Composting Our Karma: Turning Confusion into Lessons for Awakening Our Innate Wisdom

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Engaging teachings on the core Korean Zen practice of &“don&’t-know mind&” that encourage us to cultivate and apply a clear mind, improve our intuition, feel naturally at ease, and generate compassionate wisdom to face whatever arises.​​Barbara Rhodes (Zen Master Soeng Hyang) offers the core Korean Zen teaching of don&’t-know mind as an antidote to the over-thinking, overly stimulating modern world that is the cause of so much suffering. In this collection of essays, Rhodes shows us that there are ways we can work with, or &“compost,&” whatever we&’ve got in front of us, digest it into energy that can get us through the rough times, and cultivate a satisfying life. &“Don&’t-know mind,&” Korean Zen&’s foremost teaching, points to our clear enlightened mind before suffering arises based on concepts and judgments of like and dislike. While simple, it is a lifelong exercise, with immediate benefits that get deeper with practice. By applying don&’t-know mind to meditation, everyday existence, and life&’s challenges, readers will learn to work with their own mind&’s reactions to things; trust their intuition; perceive situations clearly; and act with natural courage, compassion, and enthusiasm. Rhodes offers fascinating insights from her professional life as a nurse; her commitment to engaged Buddhism; her life experience as a member of the LGBTQ community; her use of psychedelics on her spiritual path; and more. Readers will appreciate her down-to-earth wisdom, compassion, enthusiasm, and faith in the power of this practice. This book includes an afterword by Dae Bong Sunim, a guiding teacher at Musangsa Monastery in Korea.
Copyright:
2024

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
176 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780834845862
Related ISBNs:
9781645472940
Publisher:
Shambhala
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Copyrighted By:
Barbara Rhodes
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
null Elizabeth S. Goldstein
Foreword by:
null Richard Shrobe

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