Ezra Bayda

The Authentic Life

Zen Wisdom for Living Free from Complacency and Fear

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the principles of Zen Buddhism and how they can be a means of using life's challenges to achieve greater happiness and spiritual fulfillment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781611800920
• ISBN-10: 1611800927
• Artikelnr.: 39161840

Autorenporträt

EZRA BAYDA was born in 1944 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After graduating from Rutgers University with a degree in philosophy, he became a carpenter and a builder, an occupation he worked at for thirty years. He teaches with his wife, Elizabeth Hamilton (author of Untrain Your Parrot), at Zen Center San Diego. He is also founder of the Santa Rosa Zen Group in Santa Rosa, California, where he teaches monthly. He is the author five previous books, including Being Zen, Zen Heart, and Beyond Happiness.  For more information, visit www.zencentersandiego.org.

Inhaltsangabe

  Part I   The Territory and The Map
1.              Skeletons At the Feast
2.              The Rocky Road
3.              The Eternal Recurrence
4.              Doorways Into Reality
5.              Transforming Energy 
  Part II   Awakening the Mind
6.              What About Happiness?
7.              No One Special To Be 
8.              Who’s Who in the Zoo?
9.              The Misguided Quest
10.             Shades of Grey
  Part III   Emotional Awakening
11.            The Dilemma of Anger
12.             Saying Yes to Fear
13.           The Great Teaching
14.           What We Really Want 
15.           Sound Bites That Matter
  Part IV   Awakening the Heart
16.            The Bigger Picture
17.            The Song of Meditation
18.            The Most Important Thing
19.            Enjoy the Ride