Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

by Ezra Bayda
Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion

by Ezra Bayda

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Overview

There’s a secret to spiritual practice, and it’s surprisingly simple: learn to be present with attention. Do that, and the whole world becomes your teacher, you wake up to the sacredness of every aspect of existence, and compassion for others arises without even thinking about it. In Zen Heart, Bayda provides a wealth of practical advice for making difficult experiences a valued part of the path and for making mindfulness a daily habit.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590307229
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 08/11/2009
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.54(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Ezra Bayda teaches at Zen Center San Diego. 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. For more information, visit www.zencentersandiego.org.

Table of Contents


What Is Our Life About?     1
Introduction: Three Phases of Spiritual Practice     3
The Me Phase of Practice
Detours from Reality     21
Inner Hindrances     29
Strategies of Control     43
The Pillars of Practice     53
Three Breaths Practice     67
The Foundations of Being Awareness
Qualities of Awakening     75
The Three Most Essential Questions     91
The Art of Awareness     101
Three Point Awareness Meditation     111
Helpful Daily Life Practices     117
Cultivating Being Kindness
Student-Teacher Relationship     127
Transforming Anger     139
The Things We Fear Most     153
Relationships and Love     163
Three Heart Meditations     179
The Essential Reminders     193
Basic Meditation Instructions     195
The Three Vows     197

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Bayda writes with exceptional clarity and simplicity about the awakened life. His style is as plain spoken as Pema Chödrön's. He deserves membership in the ranks of respected meditation teacher-authors."—Publishers Weekly

"This book is like a personal retreat. I'd like to read it once a year. It has the best of the Zen spirit—not indulging but experiencing every ounce of life, good and bad. You will have to read closely, because the lessons are more difficult than they appear. At the same time it is a beautifully simple reflection on what it means to be, rather than to try to be. I'm certain of its wisdom because it is not there to be grasped and celebrated. The wisdom is all in the spaces, the pauses, and the wonderment."—Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and A Life at Work 

"A clear and comprehensive guide to life transformation. Readers will find down-to-earth advice and effective practices for going beyond basic fears and conditioning to live a more awakened and openhearted life."—Dennis Genpo Merzel, Roshi, author of Big Mind, Big Heart: Finding Your Way

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