{"product_id":"the-zen-guide-to-opening-your-heart-practical-advice-from-a-zen-buddhist-monk","title":"The Zen Guide to Opening Your Heart: Practical Advice from a Zen Buddhist Monk","description":"\u003cp\u003e Let go of your worries, overcome wanting and learn to cultivate a stable, peaceful heart. Zen Buddhist monk Gensho Taigu holds that the heart-what is inside of us-is the true key to our happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this uplifting and life-changing book, you'll find simple solutions to the problems and anxieties we all face at some time or another: My love life is a disaster My family doesn't understand me I don't get along with my boss I want to make lots of money and have a better life Taigu sees our own expectations and emotions as the main barriers to our happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe explains how a few simple Buddhist teachings can help us break down these walls, allow us to let go of our worries and our anger, and change our habits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe practical solutions he offers in this book include: How to overcome the habit of \"wanting\", how to stop yourself from worrying about things you cannot change, how to create the habit of filling your heart with \"good things\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple and achievable meditation and visualization techniques By following these practices, you can shake off negative emotions and increase your happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is written in a simple, straightforward style and illustrated throughout with cute cat drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGensho Taigu is chief priest at Fukugonji Temple in Komaki City near Nagoya. His Buddhist name \"Taigu\" expresses a state of boundless freedom. He embodies the phrase \"neither monk nor layman\" with six different professions: as a monk, businessman, writer, lecturer, therapist and karate practitioner. A YouTube channel which he started in response to a consultation with the mother of a suicidal girl has over 57,000 subscribers. In 2019, he established the Fushin sect of Buddhism which is based on the principles of \"nurturing compassion, wisdom, and Buddha-nature.\" His website has English-language information: https: \/\/taigu-gensho.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 192 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 191mm W: 127mm Spine: 28mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 340 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45807156527254,"sku":"9784805319437","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket--1_41f9f2f7-238e-4e2e-9bf0-372ec3a2f16f.jpg?v=1762287792","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-zen-guide-to-opening-your-heart-practical-advice-from-a-zen-buddhist-monk","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}