At Home in the Muddy Water
A Guide to Finding Peace within Everyday Chaos
Published on 9. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-59030-168-5 (ISBN)
Description
May we exist like a lotus, / At home in the muddy water. / Thus we bow to life as it is.
This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of what the spiritual life is truly about: the willingness to open ourselves to whatever life presents-no matter how messy or complicated. And through that willingness to be open, we can discover wisdom, compassion, and the genuine life we all want. In At Home in the Muddy Water , Bayda applies this simple Zen teaching to a range of everyday concerns-including relationships, trust, sexuality, and money-showing that everything we need to practice is right here before us, and that peace and fulfillment is available to everyone, right here, right now, no matter what their circumstances.
This verse is an important reminder, says Ezra Bayda, of what the spiritual life is truly about: the willingness to open ourselves to whatever life presents-no matter how messy or complicated. And through that willingness to be open, we can discover wisdom, compassion, and the genuine life we all want. In At Home in the Muddy Water , Bayda applies this simple Zen teaching to a range of everyday concerns-including relationships, trust, sexuality, and money-showing that everything we need to practice is right here before us, and that peace and fulfillment is available to everyone, right here, right now, no matter what their circumstances.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
NONE
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59030-168-5 (9781590301685)
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11/2004
Shambhala
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Person
Ezra Bayda teaches at Zen Center San Diego. He is also the author of Being Zen, At Home in the Muddy Water, Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts), and Zen Heart. For more information, visit www.zencentersandiego.org.