{"product_id":"infinite-circle-isbn-9781590300794","title":"Infinite Circle","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\"A timely and spiritually wise book.  Glassman is a very profound and skilled teacher who manages to illuminate some very difficult Zen subjects.\"— \u003ci\u003e Spirituality and Health \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Glassman's style and thinking are like thick, polished glass: clear, compact, and strong. Marrying metaphor, illustration, and abstraction, he reaches into the heart of many essential concepts, reminding us firmly that, among other things, 'we don't practice to become enlightened . . . we practice because we  \u003ci\u003eare \u003c\/i\u003eenlightened.'\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A watershed book for Zen students, a good study companion and a trustworthy guide.\"—Zoketsu Norman Fisher, founding teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation\u003cb\u003eBernie Glassman\u003c\/b\u003e is a Zen master and the first dharma successor to Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. He is well known for integrating Zen practice with social, economic, and educational initiatives. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eInstructions to the Cook \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300911567077,"sku":"NP9781590300794","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590300794.jpg?v=1767730039","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/infinite-circle-isbn-9781590300794","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}