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Berry, Scott A Stranger in Tibet: The Adventures of a Zen Monk
London Collins 1990 0002153378 / 9780002153379 First British Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Octavo
vii, 309 pp. Dustwrapper is not price clipped but has light edgewear (wrinkles). Light dust foxing to upper edge of text block; faint splotch to fore edge. Biography of Kawaguchi Ekai. Illustrated with b/w map, plates.
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David-Neel, Alexandra, and Lama Yongden The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects
San Francisco City Lights 1974 0872860124 / 9780872860124 Reprint Paperback Good Duodecimo
128 pp. General and edgewear to illustrated wraps. 1-cm tear to base of spine, which is a little canted. Edges of text block a little scuffed and foxed. Foxing to first and last few pages, o/w internally unmarked and solidly bound. Two b/w photos of the authors.Foreword by Alan Watts, translated from the French by Capt. H. N. M. Hardy.
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Downing, Michael Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center
Washington D.C Counterpoint 2001 1582432546 / 9781582432540 First Paperback Good Remainder Octavo
384 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. Remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. "The scandal that rocked San Francisco Zen Center in 1983 was potent enough to cast doubt on the entire matter of alternative religious practice in America."
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Goldstein, Joseph One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
New York HarperCollins 2002 0062517007 / 9780062517005 First Hard Cover Fine Near Fine Octavo
214 pp. Extremely light edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. All else as new. "Marked by a simplicity derived from the Buddha's own pragmatic response to life, Goldstein distills the essential question that is at the base of all the traditions: What works to free tyhe mind from suffering?"
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Gunn, Neil M. The Atom of Delight
Great Britain Polygon 1993 0748661557 / 9780748661558 Reprint Paperback Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
viii, 246 pp. General wear to wraps and edges of text block. Gatefold flaps. Internally clean and solidly bound.
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Kraft, Kenneth (editor) Zen Teaching, Zen Practice: Philip Kapleau And The Three Pillars Of Zen
New York and Tokyo Weatherhill 2000 0834804409 / 9780834804401 First Paperback Near Fine Octavo
141 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Internally as new. "This unprecedented collection of 11 essays examines Kapleau's pivotal role in Zen's transmission to the West. The accounts offer an intimate look at the human side of Zen practice, revealing the qualities that made Kapleau so influential as a Zen teacher.
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Luk, Charles Ordinary Enlightenment: A Translation of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Boston Shambhala 2002 1570629714 / 9781570629716 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Remainder Octavo
157 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Red inkblot to lower edge of text block -- probably a remainder mark. Internally as new. Includes explanatory notes and glossary. "This is the only translation of this work from the Chinese, and it is eminently accessible. An archetypal source for lay students, I enjoy it for its depth and its humor." -- Robert Aitken
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Pallis, Marco Peaks and Lamas
London Cassell 1942 Third (Revised) Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket Octavo
xx, 428 pp. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine show light general and edgewear, including some fraying to corners and head/heel of spine. Edges of text block foxed (upper edge tinted red). Light marginal foxing throughout; plates are not affected. Otherwise internally unmarked. Eps torn (not too messily) along front hinge, but binding is solid throughout. Prev. owner's bookplate to front pastedown. With one plate in colour, ninety-five photogravure illustrations, and three maps. Index. Tibet in the 1930s, with an emphasis on religion and culture.
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Quing, Ven. Sasanajoti Yuen Lotus Fragrance
Hong Kong Hong Kong Buddhist Association Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
8 chapters, each separately paginated. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price clipped, but has very slight edgewear. Brown cloth boards with bright gilt lettering are slightly worn along bottom edges. Faint stains to upper edge of text block, internally bright, clean and solidly bound. Text in English and Cantonese. Colour illustrations.8v
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