Real Zen for Real Life

Real Zen for Real Life « Series from 2020

Series from 2020

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Genres: Documentary

With the academic purview of a philosophy professor, the view of an academic scholar, and the spiritual experience of a practitioner and teacher of Zen, Professor Bret W.

Davis’ Real Zen for Real Life reflects the push and pull between Eastern and Western traditions and cultures with the goal of making the study and practice of Zen more accessible and engaging to all viewers.

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What Is Zen? Recovering the Beginner’s Mind

The Zen Way to Know and Forget Thyself

Zen Meditation: Clearing the Heart-Mind

How to Practice Zen Meditation

The Middle Way of Knowing What Suffices – Meditation Checkup: The Middle Way of Meditation

Embracing the Impermanence of Life

The True Self Is Egoless – Meditation Checkup: Lead with the Body and Physical Stillness

Loving Others as Yourself

Taking Turns as the Center of the Universe – Meditation Checkup: From Mindless Reacting to Mindful Responding

Who or What Is the Buddha?

Mind Is Buddha: If You Meet Him, Kill Him! – Meditation Checkup: Dealing with Unavoidable Pain

Dying to Live: Buddhism and Christianity

Zen beyond Mysticism: Everyday Even Mind

Engaged Zen: From Inner to Outer Peace – Meditation Checkup: Dealing with Distractions

The Dharma of Karma: We Reap What We Sow

Zen Morality: Follow and Then Forget Rules

The Zone of Zen: The Freedom of No-Mind

Zen Lessons from Nature: The Giving Leaves – Meditation Checkup: Three Ways of Breathing In and Out

Zen Art: Cultivating Naturalness

Zen and Words: Between Silence and Speech – Meditation Checkup: Chanting as a Meditative Practice

Zen and Philosophy: The Kyoto School

Just Sitting and Working with Kōans – Meditation Checkup: Walking Meditation

Death and Rebirth: Or, Nirvana Here and Now

Reviewing the Path of Zen: The Oxherding Pictures – Finding a Zen Community