The Zen Commandments

Author : Dean Sluyter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101161930
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zen Commandments written by Dean Sluyter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-03-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Commandments tell us how to behave, but they don't say much about the inner awareness from which outer behavior springs. Do the right thing, of course-- but better yet, find your inner light and doing the right thing becomes as natural as breathing. THE ZEN COMMANDMENTS offers ten powerful nudges toward that light. Drawing on sources from Zen stories and the Bible to jazz and rock 'n' roll, from American movies to Tibetan meditative techniques, Dean Sluyter steers clear of dogma and emphasizes what works-- a sort of spiritual street smarts. He shows that the state of boundless freedom and happiness isn't something distant or exotic, but is right here, while you're stuck in traffic or taking out the trash. And revisiting the Ten Commandments, he shows how on a deeper level they offer some surprising enlightenment wisdom of their own. “The book is extremely well written and joyously entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly “With sparkling clarity and wit, Sluyter's ten suggestions lay out the practical essentials of the path. My suggestion is: listen to this guy.” —Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within “Dean Sluyter clearly presents simple but profound ways to live one's life consciously and skillfully. He teaches that the source of universal truth not only rests in the heart of every one of us, but is the essence of what ultimately brings us true happiness and freedom. This is a wonderful book with rich wisdom and deep insight.” —Rabbi David Cooper, author of God Is a Verb “No matter what your religion (or lack of it), this book shows how to live the kind of life people ache for. It turns out to be pretty simple.” —Jane Cavolina, co-author of Growing Up Catholic

Author : Dean Sluyter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781322695969
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Author : Pietro S. Nivola
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815760931
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tense Commandments written by Pietro S. Nivola and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, Americans still prefer the suburbs to the cities. While many of the underlying causes of the urban predicament are familiar, there is also the less recognized possibility that regulatory policies of the federal government disadvantage the cities and ultimately burden their ability to attract residents and businesses. This book encourages renewed reflection on the suitable balance between national and local domains.

Author : Henry G. Brinton
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788024639
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Commandments of Faith and Fitness written by Henry G. Brinton and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the Ten Commandments that guide our spiritual lives, Henry Brinton and Vikram Khanna have devised Ten Commandments of Faith and Fitness, a scientifically sound resource that teaches how to properly incorporate physical activity into daily life and how to eat better, while building faith in the process.

Author : Dean Sluyter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101993758
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fear Less written by Dean Sluyter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less Fear, More Life—a Practical Guide These days there’s so much fear in the air, you can almost taste it—along with all the varieties of anxiety, anger, and addiction that grow out of it. How can you navigate your way through the fear and confusion, and find your way to peace? In Fear Less, acclaimed teacher and award-winning author Dean Sluyter shows how to use simple meditative techniques and subtle tweaks of body, mind, and breath to open your life to deep, relaxed confidence. Drawing on ancient enlightenment teachings as well as contemporary research, he lays out practical, easy-to-follow steps for addressing such issues as: • letting go of compulsive overthinking • loosening the bonds of addiction (including smartphone addiction) • overcoming the fear of death • finding meditative stillness in the thick of activity

Author : Sara Jenkins
Publisher : Keep It Simple Books
ISBN 13 : 9780963078421
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Life written by Sara Jenkins and published by Keep It Simple Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Life presents the Buddhist precepts as signposts on the path to discovering human beings' inherent goodness. It offers concrete ways of transforming real-life difficulties into freedom.

Author : Dean Sluyter
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
ISBN 13 : 039917141X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Meditation written by Dean Sluyter and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD-MEDAL WINNER FOR 2015 There’s no trying in meditation. Just as water runs naturally downhill … just as leaves float naturally to the ground … we can all settle naturally into meditation. Not trying, just allowing—not doing, just being. The key is effortlessness. Whether you’re a complete novice or you’ve “tried it before,” if you can breathe you can meditate. Guided by veteran teacher Dean Sluyter’s easy-going, down-to-earth approach, you’ll test-drive a variety of meditative “vehicles,” such as breath, sound, the senses, the sky, and the simple sense of “I,” and discover which ones fit you best. You’ll find all the practical tips you need for adapting these methods to your daily life, even for a few minutes a day on the subway or in an office cubicle. And as your life opens to deep happiness, clarity, peace, and creative energy, you’ll be inspired to keep on practicing—naturally.

Author : Kissiah Young, MSW
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059541561X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth Exposed written by Kissiah Young, MSW and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Truth Exposed takes you along a tender journey of pain rooted in childhood abuse, religious conflict, and sexuality. This journey begins with the impact of a domineering, controlling, and abusive mother, a life alone at eighteen-battling sexuality and Christianity, and the sudden death of the author's father, to self-acceptance and spiritual wholeness. The Truth Exposed reveals the infinite possibilities present even when met with complete chaos, uncertainty, and aloneness. It offers profound insight and deep healing. The Truth Exposed is more than a book; it is a profound experience.

Author : Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834825600
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waking Up to What You Do written by Diane Eshin Rizzetto and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is rising up to meet us at every moment. The question is: Are we there to meet it or not? Diane Rizzetto presents a simple but supremely effective practice for meeting every moment of our lives with mindfulness, using the Zen precepts as tools to develop a keen awareness of the motivations behind every aspect of our behavior—to "wake up to what we do"—from moment to moment. As we train in mindfulness of our actions, every situation of our lives becomes our teacher, offering priceless insight into what it really means to be happy. It's a simple practice with transformative potential, enabling us to break through our habitual reactions and to see clearly how our own happiness and well-being are intimately, inevitably connected to the happiness and well-being of everyone around us.

Author : John Daido Loori
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834824507
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invoking Reality written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a common misconception that to practice Zen is to practice meditation and nothing else. In truth, traditionally, the practice of meditation goes hand-in-hand with moral conduct. In Invoking Reality, John Daido Loori, one of the leading Zen teachers in America today, presents and explains the ethical precepts of Zen as essential aspects of Zen training and development. The Buddhist teachings on morality—the precepts—predate Zen, going all the way back to the Buddha himself. They describe, in essence, how a buddha, or awakened person, lives his or her life in the world. Loori provides a modern interpretation of the precepts and discusses the ethical significance of these vows as guidelines for living. "Zen is a practice that takes place within the world," he says, "based on moral and ethical teachings that have been handed down from generation to generation." In his view, the Buddhist precepts form one of the most vital areas of spiritual practice.