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  • The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin

    A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu

    by Hakuin Ekaku ...
    Translated by Norman Waddell ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1685–1768) is credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing Japanese Zen after three hundred years of decline. As a teacher, he placed special emphasis on koan practice, inventing many new koans himself, including the famous "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" As an artist, Hakuin used calligraphy and painting to create ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Wild Ivy

    The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin

    by Hakuin Ekaku ...
    Translated by Norman Waddell ...
    A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1685–1768) is credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing Japanese Zen after three hundred years of decline. As a teacher, he placed special emphasis on koan practice, inventing many new koans himself, including the famous "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" This English translation of Hakuin’s intimate self-portrait ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Complete Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn

    The Zen Records of Hakuin Ekaku

    by Hakuin Zenji ...
    Translated by Norman Waddell ...
    Following his translation of just over half the original text in 2014, Norman Waddell presents the complete teaching record of Zen master Hakuin, now available in English with extensive explanations, notes, and even the wry, helpful comments that students attending Hakuin’s lectures inscribed in their copies of the textWith this volume, Norman Waddell completes his acclaimed translation of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Zen Words for the Heart

    Hakuin's Commentary on the Heart Sutra

    by Hakuin ...
    Translated by Norman Waddell ...
    Hakuin Zenji (1689-1769) was one of the most important of all Japanese Zen masters. His commentary on the Heart Sutra is a Zen classic that reflects his dynamic teaching style, with its balance of scathing wit and poetic illumination of the text. Hakuin's sarcasm, irony, and invective are ultimately guided by a compassion that seeks to dislodge students' false assumptions and free them to realize ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Beating the Cloth Drum

    Letters of Zen Master Hakuin

    by Hakuin ...
    Translated by Norman Waddell ...
    Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1769) is one of the most influential figures in Zen Buddhism. He revitalized the Rinzai Zen tradition (which emphasizes the use of koans, or unanswerable questions, in meditation practice), and all masters of that school today trace their lineage back through him. He is responsible for the most famous of all koans: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" He is also famous for ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Undying Lamp of Zen

    The Testament of Zen Master Torei

    Translated by Thomas Cleary ...
    by Zen Master Torei Enji ...
    The Undying Lamp of Zen is a pure and powerful distillation of Zen doctrine and practice written by Torei Enji (1721–1792), a Zen master and artist. Torei was best known as one of two "genius assistants" to Hakuin Ekaku, a towering figure in Zen Buddhism who revitalized the Rinzai school, which focuses on koan practice. Torei was responsible for much of the advanced work of Hakuin’s later ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Narrow Road to the Interior

    And Other Writings

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Sam Hamill ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    A masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature—part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakeningBashō (1644–1694)—a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty—is renowned in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Tenth of December

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    by George Saunders ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: People, The New York ... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition

    A Handbook for Living

    by Dalai Lama ...
    A beloved classic—the original book on happiness, with new material from His Holiness the Dalai LamaNearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Art of Zen Meditation

    by Howard Fast ...
    Bestselling author Howard Fast's straightforward introduction to Zen meditationHoward Fast began to formally practice Zen meditation after turning away from communism in 1956. The Art of Zen Meditation, originally published by the antiwar political collective Peace Press in 1977, is the fruit of Fast's study: a brief and instructive history of Zen Buddhism and its tenets, written with a simplicity ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making a Change for Good

    A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline

    by Cheri Huber ...
    According to Zen teacher Cheri Huber, we are conditioned to think that if we were only a little better in some way, we would be happy: "Life isn't the way it should be and it's my fault!" But, Huber says, no amount of self-punishment will ever make us happy or bring us control over life’s problems.The help we are looking for is really found in self-acceptance and kindness toward ourselves. By ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Zen Bow, Zen Arrow

    The Life and Teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Archery Master from Zen in the Art of Archery

    by John Stevens ...
    The life and inspirational teachings of Awa Kenzo, the Japanese master archer first introduced in the martial arts classic Zen in the Art of ArcheryA Zen and kyudo (archery) master, Awa Kenzo (1880–1939) first gained worldwide renown after the publication of Eugen Herrigel's cult classic Zen in the Art of Archery in 1953. Kenzo lived and taught at a pivotal time in Japan's history, when martial ... Read more

    $11.99 USD