{"title":"Art \u0026 Body Practice","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"making-love-with-light-book","title":"Making Love with Light: Contemplating Nature with Words and Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003eby John Daido Loori\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of exquisite photographs arises from the premise that unless we love nature, we will not work to save it from exploitation and eventual destruction. The rich mixture of photographs, Zen poems, and essays presented on these pages is intended to open our hearts to the wild and the wilderness, and to direct us to the ways in which we can heal the earth. The Zen master John Daido Loori, who is widely known for his efforts to make creative expression an integral part of spiritual practice, here inaugurates a new art form: Zen photography. It's a modern continuation of an ancient tradition that looks to art as an expression of the enlightened mind. The camera thus becomes a contemporary version of the Zen brush, as Loori captures moments of exceptional, unrepeatable beauty. Each image is a seed for contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with Slipcase; 184 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is also available as part of a specially priced set that includes the other two books in Daido Roshi's photographic trilogy on Master Dogen: Hearing with the Eye and The Way of Mountains and Rivers. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover with Slipcase","offer_id":32517521342602,"sku":"B-303 SC","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/b_303_front__36419.jpg?v=1739049282"},{"product_id":"the-zen-of-creativity","title":"The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe now classic book by John Daido Loori (1931 - 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780345466334 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"789.992\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many of us, Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there is a specific area of this ancient tradition that hasn’t been fully explored in the West. With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZen of Creativity \u003c\/em\u003e(first published in 2005)\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Zen master John Daido Loori presented a book that taps the principles of the Zen arts and aesthetic as a means to unlock creativity and find freedom in the various dimensions of our existence. Loori dissolves the barriers between art and spirituality, opening up the possibility of meeting life with spontaneity, grace, and peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZen Buddhism is steeped in the arts. In spiritual ways, calligraphy, poetry, painting, the tea ceremony, and flower arranging can point us toward our essential, boundless nature. Brilliantly interpreting the teachings of the artless arts, Loori illuminates various elements that awaken our creativity, among them\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003estill point\u003c\/em\u003e, the center of each moment that focuses on the tranquility within;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esimplicity\u003c\/em\u003e, in which the creative process is uncluttered and unlimited, like a cloudless sky;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003espontaneity\u003c\/em\u003e, a way to navigate through life without preconceptions, with a freshness in which everything becomes new;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emystery,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ea sense of trust in the unknown;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecreative feedback,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe systematic use of an audience to receive noncritical input about our art;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eart koans,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexercises based on paradoxical questions that can be resolved only through artistic expression. Loori shows how these elements interpenetrate and function not only in art, but in all our endeavors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated and punctuated with poems and reflections from Loori’s own spiritual journey,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZen of Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents a multilayered, bottomless source of insight into our creativity. Appealing equally to spiritual seekers, artists, and veteran Buddhist practitioners, this book is perfect for those wishing to discover new means of self-awareness and expression—and to restore equanimity and freedom amid the vicissitudes of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/zmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Zen_of_Creativity_intro.mp3\"\u003eListen to the introduction.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/monasterystore.org\/pages\/the-zen-of-creativity-an-excerpt\"\u003eRead the first chapter.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-body clearfix\" id=\"left-rail-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\" id=\"desktop-praise\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-2\" class=\"slot product-praise seemoreenable opened\" target-height=\"401.516\" height-fold=\"280\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"slot-header\"\u003ePraise\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"clearfix\"\u003e“A well-written, wise, insightful book on creativity and Zen, a subject made all the more intriguing and persuasive by Daido Loori’s long experience as a student and teacher in both. The text is enhanced by fine Zen dialogues and stories, poems, koan, photographs, and illustrations as well as apt, stimulating quotations from many writers and Zen teachers. An altogether excellent book.”\u003cbr\u003e—PETER MATTHIESSEN, author of The Snow Leopard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Zen is the immediate suchness and spontaneity of life, a creativity that is art itself. John Daido Loori, one of the truly great American Zen masters, has given us a simple yet profound guide to art, creativity, and life itself—for they all spring from the same source, the same ordinary magic of this and every moment.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Zen of Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rare, elegant, beautiful book, highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e—KEN WILBER, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Everything\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"clearfix\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"clearfix\"\u003ePaperback, 272 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\"\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"btn btn-link more\" type=\"button\"\u003eSee Less\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"right-rail\" id=\"right-rail-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-return-id=\"mobile-author-spotlights\" id=\"desktop-author-spotlights\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"author\" name=\"#author\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-author-info isbn-related 9780345466334 show\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\"\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-link more\"\u003eSee Less\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-also-in-series\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"#alsoinseries\" id=\"alsoinseries\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-also-by-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-author-spotlights\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-second-product-detail\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"desktop-praise\" data-return-id=\"mobile-praise\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#praise\" id=\"praise\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-praise seemoreenable\" id=\"seemore-2\" height-fold=\"280\" target-height=\"401.516\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Store Weighed Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32438110224522,"sku":"B-527-PB","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/5683\/1370\/products\/b_527_pb_front_web__12126.jpg?v=1739049244"},{"product_id":"yoga","title":"Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Erich Schiffmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis invaluable guide will speak to both beginners and long-time yoga practitioners. 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