Zen for the Rest of Us Eightfold: Zen Poetry for Blindly Clasping Beings is a collection of sixty poemsthat will meet you where you are—muddy, submerged, gasping—and remind you: this is where the lotus grows. Shaped by the author’s ongoing dialogue with secular Buddhist thought, these verses offer empathy for the very real struggle of quieting the mind, illuminate the tension between spiritual aspiration and lived reality, and reflect on Buddhist teachings, practices, and precepts—all from...

Zen for the Rest of UsEightfold: Zen Poetry for Blindly Clasping Beings is a collection of sixty poems that will meet you where you are—muddy, submerged, gasping—and remind you: this is where the lotus grows. Shaped by the author’s ongoing dialogue with secular Buddhist thought, these verses offer empathy for the very real struggle of quieting the mind, illuminate the tension between spiritual aspiration and lived reality, and reflect on B...

This stunning meditation from the renowned author of The Book of Awakening offers a fresh perspective on the art of being alive and provides essential insight into how we can overcome the barriers holding us back from living life to its fullest.“Once again, Mark Nepo draws us to the heart of what matters. He illuminates love with the light of his own understanding.”—Marianne WilliamsonHow can we stay awake and authentic when ou...

May people have read about the benefits of meditation and would love to try it, but feel it is beyond their capabilities. Coming To Your Senses changes that perception. It teaches a new approach to meditation that makes the task of silencing the thought and clutter in your head no longer a difficult challenge. This book takes you by the arm and leads you step by step through the process of learning this new approach to meditation called Inner Vision Meditation. It reveals how each of us ma...

Poems for accepting all that you are—including those parts of yourself that you wish you could disown“Give yourself permissionto rest, and be silent,and do nothing.Love this aloneness, friend.Fall into it.(Don’t worry. You won’t disappear. I am here to catch you.)Invite warm, curious attention

The Katha Upanishad embraces the key ideas of Indian mysticism in a mythic story we can all relate to – the quest of a young hero, Nachiketa, who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality.But the insights of the Katha are scattered, hard to understand. Easwaran presents them systematically, and practically, as a way to explore deeper and deeper levels of personality, and to answer the age-old question, “Who am I?”Easwaran grew up in India, le...

KrishnHans has created a book of positive philosophy that makes the reader think. Powerful thoughts are expressed as concise statements that form the 753 Motivational Quotes of this book. The quotes are simple but express deep thought and feeling giving the reader a boost of positivity. Some of the quotes by KrishnHans may go on to be the axioms that you live your life by.The simple truths expressed in this book are values that have been forgotten in the complexity of modern living...

The Message of a Master is the story of a seemingly miraculous change that takes place in a man after he meets a true master of life. He learns and shares with us teachings that allow him to develop his powers so that he can accomplish anything he desires.

Meditation is often hailed as a way to reduce stress and induce states of mental relaxation. It is certainly true that meditation will allow a person to achieve relaxation. This is because the first goal of meditation is to "still the mind" and to thereby allow the shape of the true self to emerge. But what is this "true self" one might ask and why should this be of interest to anyone? To answer this, it is first of all necessary to establish a simple vocabulary that can be used to address...

The profound, poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching lends itself beautifully to the subject of healing. Haven Trevino's modern adaptation of this ancient work captures the essence of the original in language accessible to all. The Tao of Healing gives wonderful insight and hope to both healers and those in need of healing. Trevino, a student of the Tao Te Ching for many years, began this inspirational work after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, an event that motivated him "to bring ...

The purpose of life on earth is to realize who we are. Traditionally this had been called enlightenment, Self realization, salvation or being born again. The course of Self realization cannot be followed by reason alone or by faith or intuition alone but only in a balanced approach that includes both reasoned thought and intuition. Mankind in this current time is overburdened by thought which produces an overemphasis on doing and achieving whatever is sought in the future. In general, peop...