Mystics and Zen Masters
10 best books like Mystics and Zen Masters (Thomas Merton): Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Tao Te Ching, Four Quartets, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation, Zen in the Art of Archery, American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West, The Weight of Glory, Stillness Is the Key, The Confession of Saint Patrick, The Celtic Way
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0553351397 |
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be...
| Author | Lao Tzu |
| ISBN | 0679724346 |
The Wisest Book Ever Written...
Complete on Audio...The Entire 81 Chapters (and Introduction to) Stephen Mitchell's exquisite new tradition of Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way -- the classic manual on the art of living revered as one of the wonders of the world. Dating from the 6th century...
| Author | T.S. Eliot |
| ISBN | 0571068944 |
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942, and in book form in 1943; it was considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work. Each of the quartets has five "movements" and each is titled by a place name -- BURNT NORTON (1936), EAST COKER (1940), THE...
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0807012394 |
In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within...
Zen in the Art of Archery
| Author | Eugen Herrigel |
| ISBN | 0375705090 |
The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Professor Eugen Herrigel in this timeless account.
This book is the result of the author’s six year quest to learn archery in the hands of Japanese Zen masters. It is an honest account of one man’s...
| Author | Philip Goldberg |
| ISBN | 0385521340 |
In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay with their new guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It may have been the most momentous spiritual retreat since Jesus spent those forty days in the wilderness.
With these words, Philip Goldberg begins his monumental work, American...
"The negative idea of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point."
I have 44 highlights in the Kindle Book and I reread it regularly....
| Author | Ryan Holiday |
| ISBN | 0525538585 |
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing...
The Confession of Saint Patrick
| Author | St. Patrick |
| ISBN | 0385491638 |
The autobiography of one of the most popular saints in history, now available in a new translation.
Beyond being recognized as the patron saint of Ireland (perhaps for having chased some nonexistent snakes off the Emerald Isle), little else is popularly known about Saint Patrick. And...
| Author | Ian Bradley |
| ISBN | 0232524955 |
The Celtic Way is a fascinating read for people such as myself who want to know more about the early Celtic Church in the British Isles. Ian Bradley says he would now describe the church in those days not as the Celtic Church but as early indigenous Christianity in the British Isles.
He gives an overview...
