Now and Zen

by Eiyû Murakoshi
Now and Zen
Author: Eiyû Murakoshi
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0141991003
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'In Japan we have an expression, 'Float like Cloud, Flow like Water'. Its meaning is: to live free and unconstrained' In this short introduction to Zen Buddhism, a practising Japanese monk shares the many lessons he has learned from life inside a temple. With charm and humour, he guides us through everything from meditation to tea-drinking ceremonies, the meaning of koans to preparing Zen food. Accompanied by the author's own illustrations, this book invites you to change your perception through the wisdom of monastic life.

Zen and Now

by Mark Richardson
Zen and Now
Author: Mark Richardson
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 5
Release: 2009-09-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307373150
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On the Trail of Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen and Now is the story of a story that will appeal to the 5 million readers of the original and serve as an initiation to a whole new generation. Since its original publication in 1968, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values has touched whole generations of readers with its serious attempt to define “quality” in a world that seems indifferent to the responsibilities that quality brings. Mark Richardson expands that journey with an investigation of his own – to find the enigmatic author of Zen and the Art, ask him a few questions, and place his classic book in context. The result manages to be a biography of Pirsig himself – in the discovery of an unknown life of madness, murder and eventual resolution – and a splendid meditation on creativity and problem-solving, sanity and insanity.

Now and Zen

by Linda Gerber
Now and Zen
Author: Linda Gerber
Publisher: Speak
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006-09-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780142406571
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Nori Tanaka is thrilled to be studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, but it isn't exactly what she had imagined. She expected tranquil gardens and swoopy-roofed houses, not concrete and neon. And everyone assumes that, with her traditional Japanese features, she's a native instead of the naïve Japanese-American that she really is. Even Erik, a gorgeous German student, mistakes Nori for Japanese, and treats her like a personal tour guide. Nori is sure that he'll like her for who she is once he gets to know her, so what harm can come of temporarily pretending to be Japanese? It doesn't take long to realize that she has a lot to learn about Japan, and about herself, before she can pass for a native. But after exploring the karaoke clubs in Tokyo, the peaceful temples in Kyoto, and the tranquil heights of Mt. Fuji, Nori knows she has a good chance of finding the hidden Japanese spirit and Zen mindset within herself.

Mindfulness, Now and Zen: The sceptics guide to Ultimate Reality

by Wally Barr
Mindfulness, Now and Zen: The sceptics guide to Ultimate Reality
Author: Wally Barr
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-02-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1326946765
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This book explores how each of us knows what we know. It considers claims that we see only illusions and that behind it all there is an indescribably beautiful reality - both a God and a Nirvana. The book goes on to explain in simple terms how these two ideas, so different on the surface, may not be so different at all. Ranging across the centuries the book draws on the teachings of a wide variety of thinkers from vastly different cultural, philosophical and religious backgrounds. The message they each bring is distilled into one consistent story in which our everyday sense of reality can be thought of as a deceptive and rather pale reflection of what's really going on. And although our thinking processes are seriously limited, the book describes how we can all transcend these limitations and experience Ultimate Reality through the simple practice of mindfulness - for mindfulness meditation offers freedom from thinking.

Now Zen

by Charlotte Joko Beck
Now Zen
Author: Charlotte Joko Beck
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 83
Release: 1994-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780062511737
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Here is cut-to-the-chase Zen by the beloved, no-nonsense teacher whose Everyday Zen and Nothing Special have become underground classics, with more than 120,000 copies sold. With wit and shining insight, Now Zen is a concise rendering of the foundational ideas of Joko Beck's teaching, wh ich shows how to live with mindfulness, awareness, honest, and integrity.

The New Now and Zen Epicure

by Miyoko Schinner
The New Now and Zen Epicure
Author: Miyoko Schinner
Publisher: Book Publishing Company
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1570679010
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If you're craving something uncommonly delicious, but uncomplicated to prepare, look no further. From the Now & Zen Restaurant in San Francisco comes an imaginative collection of recipes that harmoniously blends distinctive cuisines—French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Indian—in tempting vegan dishes. Acclaimed bakery chef and plant-based food innovator Miyoko Schinner shares her latest creations in this updated version of her popular gourmet vegan cookbook.

Zen Is Right Now

by Shunryu Suzuki
Zen Is Right Now
Author: Shunryu Suzuki
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834843773
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Spirituality & Practice “Best Books of 2021” Award Winner 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, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students. Complementary to another collection about Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here, this book offers a joyful bounty of anecdotes and insights, revealing a playful and deeply wise teacher who delighted in paradox and laughed often. Each of the stories and quotes presented here is an example of the versatile and timeless quality evident in Suzuki’s teaching, showing that the potential for attaining enlightenment exists right now, in this very moment.

Presentation Zen

by Garr Reynolds
Presentation Zen
Author: Garr Reynolds
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0321601890
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FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.