{"product_id":"infinite-circle-teachings-in-zen-9781590300794","title":"Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis introduction to Zen teachings is a \"watershed book for Zen students, a good study companion and a trustworthy guide\" (Norman Fischer, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe World Could Be Otherwise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInfinite Circle, \u003c\/i\u003eone of America's most distinctive Zen teachers takes a back-to-basics approach to Zen. Glassman illuminates three key teachings of Zen Buddhism, offering line-by-line commentary in clear, direct language: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Heart Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e the Buddha's essential discourse on emptiness, a central sutra of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\"The Identity of Relative and Absolute\": an eighth-century poem by Shih-t'ou His-ch'ien, a key text of the Soto Zen school. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eThe Zen precepts: the rules of conduct for laypeople and monks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis commentaries are based on workshops he gave as Abbot of the Zen Community of New York, and they contain within them the principles that became the foundation for the Greyston Mandala of community development organizations and the Zen Peacemaker Order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590300794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Bernie Glassman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660827685020,"sku":"9781590300794","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_371c4d28-8d0e-4474-a7ca-391a809e84da.jpg?v=1603897640","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/infinite-circle-teachings-in-zen-9781590300794","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}