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Books, CDs and DVDs by Subject

Ageing

From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Warner Books, 1995

Arts

Listing of Recordings, Jorge Alfano

Listing of CD's , Krishna Das

Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness , (with Eve Marko) Bell Tower 1998

Shiviti, Ka-Tzetnik
Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, David Schneider. Shambhala 1993
Against Forgetting, Carolyn Forche. Norton 1993

Buddhism

In the Lap of the Buddha, Gavin Harrison
Essential Zen, Tanahashi & Schneider
The Threefold Lotus Sutra, Weatherhill/Kosei 1975

Lex Hixon

Living Buddha Zen 1995
Mother of the Buddhas: Meditaion on the Prajnaparamita Sutra 1993

Christianity

Pia Gyger

That We May Join Earth and Heaven: Lay Religious Community for the 21st Century 1996

Robert Kennedy

Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: the Place of Zen in Christian Life, Continuum, 1995

Community Building

Community Building on the Web: Secret..., Amy Jo Kim, Peachpit Press; April 6, 2000

Conflict Resolution

Council

The Way of Council, Jack Zimmerman and Virginia Coyle 1996

Death and Dying

Rituals of Healing, Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey, & Leslie Kolkmeier
Mortally Wounded, Michael Kearney
Who Dies?, Stephen Levine
A Whole New Life, Reynolds Price
Living Our Dying, Joseph Sharp 
Metta Practices for Being with the Dying, audiotape by Joan Halifax
Being with Dying, a six-audiotape set by Joan Halifax
Mourning & Mitzwah, Anne Brener.Jewish Lights 1993

Health

Rituals of Healing, Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey, & Leslie Kolkmeier
Power of Meditation and Prayer , Jon Kabat-Zinn with Moore, Thomas and Dossey, Larry)
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Jon Kabat-Zinn 1994
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness , Jon Kabat-Zinn 1990

Hindu

Listing of CD's, Krishna Das

Lex Hixon

Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and Tantric Hymns of Enlightenment 1994
Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna 1992

Sri Swami Satchidananda

Beyond Words
The Golden Present
Guru and Disciple
The Healthy Vegatarian
Integral Yoga Hatha Henry Holt
The Living Gita Henry Holt 1988
Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The Mother is the Baby's First Guru
Peace is Within Our Reach
To Know Your Self
Spiritual Intimacy

Holocaust

Auschwitz/Birkenau Films

Raising the Ashes, a film by Michael O'Keefe on the 1996 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat $20.00

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"Raising the Ashes" brings together interviews, religious practices and historical footage to create poignant and powerful film. Reminding us to remember victims and perpetrators of perhaps the greatest crime of the 2Oth Century. After appreciating Auschwitz as a scene of this crime, the Holocaust, the film demonstrates how Auschwitz, and places like it, can become a source of healing in our time and for all time.

remember

Remember..To Become Whole Again, a film by George Eich on the 1998 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat. $20.00







Books

Many, many books have been published concerning the Holocaust. Those listed below are particularly recommended because they are very powerful personal accounts of bearing witness and/or raise complex moral and spiritual issues.

Amery, Jean. At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities. Schocken (New York: 1986).

Borowski, Tadeusz. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen. Penguin Books (New York: 1976)

Delbo, Charlotte. Auschwitz and After (includes None of Us Will Return, Useless Knowledge, and The Measure of Our Days). Yale University Press (New Haven: 1995).

Eliach, Yaffa. Hassidic Tales of the Holocaust. Vintage Books (New York: 1988)

Epstein, Helen. Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors. Penguin Books (New York: 1979).

Hillesum, Etty. An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941- 1943. Washington Square Press (New York: 1983).

Hoess, Rudolf, Commandant of Auschwitz. Phoenix Press.

Ka-Tzetnik 135633. Shivitti: A Vision. Gateways/IDHHB (Canada: 1998).

Ka-Tzetnik 135633. Kaddish. Algemeiner Associates (New York: 1998)

Langer, Lawrence L. Admitting the Holocaust. Oxford Univ. Press (New York: 1995).

Langer, Lawrence L. Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory. Yale Univ. Press (New Haven: 1991).

Lanzmann, Claude. Shoah: An Oral History of the Holocaust. Pantheon (New York: 1985).

Levi, Primo. The Drowned and the Saved. Vintage International (New York, 1989)

Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz. Simon & Schuster (New York: 1996).

Schlink, Bernhard. The Reader. Vintage Books (New York: 1998).

Steiner, Jean-Francois. Treblinka. The New American Library (New York 1967).

Szpilman, Wladyslaw, The Pianist: the extraordinary story of one man's Survival in Warsaw 1939-1945, Victor Golancz (London, 1999)

Wiesel, Elie. Night. Bantam Books (New York: 1982).

Wiesenthal, Simon. The Sunflower. Schocken Books (New York: 1997).

Wilkomirski, Binjamin. Fragments. Schocken Books (New York: '1997). Please note that this book is probably fiction and the author was involved in legal proceedings.

