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Don’t Worry

48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk. Discover why 90% of your worries won’t come true in this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living.

May 4, 2023
Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan’s #Metoo Movement

Black Box is a riveting, sobering memoir that chronicles one woman’s struggle for justice, calling for changes to an industry–and in society at large–to ensure that future victims of sexual assault can come forward without being silenced and humiliated. In 2015, an aspiring young journalist named Shiori Ito charged prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi with rape. After…

May 4, 2023
The Art of Simple Living

100 Daily Practices from a Zen Buddhist Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy

April 17, 2023
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty : a geek’s diet memoir

In this uplifting memoir, famous Japanese pop culture “geek” Toshio Okada tells of the diet and lifestyle changes he made in his fight against obesity, and how his public perception dramatically improved as a result of his healthier appearance. Toshio Okada lost 110lbs in one year, without the use of funky dieting techniques or exercises,…

November 9, 2013
Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo

October 28, 2013
Treasury of the true dharma eye : Zen master Dogen’s Shobo genzo

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobo Genzo, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of Zen’s Soto school.

October 28, 2013
Shobogenzo : zen essays by Dogen

Zen essays.

October 28, 2013
Classics of Buddhism and Zen : the collected translations of Thomas Cleary : volume two : teachings of Zen : Zen reader : Zen letters : Shobogenzo : Zen essays by Dogen : the ecstasy of enlightenment

Volume Two of Classics of Buddhism and Zen contains teachings predominantly from the Japanese Zen tradition including the writings of Dogen, the founder and most venerated master of Japanese Zen. Also included is a translation of the Carya-Gita, a collection of the teachings of famous tantric masters who lived during the illustrious Pala dynasty of…

October 28, 2013
Classics of Buddhism and Zen : the collected translations of Thomas Cleary : volume one : Zen lessons : Zen essence : the five houses of Zen : minding mind : instant Zen

Volume One of Classics of Buddhism and Zen contains teachings predominantly from the Chinese Zen (Chan) tradition, including the writings of revered Chinese masters such as Pai-chang, founder of the Chan monastic tradition; Huang-po, one of the forefathers of the Lin-chi-tsung or Rinzai school; Foyan, the great master of the twelfth-century Chinese Zen “renaissance”; and…

October 28, 2013
How to raise an ox : Zen practice as taught in Zen Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, including ten newly translated essays

In this work Francis Dojun Cook has translated ten practice-oriented chapters of Master Eihei Dogen’s masterwork, the Shobogenzo, in which Dogen discusses what is involved in the wholehearted, moment-to-moment practice of Zen, with numerous examples from the lives of past masters.

October 28, 2013