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81) Sky sweeper
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Despite criticism for his lack of "accomplishments," Takiboki finds contentment sweeping flower blossoms and raking the sand and gravel in the monks' temple garden. Includes a note on the art and beauty of Japanese gardens.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Tassajara (the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in the United States) practitioners come face-to-face with a California wildfire. A gripping narrative as well as an insider's portrait of the Zen path, Fire monks reveals what it means to meet an emergency with presence of mind -- Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Mindful work with horses, says neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton, can enlighten the human handler as much as it benefits the horse. Evolving over 30 million years to become the quintessential prey animal, equines have developed acute right-brain survival skills, such as leadership, awareness, empathy, and cooperation. In particular the horse has finely honed abilities to lead, communicate, and connect not with words, but with the vital emotional energy...