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Meditation: A Japanese Way to Mind & Body Harmony
(Michi:
Japanese Arts and Ways series)
By H.E. Davey; Stone Bridge Press, 1999 Based on traditional Japanese shodo "the Way of Calligraphy," Brush Meditation introduces beginners and non-artists to working with brush and ink as a form of "moving meditation"; with black and white brush paintings and instructional photographs; pb $14.95
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Coffinman:
The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician
By Shinmon Aoki; translated by Wayne Yokoyama; Buddhist Education Center, 2002 Originally published in Japanese as Nokanfu nikki in 1993, this memoir is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film Departures (2009 Best Foreign Language Film); pb $14.95
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Currents
of Change: American Buddhist Women Speak Out on Jodo Shinshu
By Rev. Patricia Kanaya Usuki; Institute of Buddhist Studies and Orange County Buddhist Church Buddhist Education Committee, 2007 (from back cover)--In this bold and timely study, Patricia Kanaya Usuki, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest, allows the voices of American Buddhist women to be heard and their views on Jodo Shinshu to be clearly known. Through exhaustive research, surveys and interviews, she points out that women are aware of the stark contrast between the egalitarian teaching of Shinran and the male-dominant, culturally Japanese institution that continues to exist today. The challenge facing Jodo Shinshu in America, she offers, is to face the dynamics of change already taking place within it and embrace its "opportunity to reinterpret the Shin Buddhist doctrine in new ways that speak to contemporary people everywhere;" pb $10.00
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In A Japanese Garden By Charmaine Aserappa; Original woodcuts by Akiko Naomura; Council Oak Books, 1999 A city dweller yearns for the peace and tranquility of a Japanese garden; Zen teachings celebrate the serenity and joy of a simple garden, available at any time within ourselves; HC $11.00
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Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation (Michi: Japanese Arts and Ways series) By H.E. Davey; Stone Bridge Press, 2001 Included are seated and moving meditations, health exercises, and self-healing arts, plus effective stretching exercises, information about ongoing practice, and a glossary and reference section; illustrated, with step-by-step discussions; pb $18.95
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Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection By Gregg Krech; Stone Bridge Press, 2002 Includes bibliographical references and index; pb $14.95
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Ocean:
An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America
By Kenneth K. Tanaka; WisdomOcean Publications, 1997 A dialogue with Buddhists and others; includes bibliographical references and index; pb $14.95
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The
Okinawa Diet Plan: Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry
By Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., and Makoto Suzuki, M.D.; Random House, 2004 Based on a 25-year scientific study, provides an easy-to-follow eight-week plan to help reduce the risks of many weight-related diseases; also includes more than 150 easy-to-prepare recipes; HC $24.95; pb $14.95
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The Okinawa Program By Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., and Makoto Suzuki, M.D.; Random House, 2001 How the world' s longest-lived people achieve everlasting health; includes ways to eliminate excess calories, healing foods and herbs, keys to becoming and staying optimistic, tips for achieving a healthy protein balance, and more; pb $14.00
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The
Way of Taiko
By Heidi Varian; Stone Bridge Press, 2005 Taiko drumming originated in Japan as an ancient sacred practice to drive away pests from ricefields and then to thank the gods at harvest time. Today, taiko in Japan and North America has evolved into a form of mental, physical, and martial arts training that combines rhythm, harmony, and movement; pb $18.95 |
