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    Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
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    Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha

    By Tai Sheridan, Ph.D.

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    Poet-Philosopher and Zen Priest Tai Sheridan's 'Buddha in Blue Jeans' is an extremely short, simple, and straight forward universal guide to the practice of sitting quietly and being yourself, which is the same as being Buddha. Sitting quietly can teach many ways to accept life, meet pain, age gracefully, and die without regret. The book encourages sitting quietly every day.

    Topics include: Sit Quietly; Care For Your Body; Accept Your Feelings; Give Thoughts Room; Pain is Natural; Be Who You Are; Live Each Moment Well; Love Indiscriminately; Listen to Others; Be Surprised; Wonder; Live gratefully; Do No Harm; Benefit life; A Wish for The World. The book is for people of any faith, religion, race, nationality, gender, relationship status, capacity, or meditation background.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTai Sheridan, Ph.D.
    Release dateOct 26, 2011
    ISBN9781465795779
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    Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
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    Tai Sheridan, Ph.D.

    Zen Contemplative and fiction writer Tai Sheridan's books transform Zen Meditation and Buddhist Philosophy into practical wisdom. His poetic style and street language encourage spiritual inquiry and awakening. Tai's teachings shed light on the Buddha you are.Tai Sheridan was born in 1948 and raised in Southern California. He attended U.C. Berkeley in the sixties, earning a degree in Anthropology and a life based on counter-culture values. A doctorate in Professional Psychology led to careers as a therapist and organizational consultant. He also raised four children in the San Fransisco Bay area.Tai practiced Zen for fifty years with the Berkeley, San Francisco, and Dharma Eye Zen Centers. After his ordination, he pursued the path of a teacher-writer. He authored The Buddha in Blue Jeans series based on his Zen experience, and he also transformed Buddhist classics into contemplative poetry.Tai's home studio in Port Townsend looks out at Whidbey Island and the Cascades. He enjoys walking beaches, writing fiction, and sitting quietly at dawn.

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