Meditation is the foundation, but it doesnt stop there. The paradox of zen is that learning to just live in the present requires lots of hard work. The wisdom of looking at our difficulties as an opportunity to practice is profound as well. As in his other books, bayda avoids familiar and potentially ambiguous spiritual catch phrases and terminology while outlining in simple language a praxis for living what he terms the authentic life.
In this, as in all his books, ezra s teaching is zen made wonderfully practical, in a way that can apply to anyones life. Bringing meditation to life new edition by ezra bayda isbn. Understanding that liberates us to use every aspect of what life presents us with as a way to live with integrity and authenticityand joy. In this book bayda blends storytelling, traditional buddhist.
The title of this book is being zen and it was written by ezra bayda, charlotte joko beck. While many books aspire to bring meditation into everyday experience, being zen gives us practical ways to actually do it, introducing techniques that enable the reader to foster qualities essential to continued spiritual awakening. Perhaps no writer expresses more succinctly and without frills what it means to live a life of spiritual practice than ezra bayda. His style is as plainspoken as tibetan teacher pema chodrons. Being zen shambhala publications books, audio, and. Ezra bayda was initially trained in the gurdjieff tradition and began practicing zen meditation in 1970. A small package indeed, at under 150 reducedsize pages, and yet brimming with more useful information and sage advice than many a larger book. We can use whatever life presents, ezra bayda teaches, to strengthen our. Bringing meditation to life kindle edition by ezra bayda author visit amazons ezra bayda page. A student of meditation for more than 30 years, he lives, writes, and teaches at the san diego zen center in california. He is at the forefront of the present the essential truths of buddhism free of traditional trappings or terminology. It is what its title statesnot an explanation of buddhism or zen, but an essential guide to its daily practice. Ezra bayda on peace that revolves around handling negativity and anger.
In a gentle, direct, and eminently accessible style, bayda explains how we can use techniques adapted from the zen tradition to develop clarity and equanimity amid the stress and commotion of everyday living. With compassion and humor, ezra bayda has graced us with ways to accept what is and to reside in it fearlessly, giving us a roadmap to enduring happiness and equanimity. We can use whatever life presents, ezra bayda teaches, to strengthen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He does not post, but please feel free to share your appreciation for his. Many books have been published in recent years on happiness.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading being zen. We can use whatever life presents, ezra bayda teaches, to strengthen our spiritual practiceincluding the turmoil of daily life. Baydas book being zen is an excellent guidebook on working on letting be rather than always trying to make things happen. He described his difficulties farminghow either droughts or monsoons complicated his work. Ezra bayda is a zen teacher and the author of volumes that include being zen. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experienceswhether they are painful or pleasingopening ourselves to the reality of our lives without trying to fix or. Being zen is humble and direct, which reminds me most of shunryu suzukis zen mind, beginners mind. Ezra bayda has 15 books on goodreads with 4767 ratings. Bringing meditation to life and at home in the muddy water. Bringing meditation to life ezra bayda, charlotte joko beck on.
Bringing meditation to life kindle edition by ezra bayda. Ezra bayda author, charlotte joko beck foreword format. He is the author of being zen, at home in the muddy water, and zen heart shambhala publications and saying yes to life. Ezra bayda is a zen teacher affiliated with the ordinary mind zen school, having received formal dharma transmission from charlotte joko beck. He always has zen in his titles, yet he preaches and teaches no legacy or inner puzzles, just straight talk. His books have helped me and those i love many times. In being zen, seasoned zen teacher ezra bayda unpacks this paradox. If it is true, as the adage goes, that good things often come in small packages, then here we have some tangible evidence in the form of this wonderful first book from zen teacher ezra bayda.
Being zen by ezra bayda, 97815903008, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Once a farmer went to tell the buddha about his problems. Ezra bayda, author, charlotte joko beck, foreword by. It was published by shambhala and has a total of 160 pages in the book. It is what its title statesnot an explanation of buddhism or zen. Read being zen bringing meditation to life by ezra bayda available from rakuten kobo. A guide to finding peace within everyday chaos came into my life when i really needed to learn more about the gentle wisdom of opening up to what is and letting go of a limited sense of self. David richo, phd, author of the five things we cannot change a wise and deephearted book, a mustread for todays world.
Ezra bayda was born in 1944 in atlantic city, new jersey. We wonder how people cant see the most obvious things about themselves, yet we forget those people are us. Bayda, who meditated for three decades while writing his book, studied under charlotte joko beck, who authored the books. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Bringing meditation to life, in which he applies zen buddhist principles to everyday life. What we need is the willingness to just be with our experienceswhether they are painful or pleasingopening ourselves to the reality of our lives without. He graduated from rutgers university with a degree in philosophy, and began practicing zen meditation in 1970, receiving permission to teach in 1995.
According to ezra bayda, we can use whatever life presents to strengthen our spiritual practice, including the turmoil of daily life. Being zen by ezra bayda overdrive rakuten overdrive. Baydas chapter on how we construct our substitute life was also pertinent to me as well. Bringing meditation to life kindle edition by bayda, ezra, beck, charlotte joko.
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He is also the author of being zen, at home in the muddy water, saying yes to life even the hard parts, and zen heart. He now lives, writes and teaches at zen center san diego with his wife and fellow teacher, elizabeth hamilton. The emphasis in the title of ezra bayda s being zen is all on the word being anyone who comes to this book looking for the zen of dramtic satori experiences, paradoxical koans and teachers challenging their students with slaps and shouts may come away asking themselves, wheres the zen. Ezra bayda is the most down to earth buddhist teacher for most of us. Ezra bayda, a remarkably downtoearth zen teacher, believes that the happiness boom has been largely a bust for readers. Practices for dealing with anger, fear, pain, and suffering.
Ezra bayda wisely translates the eastern spiritual belief into an extremely useful handbook for practice. In being zen, bayda blends storytelling, traditional buddhist teachings, and a dose of humour, to explore such topics as finding stillness, working with difficult emotions such as anger and fear, and living openheartedly in the present moment. Bringing meditation to life by ezra bayda 2002, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Then we can awaken to the loving kindness that is at the heart of our being. Because its precisely the pursuit of happiness that keeps. Bringing meditation to life by ezra bayda 2003, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. While many books aspire to bring meditation into everyday experience, ezra bayda s being zen gives us practical ways to actually do it, introducing techniques that enable the reader to foster qualities essential to continued spiritual awakening.
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