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Karen Maezen Miller

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gender

female

place of birth

Santa Monica, CA

website

http://www.mommazen.com

genre

Parenting & Families, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies & Memoirs

influences

Taizan Maezumi Roshi, my daughter Georgia and my mother

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August 2007

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I'm a wife, mother, writer and Zen Buddhist priest, and in spite of all that (no wait – because of it!) I'm just as confounded as you are. Visit me at my blog, Cheerio Road, http://www.mommazen.blogspot.com, for the daily inspiration and encouragement to keep going.

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The keys to heaven

Recently I ran across a new Buddhist blog that says it is for people who "are interested in meditation but don't want to pretend they live in ancient Asia." I try not to get too worked up about how people characterize Buddhism, but that line about pretense got my attention.

If I have your attention, please hop over to the web magazine Killing the Buddha, where my newest essay, "Grass... ...more

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Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood
by Karen Maezen Miller (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.20 — 137 ratings — published 2006
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Mother's Winter Plunge
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	Karen gave to: South of Broad (Hardcover) by Pat Conroy	my rating:
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October 31
	Karen gave to: Love and Summer: A Novel (Hardcover) by William Trevor	my rating:
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October 25
	Karen gave to: A Gate at the Stairs (Hardcover) by Lorrie Moore	my rating:
	Karen said: "Just fantastic, grim, relentless, honest, unsparing. At first, I was resigned to read a set of short stories, then gifted with an entire novel about the deeply sad and eternal ways we camouflage our losses in organic spring mix and fingerling potatoe...more " add a comment
	Karen gave to: In a Perfect World: A Novel (Paperback) by Laura Kasischke	my rating:
	Karen said: "Spoiler: do not read this book if you are a)paranoid about H1N1 b)the parent of a pre-teen c)about to become a stepmother d)disturbed about the probity of airline pilots e)a global warming denier. Otherwise, this is a delicious read that encapsulates...more " add a comment
October 15
	Karen gave to: Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits (Paperback) by Bill Porter	my rating:
	Karen said: "Read it, if you do, for the intermittent interviews with Taoist and Zen hermits: lucid, profound, ordinary. Then see where the road leads you next. " add a comment
	Karen gave to: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China (Hardcover) by Bill Porter	my rating:
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September 09
	Karen gave to: The Hummingbird's Daughter (Paperback) by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads author)	my rating:
	read in September, 2009 Karen said: "I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved. Meticulously researched and authenticated, an epic that bears 20 years of labor. The sweep alone could prevent you from keeping up. But here's what enthralled me: the language, the visions, the prayers, the mag...more " add a comment
September 01
	Karen gave to: Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World (Hardcover) by Mary Bray Pipher	my rating:
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"You don't have to wait for happiness, because there's no time but now to be happy. You don't have to go somewhere else, because there's no place but here to find it. You don't have to do something else, because there's nothing more to it. You don't have to get something else, because everything you already have is enough. You just have to be happy. ..."
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