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100 _a Brenda Shoshanna.
245 _aZen miracles : finding peace in an insane world
260 _a New York
_bJ. Wiley
_c2002.
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500 _a "This wonderful book brings East and West--and ancient and modern worlds--together and provides profound wisdom and guidance for anyone struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, fear, or loneliness. Beautifully written, funny, warm, and filled with unusual, wonderful exercises. A real miracle."--Rabbi Gary Moskowitz, Director of the Institute for Violence Prevention"A healing journey into the inner conflicts and contradictions that separate spirit from self."--Armand DiMele, the DiMele Center for Psychotherapy"Dr. Brenda Shoshanna is a versatile, creative, warm, and truly excellent teacher."
505 _aZEN MIRACLES""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Special Thanks""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE GETTING STARTED""; ""1. What Is Zen?""; ""2. How to Do It""; ""3. Welcome to the World of Koans""; ""4. Peeling Onions Day by Day""; ""5. Doing Nothing""; ""PART TWO CRAVINGS AND COMPULSIONS""; ""6. Quieting the Monkey Mind""; ""7. Loneliness and Separation""; ""8. Feeding the Hungry Heart""; ""9. Ambition: Taming the Violent Mind""; ""PART THREE LETTING GO""; ""10. Grasping and Holding On""; ""11. Empty Hands""; ""12. Pilgrimage""; ""PART FOUR DISSOLVING THE FALSE SELF"" ""13. Putting Toys Away""""14. When Medicine Turns to Poison""; ""15. The True Man of No Rank""; ""16. The Zen Fisherman""; ""PART FIVE ZEN, GOD, AND ENLIGHTENMENT""; ""17. Walking Through the Gateless Gate""; ""18. Zen and God""; ""Zen Cautions""; ""Zen Miracle Commandments""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
650 _aMeditation--Zen Buddhism
650 _aRELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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