Sallie Tisdale
Author
Language
English
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Description
You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Read a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides-a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you. The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and...
Author
Language
English
Description
What is the truth?
In a world of fake news and rampant conspiracy theories, the nature of truth has increasingly blurry borders. In this clever and timely cultural commentary, award-winning author Sallie Tisdale tackles this issue by framing it in a familiar way-reality TV, particularly the long-running CBS show Survivor.
With humor and in-depth superfan analysis, Tisdale explores the distinction between suspended disbelief and true authenticity...
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Set according to the four seasons of the liturgical calendar at Dharma Rain Zen Center in Portland, Oregon, this book lays out a wealth of Zen teachings culled from decades of talks by Kyogen Carlson. Important themes in the book include the simultaneouscentrality and ineffability of zazen; moments of kensho or sudden awakening; issues surrounding spiritual authority; the role of community life in personal practice; and the importance, in interfaith...