Zen Spirit

13 books

Lin Qingxuan's Classic Essays: The Ten Bodhi Books (10-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.5
Lin Qingxuan's Classic Essays: The Ten Bodhi Books (10-Volume Set) Lin Qingxuan Writers Publishing House · 2017 The Ten Bodhi Books is the most substantial personal essay series by Taiwanese writer Lin Qingxuan, comprising ten collections: Purple Bodhi, Phoenix-…
Three Volumes of Pure Joy cover
Three Volumes of Pure Joy Lin Qingxuan Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2017 Three Volumes of Pure Joy is a representative self-selected collection of Lin Qingxuan's essays, gathering Zen-inflected prose chosen from across his …
Sword Buddha cover
Sword Buddha Zhonggui Huangyan Sword Buddha is a long-form Eastern fantasy novel by Qidian writer Zhonggui Huangyan ("Ultimately a Lie"), completed in March 2015 on platforms includ…
Chang'an in Chaos cover
Rating 3.6
Chang'an in Chaos Han Han Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2014 Shiran was sent to Shaolin at the age of five and grew up within its high walls; his master taught him martial arts and also a set of rules he only ha…
Quiet Years, a Steady World cover
Rating 3.2
Quiet Years, a Steady World 白落梅 China Overseas Publishing House · 2012 Quiet Years, a Steady World is a collection of essays and travel sketches by Bai Luomei. The book writes of the red dust of the world through a Zen se…
The Way of Tea: The Free and Easy Spirit of Chinese Tea cover
The Way of Tea: The Free and Easy Spirit of Chinese Tea Li Honggu TIANDI PRESS · 2021 The Way of Tea: The Free and Easy Chinese Tea is a tea culture reader edited by Li Honggu, editor-in-chief of Sanlian Life Weekly, and published by Ti…
Every Day Is a Good Day: Fifteen Joys of Tea Ceremony cover
Rating 4.2
Every Day Is a Good Day: Fifteen Joys of Tea Ceremony Noriko Morishita Cultural Development Press Co. Ltd. · 2017 Many people assume tea ceremony is an old and restrictive set of rules, and Noriko Morishita entered the tea room for the first time with the same dou…
The Book of Tea cover
Rating 4.0
The Book of Tea 冈仓天心 / 尤海燕 · 2022 This book is a celebrated work by Okakura Kakuzō, translated into French, German, Spanish, Swedish and other languages and selected for American middl…
Great Wind in the Sky: 400 Haiku, Tanka, and Chinese Poems by Ryokan cover
Rating 4.2
Great Wind in the Sky: 400 Haiku, Tanka, and Chinese Poems by Ryokan 良宽 / 陈黎 / Chang Fen-ling Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 This book selects over 400 of Ryōkan's haiku, waka, and Chinese poetry. The haiku and waka are accompanied by Chinese translations, the original Japan…
Again Sent to the Monk at Jinshan Temple cover
Rating 3.4
Again Sent to the Monk at Jinshan Temple 方干 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 "Sent Again to a Monk at Jinshan Temple" is one of the poems written by the Tang dynasty poet Fang Gan.
Hu Zhufeng's Works: The Spirit of Bamboo Slips cover
Rating 3.7
Hu Zhufeng's Works: The Spirit of Bamboo Slips 胡竹峰 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 A selection of short essays from Hu Zhufeng's decade of writing notes. Echoing the spirit of bamboo slips prized by the ancients—carving each characte…
Only Joy, No Sorrow cover
Rating 3.7
Only Joy, No Sorrow 林曦 Hunan People's Publishing House · 2026 Only Joy, No Sorrow is a collection of essays on art and life by ink painter Lin Xi, exploring the way of art and the beauty of the useless. The book …
The Diamond Sutra cover
Rating 4.6
The Diamond Sutra Kumārajīva · 2014 The Diamond Sutra, whose full title is the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra, is a classic of the Prajnaparamita series of Indian Mahayana Buddhism, …