Don't Be a Jerk

Name: Don't Be a Jerk: And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master
ISBN: 9781608683888

And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master

Brad Warner

2016·306 pages·Nonfiction

Self-Help & Business

“Even if the whole universe is nothing but a bunch of jerks doing all kinds of jerk-type things, there is still liberation in simply not being a jerk.”
— Eihei Dogen (1200–1253 CE)

A Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye The Shobogenzo (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) is a revered eight-hundred-year-old Zen Buddhism classic written by the Japanese monk Eihei Dogen. Despite the timeless wisdom of his teachings, many consider the book difficult to understand and daunting to read. In Don’t Be a Jerk, Zen priest and author Brad Warner, through accessible paraphrasing and incisive commentary, applies Dogen’s teachings to modern times. While entertaining and sometimes irreverent, Warner is also an astute scholar who sees in Dogen very modern...

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Don't Be a Jerk

And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master

Brad Warner

Year

2016

Pages

306

Type

Nonfiction

Self-Help & Business

Praise

“Even if the whole universe is nothing but a bunch of jerks doing all kinds of jerk-type things, there is still liberation in simply not being a jerk.”
— Eihei Dogen (1200–1253 CE)