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I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man’s life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

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Martin Buber (1878–1965) was an Austrian Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his work on the distinction between the “I–Thou” relationship and the “I–It” relationship. He believed the relationship between one being and another being created the deepest meaning in our existence and would allow us to reach our full potential. He also worked on translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and in Peace several times.

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Zen Buddhism Teaches Us of the Importance of Living in the Present

Forget about learning from the past and applying those lessons to the future: reclaim and expand the present moment.

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Intention Is the Practice

On the Buddhist path, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, our intention deepens into commitment and then into vow. At that point, our intentions and our life become one.

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You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

In this book, Thich Nhat Hanh—Zen monk, author, and meditation master—distills the essence of Buddhist thought and practice, emphasizing the power of mindfulness to transform our lives. But true mindfulness, Hanh explains, is not an escape. It is being in the present moment, totally alive and free.

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Everyday Zen: Love and Work

Charlotte Joko Beck offers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living—love, relationships, work, fear, ambition, and suffering. Everyday Zen shows us how to live each moment to the fullest.

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Experience: Thinking, Writing, Language, and Religion

By what narrow path is the ineffable silence of Zen cleft by the scratch of a pen? The distilled insights of forty years, Norman Fischer’s Experience: Thinking, Writing, Language, and Religion is a collection of essays by Zen master Fischer about experimental writing as a spiritual practice.

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