Download or read book Zen and the Psychology of Transformation written by Hubert Benoit and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man cannot live fully until he has considered the great questions of life. It is for this reason that we turn to Western psychology and metaphysics for help in solving our problems. The approach of psychology and psychotherapy is based on "statistical normality," or the behavior of the greatest number. In an effort to conform, we focus on our problems rather than our possibilities, emulating a norm that falls drastically short of our full capacity for development. Oriental thought, and Zen thought in particular, seeks to activate the true potential of men and women--to transform our lives, and thereby enable us to shed our problems and suffering. The Supreme Doctrine applies the essence of Oriental Wisdom to the pursuit of self-knowledge and transcendence. The first step in a holistic psychology is to begin examining the true “state of man,” rather than its aberrations. In so doing, we can give new direction and purpose to our lives. The author does not advocate “conversion” to Eastern thought, but rather an integration of East and West, wherein Western psychological thinking and reasoning can be enriched and clarified by Oriental wisdom.
Download or read book The Zen of Transformation written by Nasrudin O'Shah and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magic of Zen written by Inez Stein and published by Humanics Publishing Group. This book was released on 1995-01-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the basic spiritual relevance of Zen to magic and magic to Zen, this unique book discusses the influences of the subconscious, karmic energy, polarity, rhythm, reincarnation, psychic abilities, the law of gender, vibration, and tranquilizing contemplation. The Magic of Zen leads us towards self- transformation, towards the discovery of our own personal inner ability for Magic and enlightenment through meditation exercises.
Download or read book The Magic of Zen written by Inez Diane Stein and published by Humanics Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essential Zen Habits written by Leo Babauta and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, simplicity expert Leo Babauta published his masterwork, Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change. Then, in 2015, he published a new, abridged version, Essential Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change Briefly, aimed at readers who didn't care about the underlying theory laid out in the first book but just wanted the basic steps needed to quit bad habits, deal with life struggles, and practice mindfulness-a compact series of instructions with no fluff whatsoever. The author explains: "This is a concise guide to changing habits and dealing with struggles. I made it intentionally brief so you don't have to dig for the 'tell me what to do' bits. It's meant to get to the point, quickly, with no stories and not many explanations-the 'just do this' book you've been wanting to help you take action." What does this book cover? Here are the key topics: - How to change a habit, using a six-week process. - How to troubleshoot changes if you're having difficulties. - How to change a bad habit (advanced topic). - How to deal with life struggles. - How to develop mindfulness in everyday life. The author writes: "I dive into some deeper topics than just the mechanics of habit change, but they're the most useful ideas I've ever come across in all my years of writing about habit change and mindfulness and happiness. I hope you find this useful! I've written it for you with love."
Download or read book Zen and the Psychology of Transformation written by Hubert Benoît and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Our Mind written by Thich Nhat Hanh and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2002-02-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautilus Award Finalist The renowned Zen’s monk’s profound study of Buddhist psychology—with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world Based on the fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth-century Buddhist master Vasubandhu and the teachings of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing, embracing, and looking deeply into the nature of our feelings and perceptions. Presenting the basic teachings of Buddhist applied psychology, Understanding Our Mind shows us how our mind is like a field, where every kind of seed is planted—seeds of suffering, anger, happiness, and peace. The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds in our mind. If we know how to water seeds of joy and transform seeds of suffering, then understanding, love, and compassion will flower. Vietnamese Zen Master Thuong Chieu said, “When we understand how our mind works, the practice becomes easy.”
Download or read book Selfless Insight written by James H. Austin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention, self-consciousness, insight, wisdom, emotional maturity: how Zen teachings can illuminate the way our brains function and vice-versa. When neurology researcher James Austin began Zen training, he found that his medical education was inadequate. During the past three decades, he has been at the cutting edge of both Zen and neuroscience, constantly discovering new examples of how these two large fields each illuminate the other. Now, in Selfless Insight, Austin arrives at a fresh synthesis, one that invokes the latest brain research to explain the basis for meditative states and clarifies what Zen awakening implies for our understanding of consciousness. Austin, author of the widely read Zen and the Brain, reminds us why Zen meditation is not only mindfully attentive but evolves to become increasingly selfless and intuitive. Meditators are gradually learning how to replace over-emotionality with calm, clear objective comprehension. In this new book, Austin discusses how meditation trains our attention, reprogramming it toward subtle forms of awareness that are more openly mindful. He explains how our maladaptive notions of self are rooted in interactive brain functions. And he describes how, after the extraordinary, deep states of kensho-satori strike off the roots of the self, a flash of transforming insight-wisdom leads toward ways of living more harmoniously and selflessly. Selfless Insight is the capstone to Austin's journey both as a creative neuroscientist and as a Zen practitioner. His quest has spanned an era of unprecedented progress in brain research and has helped define the exciting new field of contemplative neuroscience.
