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Zen in the vernacular : things as it is  Cover Image Book Book

Zen in the vernacular : things as it is / Peter Coyote.

Coyote, Peter, (author.).

Summary:

"Buddha's core teachings explained in accessible, everyday language. Shows how Zen offers a creative problem-solving mechanism and moral guide ideal for the stresses and problems of daily life. Shares the author's secular, vernacular interpretations of the Four Noble Truths, the Three Treasures, the Eightfold Path, and other fundamental Buddhist ideas"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781644119754 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: x, 341 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Rochester, VT : Inner Traditions, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Gautama Buddha > Teachings.
Buddhism > Doctrines.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, narrator, and teacher. Recognized for his narration work, he narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century, winning an Emmy Award, as well as eleven Ken Burns documentaries, including The Roosevelts, for which he won a second Emmy. A Zen student since 1974, in 2011 he was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and in 2015 received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. The author of Sleeping Where I Fall, The Rainman’s Third Cure, and Tongue of a Crow as well as The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha, he lives in northern California.


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