Practicing No Suffering, According to Buddha
Sensational smash hit!
100,000 copies sold immediately after publication.
It’s so simple that you can start practicing today.
There’s no need to agonize any longer . . .
100,000 copies sold immediately after publication.
It’s so simple that you can start practicing today.
There’s no need to agonize any longer . . .
| Author | Koike Ryunosuke, Suzuki Tomoko (Illustration) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| ISBN | 978 - 4093881821 |
| Category | Health, Mind & Body |
| Publication | March, 2011 |
| Estimated length | 226P |
| Size | 186 × 132 mm |
| Sold to | France, Italy |
A book on how to calm your sullen mind by the author-priest of the best-selling Kangaenai Renshu (Practice Not to Think)
Lessons contained in this volume include:
This volume also contains 4-cell mangas by popular manga artist Suzuki Tomoko.
Lessons contained in this volume include:
- Travel Life’s Path with a Truly Good PersonYou should not choose a fool for your life-long friend or partner.
- Accept InconvenienceYou become upset because you think you have a choice.
- Make Yourself CompleteDo not preach to others what you have not accomplished yourself.
- Prepare for AccusationsThere is always someone with ill feelings toward you.
- Better Your KarmaWhen you are displeased, it’s your chance to repay the debt your sinful deeds incurred.
- Do Not GlorifyYou should reset all of your obsessions, realizing a man is just a bunch of flesh.
- Endure SeparationWake up and realize that craving love is nothing but wanting intoxication caused by dopamine.
- Banish Your Obsession with AppearancesWearing only your favorite clothes results in the fixation of a certain mental pattern.
This volume also contains 4-cell mangas by popular manga artist Suzuki Tomoko.
About the Author
Koike Ryunosuke
Born in Yamaguchi prefecture in 1978, Koike is a temple master at Tsukuyomu-ji (Setagaya, Tokyo) and Shogen-ji (Yamaguchi prefecture). After graduating from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo, Koike launched his website “Iede Kukan” (Space for Runaways). In 2003, he opened iede café, a hybrid of a temple and a café, which he operated until 2007. Today, aside from his own Buddhist training, Koike instructs lay people how to practice Zen sitting meditation at Tsukuyomu-ji and other venues including Shinjuku Asahi Culture Center. His publications include the bestselling Kangaenai Renshu (“Practice Not To Think” Tokyo: Shogakkan); Choyaku Buddha no Kotoba (“Super-Liberal Interpretation of Buddha’s Words,” Tokyo: Discover Twenty-One); and Chinmoku Nyumon (Introduction to Silence) and Mo, Okoranai (I Will Get Angry No More) both from Gento-sha.
Suzuki Tomoko
Born in 1977, Suzuki is a manga artist whose publications include: the “Tsuyoki na Shoshin-chan” (Self-Confident Wimp) series, Yamanobori Hajimemashita―Mezase! Fujisan (I Have Taken Up Mountain Climbing―Aiming for Mr. Fuji!), and Yamanobori Hajimemashita 2―Ikuzo Yakushima (I Have Taken Up Mountain Climbing 2―Yakushima, Here I Come), all of which were published by Media Factory, Tokyo; Futsuu no Kaisha to Panch Pahma (“An Ordinary Company and the Kinky Permanent,” Village Books); and Ashita Genki ni Naare (“You’ll Be Fine Tomorrow,” Shufu no Tomo-sha).
Born in Yamaguchi prefecture in 1978, Koike is a temple master at Tsukuyomu-ji (Setagaya, Tokyo) and Shogen-ji (Yamaguchi prefecture). After graduating from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo, Koike launched his website “Iede Kukan” (Space for Runaways). In 2003, he opened iede café, a hybrid of a temple and a café, which he operated until 2007. Today, aside from his own Buddhist training, Koike instructs lay people how to practice Zen sitting meditation at Tsukuyomu-ji and other venues including Shinjuku Asahi Culture Center. His publications include the bestselling Kangaenai Renshu (“Practice Not To Think” Tokyo: Shogakkan); Choyaku Buddha no Kotoba (“Super-Liberal Interpretation of Buddha’s Words,” Tokyo: Discover Twenty-One); and Chinmoku Nyumon (Introduction to Silence) and Mo, Okoranai (I Will Get Angry No More) both from Gento-sha.
Suzuki Tomoko
Born in 1977, Suzuki is a manga artist whose publications include: the “Tsuyoki na Shoshin-chan” (Self-Confident Wimp) series, Yamanobori Hajimemashita―Mezase! Fujisan (I Have Taken Up Mountain Climbing―Aiming for Mr. Fuji!), and Yamanobori Hajimemashita 2―Ikuzo Yakushima (I Have Taken Up Mountain Climbing 2―Yakushima, Here I Come), all of which were published by Media Factory, Tokyo; Futsuu no Kaisha to Panch Pahma (“An Ordinary Company and the Kinky Permanent,” Village Books); and Ashita Genki ni Naare (“You’ll Be Fine Tomorrow,” Shufu no Tomo-sha).
FOREIGN EDITIONS
| Publisher | 株式会社小学館 |
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| Publication | January, 2014 |
