{"product_id":"zen-judaism-isbn-9780609610213","title":"Zen Judaism","description":"Few spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of Zen Judaism,” says David M. Bader in the foreword to\u003cb\u003e Zen Judaism\u003c\/b\u003e. “This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much weight.” These nearly 100 sacred teachings are capable “of bringing about an enlightenment experience so pure, so elevating, and so intense, you could plotz.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor you, some samples:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo know the Buddha is the highest attainment. Second highest is to go to the same doctor as the Buddha.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no escaping Karma. In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault was that?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf there is no self, whose arthritis is this? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe patient and achieve all things. Be impatient and achieve all things faster.\u003cb\u003eDavid M. Bader\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaikus for Jews: For You, A Little Wisdom \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eZen Judaism: For You, A Little Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. A Harvard-educated former lawyer, he lives in New York City.To know the Buddha is the highest attainment. Second highest is to go to the same doctor as the Buddha.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ezen is an end in itself. Your only goal must be mushotoku, the goal of having no goals, of striving not to strive. “How is it possible to strive to not have goals? ”you might ask.“ Isn’t that itself a goal?” Don ’t be a smart aleck. You should be as goal-less and lacking in purpose as your cousin, the successful one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThou shalt not bow down before false idols. You may, however, rent a Buddha statue for your Zen-theme bar mitzvah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough only your skin, sinews, and bones remain, though your blood and flesh dry up and wither away, yet shall you meditate and not stir until you have attained full Enlightenment. But first, a little nosh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find the Buddha, look within. Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten thousand times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals. You might want to see a specialist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTake only what is given. Own nothing but your robes and an alms bowl. Unless, of course, you have the closet space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao. The eternal name of the Tao is actually Taostein, but no one talks about it.author of Haikus for Jews","brand":"Harmony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305178550501,"sku":"NP9780609610213","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780609610213.jpg?v=1767744870","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/zen-judaism-isbn-9780609610213","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}