Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha's Household

Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha's Household

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In Together Under One Roof, Lin Jensen turns his keen eye and powerful prose explicitly to the teachings of the Buddha, to traditional Zen stories, and to the practices of meditation and compassion — as well as the intricacies of everyday language and the natural world, truth, and beauty, family, and the myriad ways our simplest actions affect our whole lives. His previous...more
Paperback, 276 pages
Published August 5th 2008 by Wisdom Publications (first published July 1st 2008)
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Viv JM
Charming collection of essays on the Buddhist path by Zen teacher Lin Jensen. Jensen's style is fluid and poetic and very readable.
Rock
He stays on message, telling small tales of daily life. It was a calming read, with learning opportunities gently presented.
Karen
Wise, intelligent and affirming. A Zen book that is, quite naturally, not about Zen, but about the life and world we share.
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