This is a book about awareness - it's about being 'awake' and in touch with what is going on here and now. Practical and down-to-earth, it deals exclusively with the present, not with speculation, theory or belief in some far-off time and place. The teachings of the Buddha are plain and straightforward, and because they remain focused on the ...
With depth, honesty, and clarity, "Buddhism Is Not What You Think" focuses on the single most essential impulse in any serious spiritual inquiry - the desire to awaken. It's a book about being awake - about being fully human. The Buddha was not interested in theology or cosmology. He didn't speak on these subjects, and in fact, would not answer ...
From the bestselling author of "Buddhism Plain and Simple" comes the definitive guide for anyone interested in meditation - from newcomers to long time meditators. In practicing meditation, we go nowhere other than right here where we now stand, where we now sit, where we now live and breathe. In meditation we return to where we already are - ...
In this warm and witty book, scientist and Zen priest Hagen shows a way to cut past the illusion of life and see things as they really are. Using examples from quantum physics, philosophy, and mathematics, Hagen explains how our dependence on objective reality and "common sense" can get in the way of the truth. Illustrations, photos, diagrams.
Dainin Katagiri was a central figure in the transmisison of Zen in America. Selections of his talks are collected in this text to address a key theme of Katagiri's teaching: bringing Zen insight to bear on our everyday experience.
Dark Ages: Vampire takes you to the nights before the Camarilla, when kine truly had reason to be afraid of the dark. The vampires of this bygone age ride the dark as lords, play their games with the crowned heads of Europe, and travel to the mysterious lands of the East as they wage their ages-old war. The diablerie of saulot, the waking of ...
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