Download or read book Seeing through Zen written by John R. Mcrae and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-01-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tradition of Chan Buddhism—more popularly known as Zen—has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and—ultimately—productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of scholarship, Seeing through Zen offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices and religious history. Writing in a lucid and engaging style, McRae traces the emergence of this Chinese spiritual tradition and its early figureheads, Bodhidharma and the "sixth patriarch" Huineng, through the development of Zen dialogue and koans. In addition to constructing a central narrative for the doctrinal and social evolution of the school, Seeing through Zen examines the religious dynamics behind Chan’s use of iconoclastic stories and myths of patriarchal succession. McRae argues that Chinese Chan is fundamentally genealogical, both in its self-understanding as a school of Buddhism and in the very design of its practices of spiritual cultivation. Furthermore, by forgoing the standard idealization of Zen spontaneity, we can gain new insight into the religious vitality of the school as it came to dominate the Chinese religious scene, providing a model for all of East Asia—and the modern world. Ultimately, this book aims to change how we think about Chinese Chan by providing new ways of looking at the tradition.
Download or read book D i y Zen and The Art of Gentle Emotional Transformation written by Gary Nobuo Niki and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you or a loved one suffering in silence following emotional or physical trauma? Have you felt awkward or embarrassed when telling someone who might help with what happened? Are there any past traumas, embarrassments or hurts without the aid of immediate self-help tools? Do you currently have stress or past hurts that you have not healed? If yes, d.i.y. zen and The Art of Gentle Emotional Transformation may be just what you have been looking for! You are holding simple yet powerful 'do-it-yourself' (d.i.y.) tools to help clear out these feelings and to bring in a positive transformation for you and your loved ones! Gary Niki has used the simple tools and techniques in this book on himself, then shared them with thousands of individuals over the past two decades. Many of these happily share in this book the amazing and positive outcomes they have experienced! Gary cares. "I know, as these processes have helped us, it's possible for you and your loved ones to benefit and enjoy the positive difference in your life, just as we have! d.i.y. zen and The Art of Gentle Emotional Transformation and its workbook will make a positive difference in your life and in the lives of everyone you care about! Let's Go For It!"
Download or read book Zen and the Art of Poker written by Larry Phillips and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside the intriguing world of poker lies a fascinating exercise in strategy and extreme concentration--many of the same principles that underpin the one-thousand-year-old philosophy of Zen spirituality. Zen and the Art of Poker is the first book to apply Zen theories to America's most popular card game, presenting tips that readers can use to enhance their game. Among the more than one hundred rules that comprise this book, readers will learn to: *Make peace with folding *Use inaction as a weapon *Make patience a central pillar of their strategy *Pick their times of confrontation Using a concise and spare style, in the tradition of Zen practices and rituals, Zen and the Art of Poker traces a parallel track connecting the two disciplines by giving comments and inspirational examples from the ancient Zen masters to the poker masters of today.
Download or read book Zen and the Art of Global Transformation written by Kevin J. Shay and published by . This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transformation written by Zen Benefiel and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-08-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Transformational Life Coach Need to make some changes in your life and not sure how to do so? Transform your life in 30 days, guaranteed - if you do the work. This is a practical guide for personal and professional growth during times of being challenged to change. The guides and techniques have proven their worth for decades. This is NOT just someone's story of how they transformed their life... it IS a jam-packed WORKBOOK for YOUR transformation. Transformation: A Guide for Change is an easier way through transition, trauma and turmoil from out-dated or dysfunctional belief systems buried so deep that that they rarely, if ever, are discovered let alone challenged or changed. My personal experience bridges science and spirituality, offering the layman's version in terms you can understand so you get the best of both worlds in a simple format - applying 'The Secret' you may have heard exists. Transformation: A Guide for Change was created because people need information AND processes to apply the knowledge. I was able to find phenomenal transformational tools and put the results in a short, easy-to-use manual that gives you access to an entire spectrum of personal growth pearls. I even include the intimate details to help you accelerate results. This workbook walks you through the tasty tidbits of tactical and strategic transformation from decades of in-depth self-development tools discovered, learned and practiced. The material takes you deep into your own process and offers you the ability to consider many points of view, challenging you to change on a moment to moment basis. Orphaned at birth with an early adoption brought about enough challenges, but a near-death experience as a teenager launched a life-long quest for learning the secrets of finding balance between inner and outer realities. I don't just talk about the journey... I show you how you can take your own. From Deb Thibodeaux, Florence, AZ "Transformation, a guide for change" is a compelling, no-nonsense driven guide and workbook that will, if embraced, empower you to take your life to the next level of growth. Reverend Zen Benefiel using ancient wisdom coupled with modern science to bear on the most spiritual insight that of owning your personal augmentation and holding yourself accountable to a daily awareness of possibilities is truly enlightening. Zen's message is undeniable and encourages thought provoking, dedicated growth to one's personal and spiritual journey. Any reader will have much to take to heart.
