Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

For anyone curious about the teachings of Buddha and modern Buddhist practice, Tell Me Something about Buddhism offers the perfect introduction. Written by Soto Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel and organized in an easy-to-use Question and Answer format, this brief book answers the many common questions people have about Buddhism, everything from who was Buddha to why do monks, nuns, and priests sh

From the author of Tell Me Something About Buddhism (foreword written by Thich Nhat Hanh) comes another straight forward and simple booklet. How can we BE LOVE instead of craving it? This simple booklet explores that question and presents Four Paths of Being Love based in Buddhist teachings. Guaranteed to make you re-think love and transform your expression of it.The greatest question of every cen

A small book of poems written during Zen training in San Francisco, is filled with Manuel's insights about finding home in a competitive world, letting go, the path of life, and being blown into the greater mystery of life.Here's one of the The DeepNo one can guide you into your dark moist interior, where the moss has grown in layers,where bamboo could sink itself into you,creating private places.

“What does liberation mean when I have incarnated in a particular body, with a particular shape, color, and sex?”In The Way of Tenderness , Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged through personal experience and practice to rethink problems of identity and privilege.Manue

NEW UPDATED BOOK WITH THE SAME 36 Cards - The Black Angel Cards are a deck of 36 cards and accompanying book that guide you into deep reflection. From the deep reflection you will gain insight into your life and be able to transform that which causes you to suffer. The Cards are chosen in a spread that you create and the messages are read with your life in mind. These Cards are used by many with v

A singular work of poetic prose exploring otherness and belonging—and what it means to be truly at home. A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging examines the interface between inner and outer sanctuary, and the ways they affect one another.“Sanctuary” is the home we can return to when our lives are under threat, where we can face what's difficult to love, and have

While there is suffering in the world and in each of us, there is also the possibility and the experience of peace. As Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, a Zen priest who has written at length on race, gender, sexual orientation, and homelessness, writes in the introduction: "I have testified many times of my suffering. Before I die, I must speak of peace." The Deepest Peace is a poetic, lyrical ode to the wa

Conceived at the crossroads of Buddhism and indigenous earth-based practice, The Shamanic Bones of Zen explores the deep human traditions of transformation that are made possible by meditation, ceremony, ritual, dreams, and spiritual connection to one’s ancestry.In The Shamanic Bones of Zen , celebrated author and Buddhist teacher Zenju Earthlyn Manuel undertakes a rich exploration of

“In darkness, we become devoted to clarity, courage, peace, and harmony. We discover the basic goodness of all humanity when we experience darkness together,” Zenju Earthlyn Manuel writes. “Life itself is a dark experience―a magical experience.”When you hear the word “darkness,” what does it make you feel―horror, danger, or maybe despair? We’ve been conditioned to fear and avoid darkne