Genre: Nonfiction
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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 […]
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March was made of yarn : reflections on the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown
On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to […]