{"product_id":"9780982449172","title":"One Essence: The Nondual Clarity of an Ancient Zen Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Essence\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern commentary on the nondual teachings of a classical Zen text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also a collection of Zen wisdom and poetry, containing the 67 stanzas of the Hsin Hsin Ming (with multiple alternative translations), plus many other succinct spiritual verses from ancient and contemporary Zen sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concise, powerful verses of the Hsin Hsin Ming have been translated repeatedly over the ages, and been the subject of many commentaries in the attempt to understand its simplicity and subtlety. Here, Robert Wolfe, the author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-Realization\u003c\/i\u003e provides a modern, nondual look at this ancient Zen-Taoist poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll thirty of its quatrains are provided along with a contemporary nondual interpretation as well as selections from other Zen and Taoist teaching poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included is a short story by Robert Wolfe, \"In Death as in Life\", envisioning the last days of the Buddha and his nondual teachings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Robert Wolfe, \u003ci\u003eOne Essence\u003c\/i\u003e represents his best essential summary of the nondual perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this day, when the teachings of nonduality are being scrutinized by a growing public, the Hsin Hsin Ming again casts its reflective light on another generation privileged to contemplate its clarity and directness.\" \u003c\/b\u003e(from the Introduction by the author.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Chapter 16 of One Essence, a verse from the Hsin Hsin Ming:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe all contains each,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd each is the essence of the all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo live in this understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the essence of the Tao.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karina Library Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034429636848,"sku":"9780982449172","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982449172_p0.jpg?v=1763884149","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982449172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}