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Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn

By: Zen Master Seung Sahn

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Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn

By: Zen Master Seung Sahn

Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar to readers of Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, is seen here in a most intimate form. The beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach to problems with work, relationships, suffering, and the teacher-student relationship.

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Shambhala Publications

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0834826526

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The Essential Dogen

Writings of the Great Zen Master

By: Zen Master Dogen

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The Essential Dogen

Writings of the Great Zen Master

By: Zen Master Dogen

These pithy and powerful readings provide a perfect introduction to the teachings of Zen master Dogen—and will inspire spiritual practice in people of all traditions Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of the Soto School of Zen Buddhism, is one of the greatest religious, philosophical, and literary geniuses of Japan. His writings have been studied by Zen students for centuries, particularly his masterwork, Shobo Genzo or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. This is the first book to offer the great master’s incisive wisdom in short selections taken from the whole range of his voluminous works.

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273

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Shambhala Publications

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1611800412

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9781611800418

The Significance of Chinatown Development to a Multicultural America

An Exploration of the Houston Chinatowns

By: Zen Tong Chunhua Zheng,Yali Zou

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The Significance of Chinatown Development to a Multicultural America

An Exploration of the Houston Chinatowns

By: Zen Tong Chunhua Zheng,Yali Zou

Amidst the growth challenges encountered by numerous Chinatowns across America, this timely work offers insightful perspectives on a sustainable model for urban and community development, as demonstrated by the transformative journey of Houston’s New Chinatown.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1804553786

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9781804553787

Not Always So

Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

By: Shunryu Suzuki,Edward Espe Brown,Zen Center San Francisco

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Not Always So

Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

By: Shunryu Suzuki,Edward Espe Brown,Zen Center San Francisco

Practising the true spirit of Zen. Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off–centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book. In Not Always So Suzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way–seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being.

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HarperOne

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0060957549

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9780060957544

Tassajara Dinners & Desserts

By: Dale Kent,San Francisco Zen Center,Melissa Kent,Patrick Tregenza

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Tassajara Dinners & Desserts

By: Dale Kent,San Francisco Zen Center,Melissa Kent,Patrick Tregenza

TASSAJARA Dinners & Desserts IN TASSAJARA: DINNERS & DESSERTS, readers will not only find recipes filled with the flavor of Zen practice but also stories from past guest cooks, such as Deborah Madison, Ed Brown, Gloria Lee, and many others, whose calm and peaceful minds were truly tested behind the doors of the Tassajara kitchen, whose monastic kitchen differs from a normal restaurant kitchen in that the activity of preparing the food is understood to be spiritual practice. The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center teaches that every aspect of one's day can be lived with mindfulness-even food preparations and choices of what we eat. A FEW OF THE FIFTY RECIPES INCLUDE: Frittata with Caramelized Onions, Goat Cheese, and Sage Coconut Curry with Mixed Vegetables Tofu Neatballs Sweet Tapioca Soup with Honeydew Ricotta Chevre with Ginger Berry Compote Four thousand people visit the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center every year. The Zen practice of food preparation being spiritual has links to the slow food movement, organic farming, and biodiversity. The Tassajara Bread Book sold more than 800,000 copies. Online marketing and promotions. Print and web advertising campaign. National broadcast and print publicity. Co-op available. Dale and Melissa Kent lived and practiced at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for seven years. They now work as caretakers in the foothills of the eastern Sierras, where they garden, cook, and promote sustainable living and organic food for all. They currently make their home in Washoe Valley, Nevada.

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Gibbs Smith Publishers

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1423605209

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9781423605201

Only Don't Know

Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn

By: Zen Master Seung Sahn

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