French, Hal W.
Summary: Simply put, Zen is mindfulness—extracting the most from a given moment. You are invited, through this book, to understand Zen. Zen is not exotic or difficult to attain. Rather, Zen is basic and available to anyone wishing to have a more fulfilling life. Think of everyday breathing and speaking, waking and sleeping, moving and staying, eating and drinking, working and playing, caring and loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praxis International, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 FREKennedy, Robert E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.24 KENGlassman, Bernard (Bernard Tetsugen)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bell Tower 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3378 GlassMiller, Karen Maezen.
Summary: Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of parenting into vignettes of Zen wisdom. This compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood. Momma Zen takes readers on a transformative journey, charting a mother's growth beyond naive expectations and disorientation to finding fulfillment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trumpeter 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 294.3 MILHarris, Jules (Jules Shuzen)
Summary: "Zen teacher Jules Shuzen Harris argues that contemporary American Buddhists face two primary challenges: (1) "spiritual bypassing," which means avoiding or repressing psychological problems in favor of "pretend Enlightenment," and (2) settling for secularized forms of Buddhism or mindfulness that have lost touch with the deeper philosophical and ethical underpinnings of the religion. Drawing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 HARMorinaga, Sōkō
Contents: Pt. 1. Novice -- The prospect of my own death -- Nothing is certain -- The encounter at misery's end -- There is no trash -- Consumed with cleaning -- Confucius gives Jan Yu a scolding -- Working it out for myself -- "I can't do it" -- Between teacher and student -- That's between him and me -- Tree types of students -- "For the disposal of your corpse" -- The meaning of courage -- What am I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Publications. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 MORLawrence, Robyn Griggs.
Summary: Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that focuses on appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial. This book provides a history of the practice and detailed and illustrated guidelines on how to introduce wabi-sabi into your home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2011
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Summary: An account of how five monks saved the U.S.'s oldest Zen Buddhist monastery describes the monastery's location in a remote area that was plagued by hundreds of wildfires in 2008 and the monks' decision to remain behind when even firefighters were evacuated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.37 BUSMuth, Jon J
Summary: Presents twelve Zen Buddhist affirmational sayings on happiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUTWatts, Alan
Summary: Traces the origin of Zen and discusses the Zen way of life against its historical and cultural background.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 WATNhat Hanh
Summary: "A complete overview of all of Thich Nhat Hanh's practices for children. Planting seeds is full of hand-on activities to help children and adults relieve stress, increase concentration and confidence, deal with difficult emotions, and improve communication. It includes over 30 full-color illustrations and an audio CD with songs and easy to follow practices"--Cover p. [4].
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dharma Communications 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.35 LOOMatthiessen, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 MATRudloe, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3444 RUDWestmoquette, Mark
Summary: "This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to respond to difficult people with more clarity and wisdom. It will help you explore your reactions, break free from knee-jerk response patterns and find out how these people can become useful teachers in life--troublesome Buddhas. In this book Mark Westmoquette draws on personal experiences of profound tragedy. He stresses that the only way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 WESIinuma, Koyu
Summary: "In this book, Buddhist temple priest, chef and trained dietician Koyu Iinuma shares the simple and delicious plant-based meals he prepares in the kitchens of Fukushoji temple in Yokohama, Japan. The 73 recipes showcased in Zen Vegan Food are incredibly beautiful and tasty, while also being nutritious, sustainable and ethically responsible. Colour photos show the finished dishes, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 IINMasuno, Shunmyō
Summary: "Put yourself at ease with this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide to reducing anxiety and living worry-free by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living. Can you think of a time when you were worried about something, but then a random comment or occurrence made you realize how insignificant it was, and you were amazed by how much lighter you felt? We often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 MASSummary: Film contains conversations between two old friends as they wander along paths and trails of central California coast. Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison debate the pros and cons of everything from Google to Zen Kōans. Includes archival materials and commentaries from Snyder's literary contemporaries, friends, and intimates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: San Simeon Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PRAHurley, Blair
Summary: "Nicole has become sexually and emotionally entangled with her mentor. To break free, she must retrace her entire life's journey--from her strict Irish Catholic upbringing to her drug-fueled year as a teenage runaway. Even as she reinvents herself in New York City, her master's intoxicating voice pursues her, whispering dangerously in her ear. Somehow, he knows everything. A hypnotic and daring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURSummary: Yet the teachings of ancient Chinese masters were recorded by their students, discussed, sometimes chanted, and given out as objects of meditation or koans. And, as Kazuaki Tanahashi points out, "However weird or enigmatic they are, or perhaps because of those very qualities, Zen stories have touched the hearts of people for over a thousand years." In Essential Zen, Tanahashi and Schneider...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper San Francisco 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 TANSuzuki, Daisetz Teitaro
Summary: One of the world's leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1964
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294 HUALockley, John
Summary: Leopard Warrior shares the remarkable story of how John Lockley became one of the first modern white men in recent history to become a fully initiated sangoma--traditional priest and healer--in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa, the tribe of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. In this teaching memoir, John introduces readers to "the way of the leopard," a shamanic path for awakening our intuition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True, Inc. 2017