Applied Zen: A Short Guide to an Active Meditation Practice - Softcover

Thomas, Claude AnShin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1736293478 ISBN 13: 9781736293478

Publisher: Oakwood Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Straightforward instruction on integrating Zen Buddhist meditation practice into all aspects of your daily life.

American Zen Buddhist monk and teacher Claude AnShin Thomas distills decades of monastic study and experience into a practical guide for anyone interested in establishing a committed meditation practice--on and off the cushion. Applied Zen provides instruction on:

• Sitting meditation
• Walking meditation
• Working meditation
• Eating meditation
• Deep listening and mindful speech
• Creating a home altar
• Bowing
• Sleeping meditation

“Meditation doesn’t have just one form,” Claude AnShin writes. “It is not only something we do seated on a cushion or chair. It is a way of life.” Applied Zen is a pithy, inspiring guide for readers seeking to establish or deepen their meditation practice.

About this title

About the Author

Claude AnShin Thomas is a monk in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, and has been an active speaker and Zen teacher in the United States, South America, and Europe. He is also the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes peace and nonviolence (www.zaltho.org).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oakwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1736293478
• ISBN 13: 9781736293478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92