Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy is also the author of One Bird, One Stone: 108 American Zen Stories, a chronicle of Zen practice in the west, and a recent novel, In a country a lot like our own, in a time a little bit like now, Bibi Brown is an ordinary young man ... [... more]
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Essential Zen
 From Amazon.com: In the introduction to Essential Zen, the editors remark in very Zen-like fashion that this book cannot rightly claim to represent anything "essential" at all about their subject; for how can mere writing bring readers to the [... more]
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
Clear and compelling - a must buy: Matthiessen's prose is clear and his story compelling. His Zen journals, from 1969 to 1982, tell the story of his Zen journey, without any of what the author might describe as, the breathless prose of the sincere seeker, [... more]
CDN$32.00
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Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen
From Amazon.com: What is the relationship between doing Zen and doing good? According to Bernie Glassman's Infinite Circle, they are inseparable. Glassman, a Zen teacher and social activist for three decades, uses the pages of Infinite Circle to [... more]
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No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen
Zen with a smile: I am a student of Soto Zen who is studying to become a Zen priest. My teacher gave me a copy of this excellent book. The book consists of insightful and often humorous talks given Jakusho Kwong-roshi to his students at his Sonoma [... more]
CDN$28.95
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The Snow Watcher: Poems
Lyrical and thoughtful synthesis of buddhism and americanism: I love the forthrightness of these poems. Chase Twichell's THE SNOW WATCHER is a book of some of the most convincing American zen poems I've ever seen. They are American in the sense that they [... more]
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Searching for a Mustard Seed: One Young Widow's ...
widowhood is painful & enlightening: Miriam Sagan wrote SEARCHING FOR A MUSTARD SEED because she could find no books that spoke of her raw & unkempt experience of widowhood, & because "...grief is either a path we have trod or will have [... more]
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Zen at War:
Essential Reading for Students of Zen and Buddhism in Genera: What I found most disturbing about this book was not so much what Victoria had to reveal about the Zen culture of Imperial Japan, (don't get me wrong, that was pretty darn disturbing too)but [... more]
CDN$28.08
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3 Bowls: Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen ...
From Amazon.com: Both a cookbook and an introduction to the practice of American Zen Buddhism, Three Bowls is a distinctive collection of vegetarian recipes from Seppo Ed Farrey, the tenzo (chef) of the Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a traditional Zen Buddhist [... more]
CDN$22.95
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Thank You and Ok!: An American Zen Failure in Japan
Very fun book to read: I really enjoyed hearing all of the author's stories about living in Japan as an Amercian. What was also great was that he didn't just write about life as an American in a Zen setting, but also about the day to day beauracacy that [... more]
CDN$23.00
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The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an ...
From Amazon.com: The newcomer to Buddhism is often confused at the variety of forms it takes, from spare and strict Zen to flamboyant Tibetan Buddhism. Sociologist James William Coleman's The New Buddhism does us all a favor by breaking down Buddhism as [... more]
CDN$35.95
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Complete Guide to Buddhist America
From Amazon.com: You're visiting New York and you'd like to sit with a local meditation group? No problem. New to Saskatoon and looking for Buddhist companions? No problem. Searching for a retreat center as far away as you can get from home? No problem. [... more]
CDN$43.00
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