Jean-Pierre Cartier
In 1999 two French journalists spent time with Buddhist Zen master and Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village, the religious community he founded in southwestern France. This account of their experience shows what daily life is like in ... [... more]
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Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu
 Pithy, cryptic, witty, mysterious, essence of Zen library: Green's translation seems to capture the frustrating, obvious, mocking, simple character of the lessons of the great Chinese Zen masters. Some of the prose is beautiful. Some is poetic. Some of [... more]
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Kazuaki Tanahashi
Kazuaki Tanahashi is an artist, translator, and writer whose books include Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen and Brush Mind. [... more]
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Rachel Cartier
In 1999 two French journalists spent time with Buddhist Zen master and Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village, the religious community he founded in southwestern France. This account of their experience shows what daily life is like in ... [... more]
Random House |
Shunryu Suzuki
The Zen master Shunryu Suzuki was an unassuming, much-beloved spiritual teacher. Born the son of a Zen master in 1904, Suzuki began Zen training as a youngster and matured over many years of practice in Japan. After continuing to devote himself ... [... more]
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The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the ...
Neither zen nor sword: I got interested in the book because of its references to swordsmanship and Buddhism, two seemingly incompatible subjects. I knew for a fact that the Japanese used Buddhism as a vehicle for training the warrior class, and learning [... more]
CDN$13.95
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Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teaching of Zen Master ...
One of my favorite modern Zen books: "Dropping Ashes on The Buddha" by Zen Master Seung Sahn is a truly unique gem in the boundless sea of Zen literature. It was one of the first books I read on Zen and it had a huge impact on me when I read it [... more]
CDN$15.00
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Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui
Clear as Glass: The Teachings of Zen Master Bassui are sure to instill a profound and shattering recognition in any student of the Way. Again and again this venerable maverick Zen master swings his blow at the very core of Buddhist thinking, while [... more]
CDN$20.95
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How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master ...
From Amazon.com: As the numbers of Zen practitioners have grown dramatically, so has interest in Dogen, one of the founders of Zen in Japan. In How to Raise an Ox, translator Francis Cook presents 9 of the 95 chapters of Dogen's classic Shobogenzo, along [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Tackling the Mountain Ranges of Dogen's Mind.: 'MOON IN A DEWDROP - WRITNGS OF ZEN MASTER DOGEN,' edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi. Translated by Robert Aitken, Philip Whalen, et al. 356 pp. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985 and reprinted. Eihei Dogen (12 [... more]
CDN$17.50
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Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin
From Amazon.com: The most important Japanese Zen master after Dogen, Hakuin reinvigorated Rinzai Zen through an emphasis on the uncompromising pursuit of enlightenment. Such a relentless pursuit can be found in the pages of his autobiography Wild Ivy. [... more]
CDN$29.95
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Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Zen Master Dogen's Genjokoan
Reviews Wither and Die: Very simply, for those interested in Dogen and his "Genjo-Koan", there is no other meaningful commentary available in English. This one is originally written in Japanese and has a Japanese sensibility, but is well [... more]
CDN$28.50
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