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The Buddha in Blue Anthology is a collection of Tai Sheridan's five Buddha in Blue Jeans Zen books. The author's contemplative style makes Zen insight accessible to people from all backgrounds. The books awaken mindfulness and the Buddha within. The "Buddha in Blue Jeans" metaphor illustrates our shared existence. Unity within ourselves and between others is the fundamental principle of Zen.

Buddha in Blue Jeans guides you to sit quietly. It teaches you to be your authentic self, the same as being a Buddha. Sitting quietly teaches acceptance, how to meet pain, age gracefully, and dying without regret. The book encourages sitting quietly every day. Buddha in Blue Jeans offers a permissive and gentle approach to enjoying silence and your breath. Everything is left up to you! It is the first in a series of six books teaching contemplative spiritual practices. Reader's Reviews: A single page gives such a gift that I take in my breath and am drawn to stop and take it in. The ...

Silence is not the absence of sound. It is a return to what is essential. In A Return to Silence, Tai Sheridan explores silence as lived experience rather than abstract idea. Drawing from decades of contemplative practice, he reflects on how quiet attention restores coherence, steadiness, and a sense of belonging in the world. This is not a manual. It is an invitation. Through clear and grounded prose, Sheridan examines how silence reveals alignment, exposes imbalance, and gradually gathers the fragmented parts of life into wholeness. For readers seeking depth without dogma, and clarity ...

A quiet reflection on the simple mystery of being alive. Most of us move through our days without noticing the most extraordinary fact of all: that we are alive. This book begins with that simple recognition. The Astonishment of Being Alive explores the shift that occurs when attention returns to the direct experience of living. In a world often filled with distraction and speed, the book invites readers to pause and rediscover the quiet wonder that exists at the heart of ordinary life. Through reflections on awareness, embodiment, and perception, the book looks closely at how experience ...

Groups gather every day to make decisions, solve problems, and shape the direction of their work. Some think clearly together. Others struggle, even when composed of capable and intelligent people. The difference is rarely talent or intention. It lies in how influence moves within the room. All Together Now examines the architecture that allows groups to function with steadiness and depth. It explores how listening, authority, freedom, judgment, feedback, and status interact to either widen or constrict participation. It considers how rooms tighten, how they reopen, and how repeated ...

Thinking for Creators Thinking for Creators is a practical book about how to think clearly in a world where chat-based tools can generate ideas faster than judgment can form. Rather than offering prompts, hacks, or productivity systems, this book focuses on the human side of thinking: asking better questions, finding a workable angle, building a clear structure, and holding complexity long enough for something coherent to emerge. It treats thinking as a practice—slow, embodied, and relational—rather than a problem to be optimized. The book assumes you are already using chat tools. Its ...

Zen prayer makes you whole through self-reflection. It can ignite the flame of your heart. Prayer releases you from your habitual self-centered tendencies. It can open the gates to your miraculous and wondrous existence. The five main prayer categories are prayers for being Buddha, cultivating virtue, accepting reality, addressing difficulties, and bringing benefit to the world. The prayers awaken goodness, healing, mystery, and blessings. Reader's Reviews: A single page gives such a gift that I take in my breath and am drawn to stop and take it in. The simplest things are always the most ...

The Buddhacarita is the oldest known story of the life of Buddha. The narrative begins with the magical birth of Prince Siddhartha and concludes with his enlightenment. This ancient myth depicts Buddha's unwavering quest for knowledge about the nature of reality. The modern epic sequel combines a hero's journey, Buddhist philosophy, historical facts, and fantastical elements.

A reflection on how a human life finds its center. Many people sense that something in modern life feels scattered. There is constant activity, endless information, and many directions to move — yet little sense of an underlying center. True North: Living a Coherent Life explores the possibility that a meaningful life emerges when the different dimensions of being human begin to align: awareness, embodiment, values, relationships, and participation in the world. Rather than searching for fixed answers or external formulas, the book examines how individuals gradually discover an inner ...

You're Going To Die examines the relationship between death and living with grace and dynamic vitality. These contemplations explore the essence of wisdom, loving kindness, and living a beneficial life. The prayers will lessen the ego's hold on embracing your body, heart, and mind. You are the fabric of existence, the living and dying of the cosmos. Transcendent Zen insight into living and dying is the basis of profound spiritual awakening. Reader's Reviews: A single page gives such a gift that I take in my breath and am drawn to stop and take it in. The simplest things are always the most ...

A thoughtful exploration of how we regain direction during times of uncertainty. Every human life includes periods of uncertainty. At times we lose our sense of direction and begin to wonder where we stand or how to move forward. Finding Your Bearings explores how people regain orientation during these moments. Rather than offering quick answers, the book looks closely at how clarity gradually returns when attention, reflection, and lived experience come back into alignment. Periods of confusion or transition are a natural part of life. They often appear during times of change, loss, or new...

Plum Blossom Zen transforms Zen Master Dogen (12th century) into contemplative poetry. Tai Sheridan's interpretations bring Dogen's complex Zen wisdom to life and make him accessible to everyone. In Rice Eyes, Dogen reveals himself as a master of mindfulness. Bendowa encourages contemplation until you understand inter-being and the essence of non-dual reality. The selections from Shobogenzo are odes that sing praise in the manner of Walt Whitman to the beauty of nature and things.

Over the course of a decade, these letters reflect on creative life, doubt, identity, and the slow maturing that comes with staying in the work. Written from the quiet of a writer’s desk, Letters from the Margins explores what it means to grow less certain and more attentive at the same time. The letters move through beginning and fatigue, discipline and ordinariness, ambition and loosening—without offering formulas or instruction. This is not a manual on writing. It is a sustained correspondence about living creatively over time. This book is part of a body of work exploring creative ...

Chat for Writers is a reflective guide to working with chat-based tools as companions in the writing process. Rather than offering prompts, hacks, or productivity systems, the book focuses on how writers think and decide while writing. It explores how conversation can support attention and clarity without replacing the writer’s voice or judgment. Chat is treated not as a source of answers, but as a space to test language, explore options, and notice what matters before committing to a draft. This book offers a steady, relationship-based approach to writing that can be returned to over time.

Zen Heaven and Hell is a contemplative anthology of ancient Buddhist teachings. Celestial Sutras contains four Buddhist sutras transformed into accessible modern images. Buddha Speaks transforms the Dhammapada, the 423 sayings of Buddha, into twenty-five sections and presents them in easy-to-understand terms. Zen Heaven and Hell is a contemplative rendering of the Buddhist Wheel of Life teachings. It illustrates the six realms of existence and the twelve states of consciousness--web of life images. The book presents ancient teachings in accessible terms for awakening the Buddha within.