The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care offers guidance for people interested in beginning meditation or continuing in their existing practice; we train people from all walks of life— including medical professionals, parents, lawyers, artist and bankers—in compassionate caregiving; we support people and their loved ones through serious illness and death, and assists family. Mitra Bishop of Sanmonji in New Mexico sat down with the director to discuss Philip Kapleau roshi. Here is a taste of our interview. Consider giving: http://. The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide (formerly The Wheel of Life and Death ) The Wheel of Death To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Vegetarianism Zen: Merging of East and West (formerly Zen: Dawn in the West ) A N C H O R B O O K S E DI T I O N S, 1 9 8 9, 2 0 0 0.
Three Pillars Of Zen
In this classic work of spiritual guidance, the founder of the Rochester Zen Center presents a comprehensive overview of Zen Buddhism. Exploring the three pillars of Zen—teaching, practice, and enlightenment—Roshi Philip Kapleau, the man who founded one of the oldest and most influential Zen centers in the United States, presents a personal account of his own experiences as a student and teacher, and in so doing gives readers invaluable advice on how to develop their own practices. Revised and updated, this 35th anniversary edition features new illustrations and photographs, as well as a new afterword by Sensei Bodhin Kjolhede, who succeeded Kapleau as spiritual director of the Rochester Zen Center. A moving, eye-opening work, The Three Pillars of Zen is the definitive introduction to the history and discipline of Zen.