Kill Your Self: Life After Ego: A Guide to Zen Buddhist Practice in Real Life

by Dogo Barry Graham

"You might as well take your socks off... because they'll be knocked off anyway by the writing of Dogo Barry Graham. Little diamonds of Zen blasted into your mushy brain to pry your eyelids open." — The Buddhist Review No, this book doesn't advocate suicide—it teaches something that takes a lot more that we are always enlightened, and must take responsibility for realizing our enlightenment. It invites us to meet life on its own terms, wherever we are, whoever we are, right now, killing our false sense of self by seeing through it to our true nature. This is Zen for real life, in the world of relationships, jobs, dirty dishes, teacups and toilets. Zen master Dogo Barry Graham eschews traditional institutions and dogmas and insists instead that we trust in ourselves. Zen is not a system of belief, or a theory about the meaning of life. It is beyond philosophy, beyond religion. It is more than mindfulness. It is true peace, true happiness, the gateless gate to freedom from suffering. The Buddha's way of wisdom, compassion and enlightenment leads us home to our own heart.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 17, 2011

Reviews

[Charlie Eskew]

Illuminating.

[CJ Sullivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title is a bit off-putting, maybe. I loved it. Gritty and no-nonsense. A sharp knife of truth through the bullshit of bullshit. I have read over and over. Kept close so I can pick it up, open it up and read.

[Dennis G. Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Top notch!

One of the Best I've read recently. All meat . No pretention or fluff. Excellent read for anyone serious about self.

[Andrew Kitzmiller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish reading this book was enough to obtain its wisdom.