"Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years. Albert Welter offers new insight into the significance of Yanshou and his major work, the Zongjing lu, by showing thei…
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573-1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation…
As a great teacher once said, 'We never ask the meaning of life when we're in love'. But the real question is, 'Why aren't we in love all the time?' Zen and the Art of Falling in Love answers that question. By combining the psychological understanding of relationships with the p…
Explains how to apply Zen principles to create and maintain loving relationships, outlining thirteen essential practices that offer advice on how to overcome such challenges as miscommunication, insecurity, and jealousy.
A modern Zen classic'reissued with new material: An introduction to the great tenth-century Chinese master, with translations of his key works. Yunmen Wenyan (c. 864'949) was a master of the Chinese Zen (Chan) tradition and one of the most influential teachers in its history, sh…
Modern Zen classic--reissued with new material: An introduction to the great tenth-century Chinese master, with translations of his key works.
