The World Could Be Otherwise by Norman Fischer

The 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.

Norman Fischer is a Buddhist priest who practices Zen Buddhism. He is the founder and instructor of the Everyday Zen Foundation, a network of communities and programs, and is a former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. Fischer began writing poetry as part of a Bay Area community of experimental authors in the late 1970s. Turn Left In Order To Go Right (O Books, 1989), Precisely The Point Being Made (O Books/Chax Press 1993), Jerusalem Moonlight (Clear Glass Publications, 1995), The Narrow Roads of Japan (Ex Nihilo Press 1998), Success (Singing Horse Press, 2000), Slowly but Dearly (Chax Press, 2004), I Was Blown Back (Singing Horse Press, 2005), Charlotte's Way (TinFish 2008), and Success Sailing Home: Applying the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls (Simon and Schuster, 2008) is his most recent prose work.

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ISBN 13	9781611805048
ISBN 10	161180504X
Title	The 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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