This book will help you to appreciate the significance of this particular school of Buddhism, famous for its focus on meditation and self-awakening, to understand the history of Zen and the Ways of Zen, to discover how Zen is a way of life ? not a be...

This book will help you to appreciate the timeless wisdom of the oldest form of Buddhism in existence today, to understand what it means to be a Buddhist, to recognize the key practices and traditions of Theravada Buddhism, and to avoid faux pas in c...

This book will help you to appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life to recognize the key traditions and festivals (matsuri) of the Shinto year to understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto ritual to gain...