Inner-City

Interfaith

Robert Kennedy Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: the Place of Zen in Christian Life, Continuum, 1995

Islam

Lex Hixon

Atom from the Sun of Knowledge 1993
Heart of the Koran 1988

Jewish

David Cooper

Silence, Simplicity and Solitude Bell Tower 1992
The Heart of Stillness Bell Tower 1992

Alan Lew

One God Clapping, Kodansha, 1999

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

The First Step Bantom, 1983
Fragments of a Future Scroll Leaves of Grass Press1975
Gate to the Heart ALEPH 1993
Spiritual Intimacy Aronson 1991

Howard Schwartz

The Dream Assembly-Tales of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Gateways 1988

Rami Shapiro

wisdom of the jewish sages, Bell Tower 1993

Arthur Waskow

Down-to-Earth Judaism
Godwrestling Jewish Lights, 1994
Godwrestling-Round 2 Jewish Lights, 1996
Seasons of Our Joy Beacon 1982
The Freedom Seder
These Holy Sparks Harper & Row 1983

Meditation

David Cooper

Silence, Simplicity and Solitude Bell Tower 1992
The Heart of Stillness Bell Tower 1992

Native American

The White Roots of Peace , Paul Wallace. Chauncy Press 1986
Manual for the Peacemaker : An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self & Society, Jean Houston. Quest Books 1995
The Book of Elders: The Life Stories & Wisdom of Great American Indians, Sandy Johnson. Harper Collins 1994

Prayer

Prayers for a Thousand Years, Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon, Harper, 1999

Prison Work

We'Re All Doing Time , Bo Lozoff 1985

Socially Engaged Buddhism

Bernie Glassman

InstructionstoCook

Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, by Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields (Hardcopy) $15.00

witness

Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and Eve Marko) (Hardcopy) $15.00

engbud

Engaged Buddhism in the West, edited by Chris Queen
Engaged Buddhism in Asia, Sally King & Chris Queen
For a Future to be Possible, Thich Nhat Hanh
Blooming of a Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh
Old Path White Clouds, Thich Nhat Hanh
Cultivating the Mind of Love, Thich Nhat Hanh
Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism edited by Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin, Oct 1, 2004

Socially Engaged Spirituality

Vision of Zen Peacemakers

Legend and/or Story

InstructionstoCook

Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, by Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields (Hardcopy) $15.00

witness

Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and Eve Marko) (Hardcopy) $15.00

infinite_circle

Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen by Bernie Glassman (Hardcopy) $15.00

The White Roots of Peace , Paul Wallace. Chauncy Press 1986
Manual for the Peacemaker : An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self & Society, Jean Houston. Quest Books 1995
The Book of Elders: The Life Stories & Wisdom of Great American Indians, Sandy Johnson. Harper Collins 1994

Partnership

Chalice and the Blade , Riane Eisler
Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism, Rita Gross. SUNY 1993

Precepts and Rule of Zen Peacemaker Order

Constitution of the Soto Sect of Japan
Shingon Esoteric Buddhism: A Handbook for Followers, Yusei Arai. Koyasan Shingon Buddhism 1997

Exemplars

witness

Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and Eve Marko) (Hardcopy) $15.00


Shiviti, Ka-Tzetnik
Street Zen:: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, David Schneider. Shambhala 1993
How Can I Help, Ram Dass with Paul Gorman. 1985
Collected Works, A.T. Ariyaratne. Vishva Lekha 1989
Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh.Parallex Press 1987
Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism edited by Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin, Oct 1, 2004

Youth

Zen

Bernie Glassman

InstructionstoCook

Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, by Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields (Hardcopy) $15.00

witness

Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and Eve Marko) (Hardcopy) $15.00

infinite_circle

Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen by Bernie Glassman (Hardcopy) $15.00

hazymoon

The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi and Bernie Glassman





onzenpractice

On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi and Bernard Glassman





Videos

Instructions to the Cook. A Zen MasterÕs Recipe for Living a Life That Matters: $20.00

A Film by Christof Wolf

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Bernard Glassman teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures, peacemaking or just life. The documentary demonstrates the uniqueness and human impact of GlassmanÔs work and life. Not only a Zen teacher, he works as a peacemaker in the field of interfaith dialog throughout the world. He has helped change a whole neighbourhood in Yonkers (New York). The film shows how one can live a life that matters.

Color, 44 Minutes, English, NTSC 16:9

© 2006 Loyola Productions Munich GmbH. All Rights Reserved.

Special Features: Trailers, Additional Scenes, DirectorÕs and ProducerÕs Commentary, Interviews

To view the Trailer for Instructions to the Cook, link below:

Peter Gregory

Gate of Sweet Nectar: Feeding Hungry Spirits in an American Zen Community: $20.00

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This two-DVD set features the uncut film of the Gate of Sweet Nectar ritual at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. A creative adaptation of the traditional Soto Zen ritual for feeding hungry ghosts (Kan Ro Mon) and a remarkable example of the transformation of Buddhism in an American setting.

Includes exclusive interviews with Roshi Bernie Glassman, Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao and Rev. Michael Daigu O'Keefe.



Peter Hershock

Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) by Peter D. Hershock Jul 1996


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