World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fischer

World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fischer

An imaginative approach to spiritual practice in difficult times, through the Buddhist teaching of the six paramitas or perfections--qualities that lead to kindness, wisdom, and an awakened life.

In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what's hidden, and it shape-shifts reality's roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or six perfections--generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding--can help us reconfigure the world we live in. Ranging from our everyday concerns about relationships, ethics, and consumption to our artistic inspirations and broadest human yearnings, Fischer depicts imaginative spiritual practice as a necessary resource for our troubled times.

Fischer, Norman: - A graduate of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, Norman Fischer is a poet and essayist. He has been practicing as a Zen Buddhist priest for thirty-five years, and is one of the senior Zen teachers in America. The latest of his more than twenty-five poetry and prose titles are EXPERIENCE: THINKING, WRITING, LANGUAGE AND RELIGION (prose, Poetics Series, University of Alabama Press), CONFLICT (poetry, Chax Press), THE STRUGGLERS (poetry, Singing Horse Press), MAGNOLIAS ALL AT ONCE (poetry, Singing Horse), and ANY WOULD BE IF (poetry, Chax Press). In 2000 he retired as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, one of the largest Buddhist organizations in the West, and founded The Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org), an international network of Buddhist groups and social projects. His latest Buddhist title is Training in Compassion (Shambhala). Norman Fischer lives on a cliff near Muir Beach California with his wife Kathie, also a Zen priest. Their two sons live in Brooklyn.

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Title	World Could Be Otherwise
Author	Norman Fischer
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	2019-04-30
Number of pages	224
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