Talking Zen - Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life by Alan Watts; Mark Watts (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Alan Watts
Insightful and entertaining essays spanning 40 years of lectures by Alan Watts on Zen, Taoism, psychedelics, and comparative philosophy. Alan Watts's essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watt ...Show more
Zen Is Right Now - More Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick (Editor)
$27.95 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
In this new collection of quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and stories from his students, the presence, wisdom, and humor of a great Zen teacher come alive once more. The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, d ...Show more
Zen in Japanese Culture by Gavin Blair
$75.00 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
A visual journey through Zen's influence on Japanese life, from calligraphy to the martial arts Formed by a convergence of the Buddha's teachings with Taoism and local tradition, Zen has had a profound impact on the art and culture of Japan. As a philosophy, Zen promotes a recognition of emptiness a ...Show more
Riding the Ox Home by LOORI, JOHN D
$45.00 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
Maps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake a journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, sketch the spiritual path encountered in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and the realization of the ultimate nature ...Show more
Zen Antics: One Hundred Stories of Enlightenment by Thomas Cleary
$50.00 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
Throughout Zen history, stories and anecdotes of Zen masters and their students have been used as teaching devices to exemplify the enlightened spirit. Unlike many of the baffling dialogues between Zen masters preserved in the koan literature, the stories retold here are penetratingly simple but with a ...Show more
Dialogues in a Dream - The Life and Zen Teachings of Muso Soseki by Muso Soseki; Thomas Yuho Kirchner (Translator)
$46.00 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge, one of the most famous masters in the history of Zen leads us on a grand tour of Buddhist theology in all its timeless relevance. Muso Soseki, the renowned fourteenth century Zen master, is today most known for developing the art of traditional Japanese Zen gardeni ...Show more
Opening the Hand of Thought by Kôshô Uchiyama; Shohaku Okumura (Editor); Jisho Warner; Tom Wright (Editor)
$35.95 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in clarity and power. This is the revised edition of Kosho Uchiyama's singularly incisive classic. This new edition contains even more useful material: new prefaces, an index, and exte ...Show more
Through Forests of Every Color - Awakening with Koans by Joan Sutherland
$34.99 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
An intimate spiritual and literary journey exploring how Zenkoansmake us permeable to the joys and the anguish of this life-and to the primordial mystery we glimpse behind the veil of the everyday. In Through Forests of Every Color, renowned Zen teacher Joan Sutherland reimagines thekoantradition with a ...Show more
The Circle of the Way - A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World by Barbara O'Brien
$32.99 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism--including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics. Zen Buddhism has a storied history--Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own arm ...Show more
Understanding Japanese Buddhist Sculpture Through Visual Contrast by Yoshihiro Suzuki; Michael Jamentz (Translator)
$37.99 AUD
Category: Buddhism
A beginner's guide to appreciating Buddha statues from a whole new perspective. This is a ground-breaking guide book focusing on how you can receive a stronger impression when appreciating Buddha statues. People tend to look at the sculptures absentmindedly, experiencing the statues as a confirmation of ...Show more
Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr. by Marc Andrus
$37.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh-icons who changed each other and the worldThe day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. He said- "I did not s ...Show more
Sit Down and Shut Up : Punk Rock Commentaries on Zen and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye by Brad Warner
$45.99 AUD
Category: Zen Buddhism
Brad Warner is a Zen priest, Japanese monster movie obsessive and former punk rock bassist. In 2003, he blew the top off the Buddhist book world with his irreverent autobiography/manifesto, "Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies", and the "Truth About Reality". Now in his second book, "Sit Down and Sh ...Show more