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  • Have You Forgotten Yet?

    The First World War Memoirs of C.P. Blacker MC, GM

    by John Blacker ...
    The story of an infantry officer on the Western Front, of the Fourth Battalion of the Coldstream Guards who was awarded the MC. At first he had a relatively safe posting but this preyed on his conscience and asked for front-line duty. This he experiencced in large meaure and his account is hugely well worth reading. The book ends with a moving description of the liberation of French towns which ... Read more

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  • The Book of Mu

    Essential Writings on Zen's Most Important Koan

    The word "mu" is one ancient Zen teacher's response to the earnest question of whether even a dog has "buddha nature". Discovering for ourselves the meaning of the master's response is the urgent work of each of us who yearns to be free and at peace. "Practicing Mu" is synonymous with practicing Zen, "sitting with Mu" is an apt description for all Zen meditation, and it is said that all the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Zen: Talks, Stories and Commentaries

    by Albert Low ...
    Albert Low, teacher and director at the Montreal Zen Center and dharma heir of Roshi Philip Kapleau, provides an engaging collection of talks, stories and commentaries on Zen. Though the entries range from dharma talks on koans to discussions on Buddhism and Christianity, they all address concrete concerns of our lives and reveal the author's profound insights. ... Read more

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  • Hakuin’s Chant in Praise of Zazen

    by Albert Low ...
    Hakuin Zenji is one of Japan's most celebrated Zen masters. Tradition tells us that he single-handedly revived Rinzai Zen in Japan. He was an artist, calligrapher and writer, as well as being a Zen master. He said that writing is verbal prajna and his writings are vigorous, courageous, and always to the point. The Chant in Praise of Zazen, Zazen Wasan, is justifiably one of his best-known works. ... Read more

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  • Zen and the Sutras

    by Albert Low ...
    The basic message of all the Mahayana Buddhist sutras is awakening - what the Zen teacher Bassui called "seeing the wordless sutra." Zen and the Sutras is an accessible study of the major Mahayana sutras as manuals for the practice of Zen. Low's insights and conclusions about spirituality and humanity will both illuminate and inspire, in the way of Zen, in the search for spiritual awakening. ... Read more

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  • Working with Zen Koans

    by Albert Low ...
    Because words can no more hold the truth than a net can hold water, we use koans. Koans are sayings, or doings, of Zen masters, the patriarchs and Buddha. Take for example the koan: The Sound of One Hand clapping. In its entirety it reads: "You know the sound of two hands clapping. What is the sound of one hand clapping?" The obvious, intellectual answer is, No sound at all! But then what is this ... Read more

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  • The Art of Just Sitting

    Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza

    Edited by John Daido Loori ...
    Shikantaza--or "just sitting"--is one of the simplest, most subtle forms of meditation, and one of the most easily misunderstood. This peerless volume brings together a wealth of writings, from the Buddha himself to Bodhidharma and Dogen and many of modern Zen Buddhism's most influential masters, all pointing directly to the heart of this powerful practice. Edited by one of America's pre-eminent ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • How To Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas

    FPMT Lineage, #2

    Series Book 2 - FPMT Lineage
    Buddhism is a house full of treasures — practices for gaining the happiness of future lives, the bliss of liberation and the supreme happiness of enlightenment — but knowing the difference between Dharma and non-Dharma practices is the key that opens the door to all those treasures. No matter how much we know about emptiness, the chakras or controlling our vital energy through kundalini yoga, it's ... Read more

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  • What Happens When I Die?

    On the Spiritual Path, #4

    by David Tuffley ...
    Series Book 4 - On the Spiritual Path
    It is natural for people to shy away from the reality of death. After all, the fear of dying is the root fear of all fears. Yet this refusal to acknowledge the impermanence of our earthly existence creates a deep anxiety that inhibits a person's spiritual progress. Put another way, if we are to progress on the spiritual path, it is necessary to fully accept the impermanence of life and the ... Read more

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  • Bodhisattva Attitude: How to Dedicate Your Life to Others

    Heart Advice, #1

    Series Book 1 - Heart Advice
    This book comprises several motivations taught by Lama Zopa Rinpoche called Bodhicitta Motivations For Life, intended for us to use first thing every morning to generate the mind of bodhicitta and dedicate our life to numberless sentient beings. The Bodhisattva Attitude is taken from the sutra teachings of the Buddha and is based on verses by the great bodhisattva Shantideva in his Guide to the ... Read more

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  • Dhammapada (Mobi Classics)

    Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists Translated from Pali by F. Max MullerThe Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... Read more

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  • Life, Death and After Death

    by Lama Yeshe ...
    This book contains the last teachings Lama Yeshe gave in the West. Poignantly, the topic was death and rebirth; six months later, Lama Yeshe passed away. It also includes an introductory discourse by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and concludes with a teaching on transference of consciousness given by Lama Yeshe in London in 1982."Tibetan Buddhism teaches us to understand the death process and trains us to ... Read more

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