LIFE between the TIGERS: Zen Wisdom in Everyday English
''Life Between the Tigerswill confuse, perplex, amaze, and just possibly point toward the path to enlightenment, and is enthusiastically recommended - especially for anyone intrigued by Zen Buddhism.'' ----Midwest Book Review''You don't have to be a Buddhist to appreciate the writings in this collection of Buddhist stories. They take your mind in unexpected directions, but they do so in such straightforward, simple prose that your don't even realize you're being led. These stories are often light, often humorous, and they each end with a twist that gives the reader a feeling of being in on the joke somehow, even if you can't quite put your finger on the punchline. The whole point of Buddhism is that we are always on the journey, we have never arrived. This book provides several hundred wonderful, quick reminders that we really are in that journey to enjoy each moment.'' ---- Russell Rowland, author of In Open Spaces, The Watershed Years, and High and Inside''It takes a few times through the stories, but they teach something that traditional zen koans set out to teach from the very beginning, that uncontrived response to what is. I love how many of these stories are set in modern times. If you're used to zen stories set in ancient Japan, these will turn you for a loop.'''If you open a book,And see yourself,What do you see?'---- Joshua Waldman, CareerEnlightenment.com author of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.