Over the past decade, the number of Buddhist meditation centers in the United States has more than doubled. Many more meditators practice in the Christian, Jewish, transcendental, and other traditions. Until now, however, surprisingly few teaching aids have shown beginning practitioners the most fundamental techniques of meditation.
Meditation for Beginners fills that niche—with clear, authentic instructions from one of America's most trusted

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Discover how you can use Zen Buddhist practices and mindfulness tools to cope with the difficult people—or ‘troublesome Buddhas’—in your life.
Perhaps you can see there’s a pattern to your behavior in relation to the challenging people in your life—and that it often causes pain. Here, Zen monk Mark Westmoquette argues how the only way we can grow is by facing this pain, acknowledging how we feel and how...

Offers a perspective on what mindfulness means, its strengths, and the potential pitfalls of decontextualizing mindfulness practice.

"Zen monk and garden designer Masuno ... does for mental clutter what Marie Kondo has done for household clutter: pare down and simplify. Masuno offers 100 directives that he insists are small and subtle: "With really only minor effort, it is possible to savor the extraordinary," he promises. Readers will indeed find some easy-to-implement suggestions, such as joining one's hands together to temper irritation. The format underscores the theme of simplicity....