Joyously Through the Days : Living the Journey of Spiritual Practice

by Kaye , Les; Smith, Huston

• ISBN13: 9780861716814
• ISBN10: 0861716817
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Summary

Joyously Through the Days brilliantly points to our inherent spirituality, The problems we create when we lose touch with it, and how we can regain it. Les Kaye shows us how spiritual practice enhances awareness, patience, and generosity, and enables us to respond creatively To The complexities, distractions, and uncertainties of our lives. This crisp and universal book is based on reflections of forty years experiencing and observing the relevance of Les's own spiritual practice To The everyday world of family and work and all kinds of relationships, clearly showing how the spiritual And The ordinary converge continually-not merely once in a while. Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as Saul Bellow, Herman Melville, And The great Zen teachers of old, Joyously Through the Days offers a path to a rich and lasting happiness through what Huston Smith calls, "goal-attaining patience".

Author Biography

Les Kaye received dharma transmission, authority to teach, from Hoitsu Suzuki, son and successor to Shunryu Suzuki. He as appointed teacher at Kannon Do Zen Center in Mountain View, California. He and his wife Mary have two adult children and a grandson and live in Los Altos, California.
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Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Sources of Difficulty	p. 1
Original Foolishness	p. 3
The Rough Edges of Anger	p. 6
The Complainer	p. 9
Stress and Stress Prevention	p. 13
The ôI Have Toö Trap	p. 18
Staying Stuck	p. 21
The Wall	p. 24
The Emperor's Clothes	p. 26
Mind Shadows	p. 30
Stagnation	p. 34
Carried Away	p. 38
No Promises	p. 42
Complicating Our Life	p. 46
The Practice	p. 49
The Skill of Awareness	p. 51
Taking Care of Time	p. 54
Negative to Positive	p. 58
Walking Stones	p. 61
Getting Off the Bus	p. 65
Breaking the Habit	p. 69
Finding Our Self	p. 72
Enlightened Communication	p. 77
A Sense of Control	p. 81
Continuous Effort	p. 85
Out of Sight, Out of Mind	p. 89
The Meaning of Courtesy	p. 92
Coming Down from the Attic	p. 95
Tuning Our Life	p. 99
Asking the Right Question	p. 103
The High Road	p. 107
Composure	p. 111
Happiness	p. 113
Truth in the Ordinary	p. 116
A Meaningful Life	p. 120
Caring	p. 122
Fearlessness	p. 126
Never Out of Stock	p. 130
Love in the Larger Sense	p. 134
The Source of Compassion	p. 139
Spirituality and Technology	p. 143
Life Is Not a Commodity	p. 150
Sanctuary	p. 154
Subtlety	p. 158
True Creativity	p. 161
We Are Needed	p. 163
The Natural World	p. 167
Epilogue	p. 171
Appendix: A Basic Introduction to Zazen-Spiritual Practice in the Zen Tradition	p. 175
Index	p. 181
About the Author	p. 189
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