The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zen Living

by McClain, Ph.D., Gary R.; Adamson, Eve

• ISBN13: 9780028639581
• ISBN10: 0028639588
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-11
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: The Future Is the Past Is Now	1	(41)
Spring Cleaning for Your Life	3	(12)
What Zen is, who your authors are, and how this ancient Eastern tradition can help your mind work better today.
A Brief History of Zen Buddhism	15	(14)
Siddhartha, Bodhidharma, and other influential folks, and some Zen guidelines for living.
Zen in America	29	(12)
How Zen came to America, and what happened when it did.
Part 2: Dharma 101	41	(56)
What Is Truth, and How Can I Get Some?	43	(16)
Truth according to Zen.
Getting an Attitude: A Zen Approach	59	(12)
How to cultivate a Zen attitude in everyday life.
When Bad Things Happen	71	(12)
How to cultivate a Zen attitude in the wake of tragedy.
What's the Point ... Nirvana?	83	(14)
A Zen approach to enlightenment.
Part 3: 1-2-3 Zazen: Zen Techniques for Zen Living	97	(64)
You've Already Started	99	(14)
This is your life; start living it right this minute! Here's how.
Learning to Meditate	113	(12)
Everything you always wanted to know about meditation.
Breath, and Other Paths to Mindfulness	125	(10)
Meditation and other mindfulness techniques for daily life.
A Koan Is a Koan Is a Koan ...	135	(12)
Koans sure sound silly. What good are they?
Eating, Moving, Breathing: Maintaining a Zen Lifestyle	147	(14)
Integrate your Zen attitude into every aspect of your life, from what you eat to how you keep your house.
Part 4: Personal Zen	161	(54)
The One Who Stares Back at You	163	(12)
Your Zen mirror, revealing the real you, and how to keep the mirror polished.
Zen and Your Relationships	175	(10)
Zen and love, Zen and dating, Zen and commitment.
Zen and the Family	185	(14)
Zen for parents, kids, and adult children.
Desire, Fear, Worry: Tackling Your Personal Dukkha	199	(16)
What consumes you? Manage your desires, fears, and chronic worrying with Zen.
Part 5: Zen in the Workplace	215	(62)
Buddha in Your Cubicle	217	(18)
How to make the most of your job with Zen techniques.
Relationships on the Job	235	(14)
Surviving on-the-job relationships with the help of Zen.
Managing Stress on the Job	249	(14)
Life in the working world is stressful. Zen can help you minimize the stress.
Manage Your Career by Not Managing Your Career	263	(14)
Your career path: Are you on it, or does it matter?
Part 6: Bringing It All Back Home	277	(58)
A Zendo to Call Your Own	279	(12)
Living in a Zen home, and how to make your home more Zen-like.
Zen-Powered Creativity	291	(12)
The Zen of creativity, drawing, writing, poetry, music, and art.
The Zen Athlete	303	(8)
The ancient tradition of Zen and sports is still going strong.
Everyday Zen	311	(24)
This is it. Make it happen. Make the most of it. Wake up today and start living!
Appendixes
A Further Reading	319	(6)
B Glossary	325	(6)
C Ten Bulls	331	(4)
Index	335