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Title: Being Zen : Bringing Meditation to Life by Ezra Bayda ISBN: 1-59030-013-0 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Further Adventures in Awareness
Comment: From the vivid illustrations taken from life to the carefully described steps to bringing practice into life, "Being Zen" is an easily-absorbed yet eloquent tool for meditation students. I especially like the author's description of healing: "Healing involves clearing the pathway to the open heart-the heart that knows only connectedness." Since reading this book, and using the practical suggestions for bringing meditation practice into daily life, I have experienced "a more spacious container of awareness," and that has brought a greater sense of joy and connection to life.
Rating: 5
Summary: extremely useful
Comment: Bayda sucessfully merges a bit of Zen and a bit of Vipassana-style mindfulness into a way of meditation practice and life practice. The book is stripped of almost all Buddhist terminology. There is no mention of karma, reincarnation, codependent origination, and any other Buddhist terms. What you get is a manual for learning to see yourself plainly and non-judgmentally without our usual hidden agendas, strategies, ego clinging, duplicity. Especially helpful are the chapters on Practicing with Fear, Practicing with Distress, Practicing with Anger. I tried the methods outlined in "Practicing with Distress" on a day when a small catastrophe popped up at work. I stayed with my breath and tried to notice the physical reactions going on. When you do that, you can actually begin to non-judgmentally notice the mind churning out thoughts.
The chapter about Bayda's experience working with hospice patients was very moving, but they weren't just an anecdote. He successfully pointed how the experiences deepened his practice.
The chapter on loving kindness meditation was also interesting. It's more commonly used by teachers in the Vipassana tradition, like Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, so I was suprised to see it here. Bayda uses the method not to create some special mind-state, but to see where he has blocked off his being from experiencing what's going on in the moment.
In summary, this is a good book if you are new to meditation and are looking for a way to approach spiritual practice that is free of Buddhist terms. I think people of any religion find this book useful. It outlines tools for seeing the reactive patterns and habits that narrow our lives and that inhibit meaningful interactions with the world.
Rating: 5
Summary: Being Zen
Comment: This is one of the most helpful books I've ever read on bringing zen practice into every day life. I read in it nearly every day before sitting.
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Title: At Home in the Muddy Water : The Zen of Living with Everyday Chaos by Ezra Bayda ISBN: 1570629471 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Everyday Zen : Love and Work by Charlotte J. Beck ISBN: 0060607343 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 22 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Nothing Special : Living Zen by Charlotte J. Beck ISBN: 0062511173 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 03 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychotherapy by Barry Magid, Charlotte Joko Beck ISBN: 0861713060 Publisher: Wisdom Publications Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, Shunryu Suzuki ISBN: 0834800799 Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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