A guide to embracing meditation as a definitive lifestyle addresses the concerns of both beginners and advanced practitioners, counseling readers on how to overcome key spiritual obstacles. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: En los ultimos anos, el budismo, una de las corrientes de pensamiento mas antiguas y profundas, se ha convertido en una moda entre los occidentales. Steve Hagen, famoso maestro zen, penetra las cuestiones mas esenciales y duraderas que anidan en el corazon de las ensenanzas budistas: Como podemos ver el mundo tal como es a cada instante, en lugar de interpretarlo con nuestros pensamientos, esperanzas o miedos? Como podemos actuar basandonos en la Realidad y no en los deseos y aversiones de nuestro corazon y nuestra mente? Como es posible llevar una vida sabia y compasiva que este en armonia con la Realidad? Y como podemos distinguir la sabiduria del budismo de toda la parafernalia y las falsas ideas culturales que han llegado a asociarsele? El autor, inspirandose en ejemplos realistas de la vida cotidiana y en historias procedentes de maestros budistas del pasado y del presente, trata estas fundamentales cuestiones con un estilo ameno y directo...read more

A practical introduction to the essential elements of Buddhism offers guidance on increasing awareness and moving into compassion and wisdom, exploring key questions at the heart of the faith while offering insight into the practice of accepting the world as it is. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

The author clarifies the meaning of Koan and the commentaries of the work compiled by Genro, a Zen master in 18th century Japan. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Dainin Katagiri (1928–1990) was a central figure in the transmission of Zen in America. His first book, Returning to Silence, emphasized the need to return to our original, enlightened state of being, and became one of the classics of Zen in America...read more

An easy-to-follow guide to the fundamental insights of Buddhism examines the original teachings of the Buddha in terms of the concept of awareness in light of the basic questions of life and human existence. Book available.

Shares the fundamental teachings of the Buddha, explains the twelvefold path, and includes Zen stories

Uses examples from physics, philosophy, and Zen teachings to describe a purely objective style of perception