Rick Fields

Discusses the spiritual aspects of learning, sex, family life, work, money, play, health, technology, social action, and ecology

A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life

Chop Wood, Carry Water

How the Swans Came to the Lake

Bernie Glassman

A Zen master explains how to put spirituality to work in the community and how to use the principles of Zen to create successful business ventures

A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters

Instructions to the Cook

Bernard Glassmann

Anweisungen für den Koch. Lebensentwurf eines Zen- Meisters.

Mayumi Oda

Brian Cutillo

The 6th Dalai Lama composed poems and songs that are not only still immensely popular in modern day Tibet but have also gained significant popularity all across China. Known to have courted both prostitutes and nobelwomen and to have delivered his teachings in public parks instead of monasteries, the sixth Dalai Lama remains a controversial figure in Tibetan history. Presented here are 523 poems accompanied by introductions, commentary and illustrations

The Lovesongs of the Sixth Dalai Lama

The Turquoise Bee

Lucy Beale

Drawing on case histories, the authors offer practical and inspirational techniques that show how to make any transaction beneficial to each party involved

The New Approach Transforming American Business and Life

The Win-Win Way

Shows how to cultivate the character traits of courage, compassion, discipline, loyalty, and self-knowledge

Living with Courage, Compassion & Discipline

The Awakened Warrior

Benjamin Bogin

This new updated edition of How the Swans Came to the Lake includes much new information about recent events in Buddhist groups in America and discusses such issues as spiritual authority, the role of women, and social action.

A Narrative History of Buddhism in America

A modern classic unparalleled in scope, this sweeping history unfolds the story of Buddhism’s spread to the West. How the Swans Came to the Lake opens with the story of Asian Buddhism, including the life of the Buddha and the spread of his teachings from India to Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, and elsewhere. Coming to the modern era, the book tracks how Western colonialism in Asia served as the catalyst for the first large-scale interactions between Buddhists and Westerners. Author Rick Fields discusses the development of Buddhism in the West through key moments such as Transcendentalist fascination with Eastern religions; immigration of Chinese and Japanese people to the United States; the writings of D. T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, and members of the Beat movement; the publication of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki; the arrival of Tibetan lamas in America and Europe; and the influence of Western feminist and social justice movements on Buddhist practice. This fortieth anniversary edition features both new and enhanced photographs as well as a new introduction by Fields’s nephew, Buddhist Studies scholar Benjamin Bogin, who reflects on the impact of this book since its initial publication and addresses the significant changes in Western Buddhist practice in recent decades.

Illustrates the enduring power and significance of the function of the warrior in society.

Rick Fields

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