The book is primarily based around Zen practice--that is, sitting meditation, what to expect, and what to do. As his teacher says in a foreword, telling people to "just let go" is like telling an exhausted drowning person to "just swim." Bayda tries to break down/5. Then we can awaken to the loving-kindness that is at the heart of our being. 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 5/5(1). 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. Topics include how to cultivate/5(84).
Ezra Bayda is an American author and Zen teacher.. Formerly a teacher at Zen Center San Diego, a sangha in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California, and with the Santa Rosa Zen Group in Santa Rosa, California, Bayda has conducted meditation workshops and retreats in Europe, Australia, and North America. He is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen School. He is also the author of several books, best. Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life. ( ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. English. By (author) Ezra Bayda, Foreword by Charlotte Joko Beck. Share. A "straightforward, simple, and wise" guide to living an awakened life through mindfulness and meditation (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart) We can use whatever life presents to. "Ezra Bayda wisely translates the Eastern spiritual belief into an extremely useful handbook for practice. Being Zen is humble and direct, which reminds me most of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. It is what its title states—not an explanation of Buddhism or Zen, but an essential guide to its daily practice.
The book is primarily based around Zen practice--that is, sitting meditation, what to expect, and what to do. As his teacher says in a foreword, telling people to "just let go" is like telling an exhausted drowning person to "just swim." Bayda tries to break down. Then we can awaken to the loving-kindness that is at the heart of our being. 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. Topics include how to cultivate. 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. Topics include how to cultivate.
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