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Author: Ayya Khema
ISBN: 9780861711987

by Khema; Foreword by Zoketsu Norman Fischer

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From the publisher

In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the essence of the Buddhist path. She addresses the how and why of meditation, providing a clear framework for understanding the nature of karma and rebirth and the entirety of the eightfold path. With specific, practical advice Ayya Khema illuminates the practices of compassion and sympathetic joy and offers forthright guidance in working with the hindrances that we all encounter in meditation. Few introductory books are both simple and profound. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere is both.

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Title Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path
Author Khema; Foreword by Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Binding Paperback
Edition 3rd
Pages 192
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wisdom Publications, Boston
Publication date 1987-06
ISBN 9780861711987 / 086171198X
Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
Category New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
Library of Congress subjects Buddhism - Customs and practices, Spiritual life - Buddhism
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001026782
Dewey Decimal Code 294.344

About the author

Born in Berlin in 1923 to Jewish parents, Ayya Khema was educated in Scotland and China and later emigrated to the United States. The author of twenty-five books, she was ordained as a nun in Sri Lanka in 1979 and established several Buddhist centers, including Wat Buddha Dhamma in Australia, Parapuddua Nun's Island in Sri Lanka, and Buddha Haus in Germany. In 1987 she coordinated the first-ever International Conference of Buddhist Nuns. She passed away in 1997.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a Zen priest and abbot, a husband, father, poet, and a teacher with wide-ranging interests and passions. Norman retired as abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center in 2000. He continues his involvement with the Center as a senior dharma teacher. In 2000 he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation, a network of Zen (and other) groups and partnerships dedicated to sharing the Zen teaching and practice widely in the world (www.everydayzen.org). He works with conflict resolution professionals, Google engineers, lawyers, caretakers for the dying, and many others to bring meditation practice to bear on the lives we are actually living every day. He continues his active practice of writing dharma books, essays, and, especially, poetry. His most recent collection is Conflict. Norman lives overlooking the sea at Muir Beach, California, with his wife, Kathie, who is a science teacher and scuba diver. They have two grown sons and a grandson.