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Zen Prayers For Repairing Your Life
Tai Sheridan's 'Zen Prayers' addresses what is unsettled within you and cultivates integrity and virtue. Zen prayer includes intimacy with the ground of Being, making yourself whole through honest self-reflection, clarifying your deepest spiritual intentions, wishing for the welfare of the world, and affirming the essential goodness of people and life.
Prayer can release you from your habitual self-centered tendencies and can open the gates to your miraculous and wondrous existence. Prayer invites you to the timeless and infinite border of the material and invisible world, the place where phenomena and emptiness dynamically interact in the dance of existence. Through sound and silence, prayer invokes goodness, healing, mystery, blessings, and can ignite the flame of your heart.
Prayer can release you from your habitual self-centered tendencies and can open the gates to your miraculous and wondrous existence. Prayer invites you to the timeless and infinite border of the material and invisible world, the place where phenomena and emptiness dynamically interact in the dance of existence. Through sound and silence, prayer invokes goodness, healing, mystery, blessings, and can ignite the flame of your heart.
112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 11, 2012
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July 29, 2018
Although this was a book of prayers it read like poetry. Very thought provoking and spiritual. I highly recommend reading it. ☺️
March 29, 2021
I use this deceptively simple little book daily to ground my practice. The spare prose
brings clarity to the intentions to which I yearn to commit.
brings clarity to the intentions to which I yearn to commit.
March 17, 2018
Beautifully Simple and Profound Teachings
This is a very accessible and immediately essential book, filled with prayers that anyone - regardless of their own faith or personal beliefs - can benefit from. There is literally a prayer for every situation and circumstance one will encounter, and some that can open us to a mindful way to respond to new experiences, too. No matter what we may 'assume' we will know about our feelings and responses, there are always going to be challenging events for which we feel unprepared, and this lovely book is a wonderful tool and resource for such moments.
It is also a lovely book to read as a simple guide to offer deeper self-awareness, reflection, and to help us put ourselves another's shoes, while offering calm guidance and a positive, meaningful response.
Beautifully and simply presented, these valuable Teachings through prayer can bring benefit to anyone, of any age, faith, or experience. Equally accessible to those of all beliefs (or none!) as they address the core of decent humanity we could all learn new ways to strive to embrace.
A lovely and valuable book which I know I will read over and over, both for guidance, and inspiration. I am so thankful it found me today, and I can't wait to share its wisdom with family and friends! Thank you, Tai Sheridan, for your beautiful prayers, may they continue to touch and positively encourage others.
This is a very accessible and immediately essential book, filled with prayers that anyone - regardless of their own faith or personal beliefs - can benefit from. There is literally a prayer for every situation and circumstance one will encounter, and some that can open us to a mindful way to respond to new experiences, too. No matter what we may 'assume' we will know about our feelings and responses, there are always going to be challenging events for which we feel unprepared, and this lovely book is a wonderful tool and resource for such moments.
It is also a lovely book to read as a simple guide to offer deeper self-awareness, reflection, and to help us put ourselves another's shoes, while offering calm guidance and a positive, meaningful response.
Beautifully and simply presented, these valuable Teachings through prayer can bring benefit to anyone, of any age, faith, or experience. Equally accessible to those of all beliefs (or none!) as they address the core of decent humanity we could all learn new ways to strive to embrace.
A lovely and valuable book which I know I will read over and over, both for guidance, and inspiration. I am so thankful it found me today, and I can't wait to share its wisdom with family and friends! Thank you, Tai Sheridan, for your beautiful prayers, may they continue to touch and positively encourage others.
September 12, 2014
Deep thoughts great for meditating
The writings in this book are easy to read, deep in spiritual belief for togetherness and great to meditate on. I read one or a few and then meditated on the writing and found peace and learned a little more about selflessness. I saved this book and will go back to it as a part of my practice. Highly recommended.
The writings in this book are easy to read, deep in spiritual belief for togetherness and great to meditate on. I read one or a few and then meditated on the writing and found peace and learned a little more about selflessness. I saved this book and will go back to it as a part of my practice. Highly recommended.
August 25, 2018
I think that a number of the "prayers" in this book can be incorporated into a practice of meta meditation.
July 7, 2020
These nontheistic prayers are poems in verse, affirmations based on Zen Buddhist teaching. If you find it edifying to pray personal prayers or affirmations, whether you are Zen Buddhist or not, I recommend this work. These prayers, being nontheistic, are not directed to another Being, such as, God, and not to any being, including the Buddha ... - they are true in content to the purest expressions of Zen as pointing to the Dharmakaya, or the Absolute, with the self a manifestation of that Truth.
August 19, 2020
A comforting book of prayers that can be used as mantras or just read as poetry. The edition I got had a lot of errors in it (missing text, random bolded words) and a total lack of punctuation, which, while aesthetically pleasing, made things a little confusing at times. A nice little book to pick up if you need something to meditate on or some healing words.
