Jan Willem van de Wetering
In this long-awaited follow-up to his The Empty Mirror and A Glimpse of Nothingness, Janwillem van de Wetering provides unorthodox solutions to a collection of classical koans, giving them his own distinctive touch of humor, down-to-earth reality, and tough spirituality in the context of meetings and adventures with personalities "collaged from bits and pieces of teachers and fellow students who kindly came my way." However, the dream or actual presence of his first teacher, Roshi, "a sage illuminated by humorous equanimity," is "as true to life as my malfunctioning keyboard dares to describe."
194pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
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D T Suzuki
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki had a profound and lasting influence in bringing the teachings of Buddhism to the Western world. He lectured and wrote widely on the subject of Zen Buddhism and published some fifty books in Japanese and English. In this collection of essays and lectures, Dr. Suzuki illuminates a range of topics, from Mahayana Buddhism generally to the Zen school in particular; from Japanese art and culture to the first English translation of a sermon from the "Sayings of Rinzai"; from formal lectures to informal talks delivered to an enraptured audience at the Buddhist society in London; from the relationship between Zen Buddhism and Western psychology to a moving lecture on "The Supreme Spiritual Ideal." A brilliant and intuitive scholar, Dr. Suzuki communicates his insights in a lucid and energetic fashion. Thus "The Awakening of Zen" is a delight for the novice and the scholar alike.
136pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
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Lama Surya Das
Blending intimate anecdotes with wisdom gleaned from his decades of study with traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachers, Lama Surya Das seeks to help readers to awaken the heart so that their everyday relationships may become a way to experience the meaningful interconnectedness and sacrednessness of life. By developing compassion and learning how to connect with each other, we will overcome alienation and loneliness. As humans, no matter how devout, we need to feel loved, to feel connected to each other as well as connected to a spiritual practice, and the quality of our individual lives is vastly determined by the quality of our relationships. By providing specific exercises, meditations, and prayers to share spiritual energy with mates, children, friends, as well as strangers, this book shows how by developing our spiritual intelligence we can find and nurture the sacred in all our relationships. "Awakening the Buddhist Heart contains about as much wisdom as any book I know. It will help you in the lifelong path of becoming more wise, more compassionate, and more joyful." - Sam Keen.
272pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
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Gomo Tulku
A translation and commentary on the famous Seven Point Mind Training by Atisha, one of Buddhism's most important texts. "The real reason behind all our problems is that we have not been taking care of our own minds," says Gomo Tuku. He shows us how the three mental poisons of attachment, hatred and ignorance dominate our thinking and behaviour in the most subtle of ways. Through his commentary he shows us how to look inward for the causes and cures of daily hardship and adversity.
112pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
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Julia Lawless & Judith Allan
This text provides an introduction to Dzogchen, a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation that is becoming hugely popular among Westerners. Within Tibetan Buddhism - and across many spiritual paths - there is tremendous interest in Dzogchen. Sometimes described as "Tibetan Zen", Dzogchen relies on a very simple path of meditation and realization. It is a direct path to realization rather than a gradual approach. This book is an introductory guide to Dzogchen, with basic practices to co-ordinate the energy of the individual and to develop awareness when dreaming - "lucid dreams". Unlike some forms of Tibetan Buddhism, Dzogchen does not require an understanding of Tibetan history or culture. It focuses on how to do everyday things - washing dishes, raising a child, working, taking a walk - in a deeper, more fulfilling way.
208pp ... Hardback
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George Crane
Tsung Tsai is a 75-year-old Ch’an (or Zen) Buddhist monk, a famed calligrapher, a vegetarian. He does not drink. He is the last remaining practitioner from Puu Jih, a remote monastery in Inner Mongolia that was long ago levelled by the Communists. After the Communist takeover, hundreds of thousands of monks throughout China fled their monasteries or disguised themselves as civilians fearing for their lives. Untold thousands were beaten to death under Mao's rule for their religious beliefs. To escape famine and persecution Tsung Tsai walked the length of China, north to south, escaping to Hong Kong in 1959. It took him a year. Between 1958 and 1962, because of a campaign to industrialise China that Mao Zedong called the Great Leap Forward, 30 million Chinese starved to death. Tsung himself barely escaped being one of them. The book describes in horrifying detail the scenes he encountered on his flight out of China. Forty years later he returns to China with George Crane, his neighbour. Crane is a poet, a world traveller with a long list of odd jobs on his resume, thrice-married and a life-long seeker. He is a self-proclaimed Buddhist who doesn't like to meditate. "I am too fidgety," he laughs. Tsung Tsai is in search of his Buddhist master’s earthly remains to give them the proper burial they deserved. Crane's love for the old monk and a desire to know the source of Tsung's serenity keep him in a constant tug of war between doubting and believing. This tension and the observations that arise from Crane's questioning of himself and his companion make the book both meaningful and accessible. "As if a Ch’an master stepped out of the ancient tales and took you on a journey both moving and inspiring." - Jack Kornfield. Highly recommended.
304pp, 7x4.5 ... Paperback
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Sosan
The Book of Nothing, or Hsin Hsin Ming, was written in the sixth century by Sosan, the third Zen patriarch. Long cherished by seekers on the path as a study in spiritual perfection, it is brought to you here in a new translation that is both beautifully illustrated and highly readable. The Book of Nothing is remarkable for its brevity and for the simplicity in which it describes the silence experienced by the empty mind of Zen. Each line reads as a simple meditation that enlightens the heart and mind into silence and relaxation.
80pp, 5.5x5, illus. ... Hardback
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Shunryu Suzuki
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness is the follow-up volume to Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's important and enormously successful 1972 work, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Like that earlier book, this is a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made Suzuki Roshi so influential as a teacher. The subject of the lectures is the Sandokai, a poem by the eighth-century Zen master Sekito Kisen. Given in 1970 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the lectures are an example of a Zen teacher in his prime elucidating a venerated, ancient, and difficult work to his Western students. The poem addresses the question of how the oneness of things and the multiplicity of things coexist—as Suzuki Roshi expresses it, "things-as-it-is." Included with the lectures are his students' questions and his direct answers to them, along with a meditation instruction. Suzuki Roshi's teachings are valuable not only for those with a general interest in Buddhism but also for students of Zen practice wanting an example of how a modern master in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition understands this core text today.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh has been a foremost peace activist for four decades. A highly respected spiritual leader who is also a philosopher, scholar and student of human nature, he is, in many ways, very similar to the Dalai Lama. His knowledge, wisdom and experience on peacemaking make him a suitable candidate to talk authoritatively on this topical subject. In this manifesto he shows conflict to be an inappropriate response that we can no longer afford on a personal or global level. He also offers practical spiritual training for individual and world peace which reveals the powerful daily actions and interactions that can root out conflict from us all.
224pp, 9x6 ... Hardback