Download or read book Beyond Zen written by John Breen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Zen: D. T. Suzuki and the Modern Transformation of Buddhism is an accessible collection of multidisciplinary essays, which offer a genuinely new appraisal of the great Zen scholar-practitioner, D. T. Suzuki (1870–1966). Suzuki’s writings and lectures continue to exert a profound influence on how Zen, Buddhism more broadly, and indeed Japanese culture as a whole, are understood in the United States, Europe, and across the globe. With the publication of Beyond Zen, we have at last in a single volume a comprehensive assessment of Suzuki that locates him and his legacy in the context of the turbulent age in which he lived. Now is the perfect moment for reflection and stocktaking. The fiftieth anniversary of Suzuki’s death passed just a few years ago, the copyright on his literary output has expired, and his selected works have recently been published by a major American university press. The work comprises twelve essays by some of the best Zen scholars in the world, Anglophone and Japanese, seasoned and young. They take a fresh look at Suzuki, his life and legacy, and their themes range broadly. Readers will find here explorations of Suzuki as he engaged with Zen and Mahāyāna Buddhism; nationalism and international relations; war and peace; religion, literature, and the media; the individual and society; and family, friends, and animals. Beyond Zen is structured chronologically to reveal the development in Suzuki’s thought during his long and eventful life. All in all, this collection offers a compelling, provocative, and multidimensional reappraisal of an extraordinary man and his times.
Download or read book A Zen Transformation written by Jason Delilah and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-16 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***BRAND NEW RELEASE***Success and happiness depend on how well one controls and understands his mind."Over time, every great civilization have made acclamation to a basic understanding of the mind throughout zen practices. Buddha understood the root of suffering and went on to create one of the biggest secrets known to mankind. Read this book for FREE on Kindle UnlimitedHappiness and Success: A Zen Transformation to Find Success and Happiness.1. How Meditation affects the mind and life. 2. Meditation and Success 3. Meditation and Happiness 4. The Illusion of Time 5. How To Meditate Download Happiness and Success: A Zen Transformation to Find Success and Happiness. - Gain Incredible Success and Happiness with Zen Concepts thought by Meditation, a decade of practice!Still wondering why you should buy this book? 1. It will give you exactly what you ever dreamed of in terms of happiness in life and will give you the foundation to keep it rolling. 2. It will show you the way to success, not for one day, but for the rest of your life. 3. It will tackle down in a very easy manner how to meditate and why meditation helps you. 4. It will give you more a broader perspective of life. 5. It's free. GET YOUR COPY NOW!
Download or read book Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking written by Josep M. Coll and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management. It is grounded on the reconnection of humans with nature as the new competitive advantage for living organizations and entrepreneurs that aspire to regenerate the economy and drive a positive impact on the planet, in the context of the Anthropocene. Organizations, today, struggle in finding a balance between maximizing profits and generating value for their stakeholders, the environment and the society at large. This happens in a paradigm shift characterized by unprecedented levels of exponential change and the emergence of disruptive technologies. Adaptability, thus, is becoming the new business imperative. How can, then, entrepreneurs and organizations constantly adapt and, at the same time, design the sustainable futures they'd like? This book, for the first time, explores the benefits of applying Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking to sustainable management. Grounded in Taoist and Zen Buddhist philosophies, it offers a modern scientific perspective fundamentally based on the concepts of bio-logical adaptability and lifefulness amidst complexity and constant change. The book introduces the new concept of the Gaia organization as a living organism that consciously helps perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. It is subject to the natural laws of transformation and the principles of oneness, emptiness, impermanence, balance, self-regulation and harmonization. Readers will find applied Eastern systems theories such as the Yin-Yang and the Five Elements operationalized through practical methodologies and tools such as T-Qualia and the Zen Business model. They are aimed at guiding Gaia organizations and entrepreneurs in leading sustainable transformations and qualifying economic growth. The book offers a vital toolkit for purpose-driven practitioners, management researchers, students, social entrepreneurs, systems evaluators and change-makers to reinvent, create and mindfully manage sustainable and agile organizations that drive systemic transformation.
Download or read book Zen Body Being written by Peter Ralston and published by Frog Books. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Zen-inspired “physical education” program for martial arts practitioners and anyone interested in mind-body transformation Using simple, clear language to demystify the Zen mindset, Ralston draws on more than three decades of experience teaching students and apprentices worldwide who have applied his body-being approach. More of a transformative guide than a specific list of exercises devoted to any particular physical approach, Zen Body-Being explains how to create a state of mental control, enhanced feeling-awareness, correct structural alignment, increased spatial acuity, and even a greater interactive presence. Exercises are simple, often involving feeling-imagery and meditative awareness, which have a profound and sometimes instant effect. Areas of exploration include: • Beginner’s Body-Being • Three aspects of body awareness • Five principles for an effortlessly effective body • Opening a door--five steps to transformation • Fourteen points on structural alignment Where similar guides teach readers what to do, this book teaches readers how to be.
