The Catalog includes published books and soon to be released titles. Please enjoy browsing our available books, their descriptions, and excerpted material. Also offered you will find Study Guides for group or individual education.
Catalog
Books
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Becoming Literate in the Process of Awakening
Author: Dale Verkuilen
Becoming Literate in the Process of Awakening combines the teaching method of Yogacara Buddhism and David Grove’s innovative psychotherapy expressed in practice enhancing symbols.
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Unfolding the Eightfold Path: A Contemporary Zen Perspective
Author: Dale Verkuilen
Unfolding the Eightfold Path presents a holographic exploration of the Buddhist tenets of Wisdom, Meditation, and Morality.
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Dokusan With Dogen: Timeless Lesson In Negotiating The Way
Author: Barbara Verkuilen
Dokusan with Dōgen blends modern scientific findings, Zen lore, and contemporary anecdotes to provide a unique formula that is entertaining and informative.
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The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li
Author: Barbara Verkuilen
In this deftly woven, beautifully illustrated Zen fable, the reader meets a captivating Zen Master of old, whose trials and lessons are not so different from our own.
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The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li: Audio Version
Author: Barbara Verkuilen
Meet all the characters of the book in this warm and intimate audio rendering. Listening while paging through the illustrated text is another wonderful way to enjoy Bho Li’s remarkable saga. Click ‘MORE INFO’ to listen to a sample.
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Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening
Author: Dale and Barbara Verkuilen
Tending the Fire is a symbolic model that blends Master Dogen’s Zen teachings on awakening with an original Western psychological process.
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Words within Silence: 108 Poems of Zen and the Way
Author: Joseph Kyugen Michaud
A unique collection of Zen contemporary poetry, exploring the thread of mystery that runs through experience and insight.
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Lost Time
Author: Joseph Kyugen Michaud
The author’s second collection of 108 poems, uncovering “thusness” in the everyday mind.
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Where the Dragon Gains the Water
Author: Compiled by Dale Verkuilen
Ryumonji Zen Monastery is the realization of Dainin Katagiri’s dream of a traditional style Zen monastery in America. This is its story of how it came to be and the people who made it happen.
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Mindscapes: Selected Poems of the Way
Author: Joe Kyugen Michaud
Contemporary and youthful poems inspired by TM, Tai Chi, Zen and the daily life of aspiring to awakening.
Study Guides
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness
Author: Dale and Barbara Verkuilen
This commentary on the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness offers reflections on the forty seven couplets of the enlightenment poem of Tung-shan Liang Chieh.