October 11, 2018
Simple and insightful
Delightful, short, well written poems. Anyone looking for a different and somewhat right brain approach to enhancing their mantras, recitations, and prayers would be well served reading this.
Delightful, short, well written poems. Anyone looking for a different and somewhat right brain approach to enhancing their mantras, recitations, and prayers would be well served reading this.
August 4, 2020
It is really just one prayer with some changes. All of them follow the same pattern. Overall it is rather dull. Oaky for an exercise perhaps in mindfulness meditation. The language isn't beautiful and the3purposes are more universal than personal. Boring.
July 9, 2021
I AM ALL
These prayers keep a balance in my life. A priceless reminder, that despite my conditioned church state ego, I am a part of everything in existence , and have a due-dilagence
These prayers keep a balance in my life. A priceless reminder, that despite my conditioned church state ego, I am a part of everything in existence , and have a due-dilagence
February 27, 2022
A short book, but good. Best experienced by just reading and thinking about each chapter individually, with a long pause (maybe days) before reading the next chapter. Has a lot of good meditative thoughts.
October 4, 2017
Prayers
This book had a wonderful array of inspiring prayers for any point in life not just when it needs repair.
This book had a wonderful array of inspiring prayers for any point in life not just when it needs repair.
March 26, 2018
This book is timely. It came to me just when I needed it. Thank you, Tai Sheridan, for your wisdom and calming words, and for getting me a step closer to living mindfully!
January 3, 2019
simple, lovely
November 22, 2019
Beautifully written prayer book that feels like poetry. I love it! So peaceful and calming.
August 19, 2020
I really enjoyed this short book of poem-style prayers. Many of them are quite accessible, and good for pondering
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April 14, 2015
I read this book, in all honesty, because I was doing a Spell-Out Challenge for a Group. I am trying to read more Buddhist literature to learn more about the spiritual connections David has and why they are important to him. However, I felt like this didn't teach me much of anything. I feel like it would be good for someone who is focusing on meditation, and not on understanding. Perhaps I can take some of these prayers with me into meditation going forward? Who knows.
What I do know is that I finished my first spell-out challenge with the word: BELIZE. That was rough, man. :)
What I do know is that I finished my first spell-out challenge with the word: BELIZE. That was rough, man. :)
January 21, 2015
What is the sound of one windbag deflating?
This has nothing to do with zen. Hogwash, mumbo jumbo, detritus. I wasn't looking for much, but I was looking at least for something. You might as well just repeat "I think I can, I think I can" ad infinitum. Bam. You got yourself a zen prayer.
This has nothing to do with zen. Hogwash, mumbo jumbo, detritus. I wasn't looking for much, but I was looking at least for something. You might as well just repeat "I think I can, I think I can" ad infinitum. Bam. You got yourself a zen prayer.
January 1, 2014
Not just for reparations
Nice collection and perfect for meditations. Simple stanzas that were easy to internalize while still having profound applications. Will be kept close for easy reference.
Nice collection and perfect for meditations. Simple stanzas that were easy to internalize while still having profound applications. Will be kept close for easy reference.
May 23, 2021
Wonderful Zen Buddhist prayers
The prayers in this short book allow the reader to self reflect and observe their interactions with the world around them. The prayers can be read individually or within their specific section. Very comforting.
The prayers in this short book allow the reader to self reflect and observe their interactions with the world around them. The prayers can be read individually or within their specific section. Very comforting.
March 15, 2013
to the point prayers (reminders, encouragements) for a better life. easy follow. some typos with duplicated lines, but that could have been my kindle's error?
March 29, 2013
Profundas oraciones.
July 6, 2013
This book has something for everyone, covering all aspects of life. I have made it part of my day, and part of my life's journey.
January 9, 2014
A fabulous book of prayers and meditations. I loved it!!!! Will be going back to this book for reflection again and again!
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January 14, 2014Well done
I enjoyed quite a few of these prayers. I will implement them in my daily prayers as early as tonight. Thank you!
I enjoyed quite a few of these prayers. I will implement them in my daily prayers as early as tonight. Thank you!
February 11, 2014
Lovely
a simple collection of poems that get to the heart of many sources of discontent for us spirits experiencing the human condition- recommended (:
a simple collection of poems that get to the heart of many sources of discontent for us spirits experiencing the human condition- recommended (:
September 26, 2014
This is one of those books you never actually finish. I'll come back to it over and over again.
December 22, 2014
Quick prayers to aid in focusing
So many of these prayers revealed my own struggles and presented simple solutions to help improve, without judgement or ridiculous advice.
So many of these prayers revealed my own struggles and presented simple solutions to help improve, without judgement or ridiculous advice.
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