Karen Maezen Miller

Paradise in Plain Sight

Lessons from a Zen Garden

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Produktbeschreibung

"Reflections on finding peace, beauty, and fulfillment in everyday life, illustrated by the author's experiences with tending her new home's venerable but neglected Japanese garden"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New World Lib
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 129mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 202g
• ISBN-13: 9781608682522
• ISBN-10: 1608682528
• Artikelnr.: 39566319

Autorenporträt

Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. The author of Hand Wash Cold and Momma Zen, she leads retreats around the country.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Paradise
Part One: Coming Here
Have faith in yourself as the Way.
1. Curb: The View from a Distance
2. Gate: What’s Holding You Back
3. Path: Straight On
4. Ground: Here It Is
5. Sun: What You See
6. Moon: What You Don’t See
Part Two: Living Now
Cover the ground where you stand.
7. Rocks: The Remains of Faith
8. Ponds: The Right View
9. Roots: The Meaning of Life
10. Bamboo: A Forest of Emptiness
11. Palm: The Eternal Now
12. Pine: A Disappearing Breed
Part Three: Letting Go
Make the effort of no effort.
13. Fruit: Swallowing Whole
14. Flowers: Love Is Letting Go
15. Leaves: The Age of Undoing
16. Weeds: A Flourishing Practice
17. Song: Not What You Know
18. Silence: Not What I Say
Epilogue: Rules for a Mindful Garden
Acknowledgments
Permissions
About the Author