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"Meditation takes place in the here and now, and at first its effects are felt in short-term ways. However, the process of letting things such as thoughts, feelings, and perceptions come and go means finding something that lies beneath these changeable experiences."

An introduction to the basic teachings of Zen Buddhism. Defines and discusses terms such as anicca (impermanence), anatta (no self), dukkha (suffering), and how an understanding of them is deepened through the daily practice of meditation. Also discusses other Buddhist concepts such as Dependent Origination, the Wheel of Life, and karma. (view the table of contents and two sample pages)

The author of Zen Roots, Kyogen Carlson, is a priest of the Soto Zen tradition. He was ordained in 1972 by Roshi Jiyu-Kennett and trained for 10 years at Shasta Abbey, a Zen monastery in Northern California. He received Dharma Transmission in 1974. (He also attended the University of California at Berkeley, receiving a degree in Sociology in 1971.) Currently Abbot of the Dharma Rain Zen Center in Portland, Oregon, he is committed to seeing the practice and tradition of Soto Zen made accessible to men and women living normal, everyday lives in the modern world.

70 pages. Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5 inches. $4.95 (includes shipping and handling for USA addresses) Purchase information for USA and foreign addresses.

Table of Contents:

Zen and the Self ........................1
The Six Worlds ........................23
Dharma Realm .........................49

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Dharma Wheel ..........................20
Seed Within the Fruit................35
Wheel of Life ............................41
Greed, Hate and Delusion
(Detail from the Wheel of Life).........46

Table

Dependent Origination.............37

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