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    Zen Philosophy: A Practical Guide to Happiness and Peace: Zen Mind: Zen Meditation
    Zen Philosophy: A Practical Guide to Happiness and Peace: Zen Mind: Zen Meditation
    Zen Philosophy: A Practical Guide to Happiness and Peace: Zen Mind: Zen Meditation
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    Zen Philosophy: A Practical Guide to Happiness and Peace: Zen Mind: Zen Meditation

    By Nathan Bellow

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    The Calming Techniques of the Zen Philosophy Can Alter Your View of the World


    With Zen Meditation techniques, you can begin to reduce your stressors, calm your interior anxiety, and find out your actual life purpose.


    This book asks you the question: do you know your life purpose? Are you rushing around, flying from job to job and task to task without any real understanding of what you’re meant to be doing? Are you continually stressed out, overweight, and most likely depressed? If so, you must look to the ancient tradition of Zen philosophy for answers. The Indian Buddha master achieved enlightenment and was able to look beyond his racing thoughts and his worldly needs to understand his meaning of life. Learn his intricate techniques.
     

    Halt Your Sadness and Understand Your Life Goals


    The Zen philosophy affirms that you have a true purpose, an interior core that pulses with life and vitality. However, you’ve lost this affirmation sometime in your life. Your actions no longer ripple with meaning and purpose. You’re just trying to “get by.” However, with the Zen philosophy and its meditation techniques, you can reap the rewards of mental clarity. You can find inner peace and happiness.

    Maximize your Life and Reach Your Ultimate Potential

    This book contains many different meditational techniques and ancient Indian positions to fuel necessary interior wellness. Look to the step-by-step instructions to create a perfect mental space, and create the clarity of mind that will allow you to make informed future decisions that orient themselves with your life purpose. Bring yourself closer to both your self-actualized mission and your ultimate life passions. Don’t waste another day floating.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJB Publishing Co
    Release dateOct 17, 2014
    ISBN9781519975294
    Zen Philosophy: A Practical Guide to Happiness and Peace: Zen Mind: Zen Meditation

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    • 5/5
      Another good book with some terrific ideas. It also provides yet another facet of Zen Buddhism to consider. It's a short read, but contains some great advice.
    • 4/5
      First book to describe with some details the practice of daily meditation!
      It is very advisable as an introduction to the topic.
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      Great book and easy to understand, Also can do every day life . Thank you.

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    Zen Philosophy - Nathan Bellow

    Chapter 1. Zen Philosophy: An Introduction

    Zen is an element of Mahayana Buddhism, a meditative, spiritual process first created in India thousands of years ago. Zen brings emphasis to the practice of meditation in order to achieve ultimate awakening and enlightenment. After Zen’s initial creation, it spread like fire to China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and finally to the rest of the world.

    The actual word Zen comes from a Middle Chinese word and its subsequent Japanese pronunciation. The word is a derivation of the word dhyana, which you might know if you’ve studied the initial history of yoga and meditation. The actual word, dhyana, means a meditative state. 

    The emphasis of the idea of Zen lends insight to the Buddha and interior personal understanding of one’s self. It further emphasizes understanding one’s everyday life and how to fuel one’s everyday life to benefit one’s peers. Therefore, unlike many other enlightened ideas, Zen does not fuel only the literature of the Zen doctrine or Zen sutras. It looks to life comprehension through communication with a Zen Buddhist teacher and an idea called zazen.

    Introduction to Zazen

    Zazen literally means seated meditation and is a well-known meditative discipline. It varies from different Zen traditions; however, it is essentially a way to understand the reasons one exists in this world: The meaning of life. Zazen lies at the very heart of Zen Buddhism and therefore becomes incredibly important in daily practice. When one incorporates zazen, one begins to suspend judgmental thoughts, allow words and ideas to flow freely, and sit solemnly and

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