Roshi: 17 books
No Beginning, No End
The Intimate Heart of Zen
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In No Beginning, No End, Zen master Jakusho Kwong-roshi shows us how to treasure the ordinary activities of our daily lives through an understanding of simple Buddhist practices and ideas. The author’s spontaneous, poetic, and pragmatic teachings—so reminiscent of his spiritual predecessor Shunryu...
Moon by the Window
The Calligraphy and Zen Insights of Shodo Harada
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Shodo Harada is internationally recognized both as a Zen teacher and as a world-class master of the fine art of Zen calligraphy. Harada regularly exhibits and gives calligraphy demonstrations in museums and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Accomplished Zen teachers from across the globe come to...
by Hozumi Gensho Roshi
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This collection of 28 teachings by Zen Master Hozumi Gensho reads like an eloquent Dharma chapbook complete with original works of Zen calligraphy. Hozumi Roshi gently leads the reader through some of the major themes of Buddhism as presented in the Heart Sutra the Mumonkan (Gateless Gate) the Hekigan-roku...
Zen & Karma
Teachings of Roshi Taisen Deshimaru
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) was a Japanese Zen Master, and the individual largely responsible for bringing Soto Zen to Europe. A legendary figure, widely acknowledged throughout the Zen world, he stands in the ranks of the great Zen teachers of modern times, including, Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, and...
Wholehearted Way
A Translation of Eihei Dagen's Bendowa, With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Wholehearted Way is a translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or A Talk on the Wholehearted...
The Heart of Zen
Enlightenment, Emotional Maturity, and What It Really Takes for Spiritual Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
While we are more and more familiar with popular ideas of enlightenment and spiritual awakening, life still comes at us full force, and hope can turn to frustration as the gulf between our spiritual belief and our everyday life seems to loom ever larger. Through spirited Q&A sessions with Zen...
by Roshi Fernando
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
In this stunningly assured debut work of fiction, Roshi Fernando weaves together the lives of an extended Sri Lankan family.
At Victor and Nandini’s home in southeast London, the New Year’s Eve celebration is under way. Everyone is gathered around—clinking glasses of arrack and whisky,...
by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, Shohaku Okumura
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Abandon your treasured delusions and hit the road with one of the most important Zen masters of twentieth-century Japan.
Eschewing the entrapments of vanity, power, and money, "Homeless" Kodo Sawaki Roshi refused to accept a permanent position as a temple abbot, despite repeated offers....
by Roshi P. Kapleau
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
In this classic work of spiritual guidance, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center presents a comprehensive overview of Zen Buddhism. Exploring the three pillars of Zen—teaching, practice, and enlightenment—Roshi Philip Kapleau, the man who founded one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers...
How to Cook Your Life
From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2005
In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook. In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training,...
The Heart Sutra
A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum...
Most Intimate
A Zen Approach to Life's Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
For Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, intimacy is what Zen practice is all about: the realization of the essential lack of distinction between self and other that inevitably leads to wisdom and compassionate action. She approaches the practice of intimacy beginning at its most basic level—the intimacy with...
by Roshi, Duncan Shoco Sings-Alone
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Sprinting Backwards to God tells of a hilarious and poignant journey with Grandfather Duncan Shoko Sings-Alone. From an early age, he yearned to serve God as a minister, but the Spirits had a different plan for him. They did everything they could to disrupt his dash toward the Christian ministry....
Zen
Merging of East and West
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
In this companion volume to The Three Pillars of Zen, Kapleau establishes guidelines for Western practitioners of Zen Buddhism, offering appealing, simple answers to the questions Westerners most often ask. Among the topics discussed in this informative, user-friendly book: "Transcendental...
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