Zen Seeds for Fallow Ground
Zen Seeds for Fallow Ground

Author: Shoken Winecoff

Publisher: Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781929919673

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Zen seeds germinate when the ground is ready. These are teachings that are open to everyone. If you've lived a little bit of life, you probably know what it means to have your ground tilled by life's plow. When the ground of your life has been turned over, you are ready receive these seeds.These Zen seeds are teachings that I received from Dainin Katagiri, a Zen monk who came from Japan to the U.S. He ultimately founded the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis during the 1970's. I began Zen meditation practice there when my own life-ground was being turned over. I was ready to receive the seeds of Zen practice and teachings.Buddhist teachings are often shrouded in language that is not always easy to understand. The teachings in this book are for ordinary people. They originally appeared as articles in the Decorah, Iowa newspaper. They are human life stories. I hope they will speak to you. They are Zen Seeds for Fallow Ground.

Zen Seeds
Zen Seeds

Author: Shundo Aoyama

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 083484236X

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From a living treasure of Japanese Zen, an inspiring collection of teachings about the power of Buddhist practice to help you transform suffering and touch the marrow of your life. In this sparkling collection of teachings, Japanese Zen master Shundo Aoyama Roshi offers an entry to the authentic practice of Zen Buddhism. Or, rather, she offers a myriad of entries—for Zen Seeds, as its title suggests, is comprised of brief chapters meant to plant seeds of wisdom and compassion in readers. Ranging from classical Zen sources, such as the teachings of Dogen and the encounter stories of the koans, to anecdotes from Aoyama’s fascinating life and from those of her many students, the book paints a profoundly compelling portrait of the transformative possibilities of Zen. A pioneering female leader in the Soto Zen school, Aoyama Roshi demonstrates the power of practice for anyone seeking to lead a life of greater conviction and spiritual nourishment.

Sowing Seeds in the Desert
Sowing Seeds in the Desert

Author: Masanobu Fukuoka

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1603584188

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Argues that the Earth's deteriorating condition is man-made and outlines a way for the process to be reversed by rehabilitating the deserts using natural farming.