Just Use This Mind Follow the Universal Truth to Oneness of Mind, Body and Spirit			«Back
	Venerable Master Miao Tsan Soft Cover 5.75" x 8.25", 300 pages two color New Releases / Self-Help 978-93379-90-8 October 2010 $14.95 Quantity: Gift Tie: YesNo
30% DISCOUNT on book applied at checkout FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Many Buddhist organizations have made a great deal of effort in Western society without significant progress. There are language differences, and there are also varying social values and ways of thinking—the cultural gap. Recognizing these barriers to understanding, I try to peel back the outer layers and packaging of the teachings. Once the packaging is removed, I can convey the concept of Buddhism to people of different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of dharma teaching is to solve practical human problems, not to transplant the burdens of cultural custom to people who do not share the same background. Ultimately, Buddhism must not propagate a particular culture or a tradition, it must lead us to the universal truth that benefits all beings. The universal truth has no exception; it exists regardless of ethnicity, history, geography, country and religion.
Here is a spiritual home that isn't about temples or traditions. It's a place in your own pure mind where you become the master of your own thoughts. When you learn to follow the path of Zen with diligence and right understanding, you can break though old patterns in your life and become enlightened—at peace in your body, your mind and your spirit. MASTER MIAO TSAN, the abbot of Vairocana Zen Monastery in Garden Grove, California, has conducted hundreds of meditation courses as well as several Zen-Seven and Zen-Three retreats in the United States, Mexico and Taiwan. He lectures extensively and has given meditation courses and interviews at the University of Texas, the Texas Medical Center, Purdue University and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He has a large, devoted following in both Asia and the West. In Just Use This Mind, he shares the essence of the collected wisdom of Zen masters reaching back to the original Buddha. Once you embark on the path he puts forth here, you have found the way to live the life of joy you were born to experience, no matter what your circumstances currently are.