yes to Life

(Even the Hard Parts)

By: Ezra Bayda

Told in blissfully simple language, the thoughts and messages in "Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts)" provide inspiration for each day. These nuggets of wisdom range from a page-long reflection to a simple aphorism and stress the importance of drawing meaning from life's paradoxes -- opening to the unwanted, recognizing the happiness in difficulty, and living for now rather than later. Page after page reveals truths that can be put into action in the moment, yet also stand up to multiple interpretations and thorough examination. Insightful and never convoluted, "Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts)" is a great companion for life's long journey.

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Simon and Schuster

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0861712749

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9780861712748

The Authentic Life

Zen Wisdom for Living Free from Complacency and Fear

By: Ezra Bayda

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The Authentic Life

Zen Wisdom for Living Free from Complacency and Fear

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Wonderfully accessible Zen teachings for how to live your life genuinely, honestly, and happily in the face of life’s inevitable difficulties Ever feel like your efforts to live a life of wisdom, honesty, and compassion are hijacked by, well, life? Take heart. Ezra Bayda has good news: life’s challenges aren’t obstacles to our path—they are the path. Understanding that liberates us to use every aspect of what life presents us with as a way to live with integrity and authenticity—and joy. In this, as in all his books, Ezra’s teaching is Zen made wonderfully practical, in a way that can apply to anyone’s life. Meditation is the foundation, but it doesn’t stop there. It’s about learning to take the practice of presence we cultivate in meditation to all the rest of our complicated lives. Doing that empowers us to navigate our journey with the integrity and authenticity that are what a satisfying life is all about.

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0834829622

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Beyond Happiness

The Zen Way to True Contentment

By: Ezra Bayda

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The Zen Way to True Contentment

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0834821761

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Aging for Beginners

By: Ezra Bayda

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Aging for Beginners

By: Ezra Bayda

We all grow old. This book teaches us how to take advantage of a new phase of life: a phase of renewal and inner exploration. We’re all beginners when it comes to aging. And although the fact that we are in new territory can certainly contribute to the difficulties in dealing with getting older, it can also have a very positive side. Aging can be seen as a new phase of our life: a phase of renewal. Nowhere is this more evident than in our opportunity to devote more time to reflection and inner exploration. The result, regardless of whatever physical limitations we may be experiencing, is the possibility of cultivating and living increasingly from kindness and gratitude—two of the essential qualities of a life of satisfaction and equanimity. With techniques that are both simple and richly unfolded, this book will help readers: • learn the subtle art of being with pain • uncover the fears that amplify suffering • tap into the true sources of meaningfulness and joy Winner of the Spirituality & Practice Best Book Award in 2019.

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Simon and Schuster

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1614295026

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At Home in the Muddy Water

A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos

By: Ezra Bayda

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At Home in the Muddy Water

A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos

By: Ezra Bayda

May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is. This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of what the spiritual life is truly about: the willingness to open ourselves to whatever life presents—no matter how messy or complicated. And through that willingness to be open, we can discover wisdom, compassion, and the genuine life we all want. In At Home in the Muddy Water, Bayda applies this simple Zen teaching to a range of everyday concerns—including relationships, trust, sexuality, and money—showing that everything we need to practice is right here before us, and that peace and fulfillment is available to everyone, right here, right now, no matter what their circumstances.

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0834823306

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9780834823303

Being Zen

Bringing Meditation to Life

By: Ezra Bayda

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Being Zen

Bringing Meditation to Life

By: Ezra Bayda

A “straightforward, simple, and wise” guide to living an awakened life through mindfulness and meditation (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart) We can use whatever life presents to strengthen our spiritual practice—including the turmoil of daily life. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experiences—whether they are painful or pleasing—and open ourselves to the reality of our lives without trying to fix or change anything. But doing this requires that we confront our most deeply rooted fears and assumptions in order to gradually become free of the constrictions and suffering they create. Then we can awaken to the loving-kindness that is at the heart of our being. While many books aspire to bring meditation into everyday experience, Ezra Bayda's Being Zen gives us practical ways to actually do it, introducing techniques that enable the reader to foster qualities essential to continued spiritual awakening. Topics include how to cultivate: • Perseverance: staying with anger, fear, and other distressing emotions. • Stillness: abiding with chaotic experiences without becoming overwhelmed. • Clarity: seeing through the conditioned beliefs and fears that "run" us. • Direct experience: encountering the physical reality of the present moment—even when that moment is exactly where we don't want to be. Like Pema Chödrön, the best-selling author of When Things Fall Apart, Ezra Bayda writes with clear, heartfelt simplicity, using his own life stories to illustrate the teachings in an immediate and accessible way that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.

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0834823403

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Zen Heart

Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

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Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

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Saying Yes to Life

(Even the Hard Parts)

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At Home in the Muddy Water

A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos

By: Ezra Bayda

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A Guide to Finding Peace Within Everyday Chaos

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Aging for Beginners

By: Ezra Bayda

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Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology

A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions), the Book of Interrogations (3 Versions), and The Book of the Luminaries

By: Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra

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Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology

A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Elections (3 Versions), the Book of Interrogations (3 Versions), and The Book of the Luminaries

By: Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra

This volume offers the first critical edition, with English translation and commentary, of seven astrological treatises by Abraham Ibn Ezra: the Book of Elections (3 versions); the Book of Interrogations (3 versions); and the Book of the Luminaries.

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BRILL

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9004212205

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9789004212206

Abraham Ibn Ezra

The Book of Reasons. A Parallel Hebrew-English Crirical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text

By: Shlomo Sela

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The Book of Reasons. A Parallel Hebrew-English Crirical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text

By: Shlomo Sela

From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise-a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises-and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim," the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The two treatises presented here were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer "reasons," "explanations," or "meanings" of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the introduction to astrology that Ibn Ezra entitled "Reshit Hokhmah" (Beginning of Wisdom).

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9004157646

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9789004157644

Book's by Ezra Bayda

Zen Heart

Zen Heart

Beyond Happiness

Beyond Happiness

Saying Yes to Life

Saying Yes to Life

The Authentic Life

The Authentic Life

Beyond Happiness

Beyond Happiness

Aging for Beginners

Aging for Beginners

At Home in the Muddy Water

At Home in the Muddy Water

Being Zen

Being Zen

Zen Heart

Zen Heart

Saying Yes to Life

Saying Yes to Life

At Home in the Muddy Water

At Home in the Muddy Water

Aging for Beginners

Aging for Beginners

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Elections, Interrogations, and Medical Astrology

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Abraham Ibn Ezra

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