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Charlotte Joko Beck
Author profile
born
in The United States
March 27, 1917
died
June 15, 2011
gender
female
genre
influences
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Everyday Zen: Love and Work
— published 1989 — 13 editions |
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Nothing Special
by Charlotte Joko Beck, Steve Smith, Steven A. Smith — published 1993 — 7 editions |
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Living Everyday Zen
— published 2008 |
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Now Zen
— published 1995 — 2 editions |
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Zen
by Charlotte Joko Beck, Steven A. Smith |
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Zen día a día. El comienzo, la práctica y la vida diaria
— published 2012 |
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Niets Bijzonders
— published 1997 |
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Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion
by Diane Eshin Rizzetto, Charlotte Joko Beck — published 2005 — 3 editions |
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Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychoanalysis
by Barry Magid, Charlotte Joko Beck — published 2000 — 2 editions |
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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
by Ezra Bayda, Charlotte Joko Beck — published 2002 — 2 editions |
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“Life always gives us
exactly the teacher we need
at every moment.
This includes every mosquito,
every misfortune,
every red light,
every traffic jam,
every obnoxious supervisor (or employee),
every illness, every loss,
every moment of joy or depression,
every addiction,
every piece of garbage,
every breath.
Every moment is the guru.”
― Charlotte Joko Beck
exactly the teacher we need
at every moment.
This includes every mosquito,
every misfortune,
every red light,
every traffic jam,
every obnoxious supervisor (or employee),
every illness, every loss,
every moment of joy or depression,
every addiction,
every piece of garbage,
every breath.
Every moment is the guru.”
― Charlotte Joko Beck
“When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed, gossip, criticism. Yet it's the moment of being that disappointment which is fruitful; and, if we are not willing to do that, at least we should notice that we are not willing. The moment of disappointment in life is an incomparable gift that we receive many times a day if we're alert. This gift is always present in anyone's life, that moment when 'It's not the way I want it!”
― Charlotte Joko Beck
― Charlotte Joko Beck
“There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts. We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here.”
― Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
― Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
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