Zen Fiction

In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran moved to Japan and became the first woman ever admitted to Toshoji Temple. Soshin-san (O'Halloran's monastic name) labored through three intense years of work and study in preparation for becoming a dharma teacher. Her life ended abruptly during a trip to Thailand, and today Soshin-san is revered as a Buddhist saint. The material in this program is from her private and heartfelt journals and letters.

Swiss equestrian William "Zen" Griegg skyrockets to the top of the European show jumping circuit. As he sets his sights on the 2000 Olympic Games, his beloved horse Tiger is abducted en route to a competition in the United States. Zen's father, Sigmund Griegg, again teams with American Alana Eastwood to solve an international mystery that leads them from a secret tunnel in the Owl Mountains of Poland, through the art galleries of Zürich, to the Hamilton Farm Equestrian Center in Gladstone, New Jersey.

大正・昭和時代の代表的哲学者。京都大学教授・名誉教授。西田哲学と呼称される京都学派の創始者。 日本初の本格的な哲学書となった、西田の代表作［弘道館、1911（明治44）年１月］。

禅の修業を通して得た東洋的精神性の自覚と＜純粋経験＞の立場から、知識・道徳・宗教への思索を深めた独自の哲学論を展開。 東洋と西洋の哲学を統合した東西思想の統一が、近代的自我の確立に苦しんでいた青年層に衝撃的な影響を与えた。

Our story begins on Earth, but an Earth with a past steeped in fantasy and science fiction. From humble beginnings, a boy is given a divine destiny, a chance to make his mark on human civilization, but he must embark upon a life-changing journey. Our hero struggles to understand what he has been given and what to do with it, losing himself in doubt and loneliness as he confronts the dark side of humanity.

En la décima corte del infierno, los espíritus que son lo bastante ricos pueden sobornar a los funcionarios del inframundo y así librarse de terribles tormentos y de la temida reencarnación. ¿Quién quiere reencarnarse pudiendo disfrutar eternamente de comodidad y riquezas? Es una no-muerte cómoda incluso para Siew Tsin, casada a su pesar con el hombre más rico del infierno y sin ninguna expectativa ni intereses futuros. Hasta que su marido trae a casa a una nueva esposa.

A seductive tale of lust and revenge, The Climax charts the entangled lives of two women - Terelle and Kai - who have both suffered irrecoverable losses in their pursuit of Marquise, who is believed to be dead. Kai is in prison, and Terelle suffered from a mental breakdown after losing her fiance. After two years of catatonia, Terelle is awakened by a sweet and mysterious kiss, and the voice of her lost love. As Terelle recovers, she clings to the idea that Marquise (who is the father of her child) is still alive and out there, waiting to reunite with her.

Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Essence McKree feels older than any 17-year-old she knows. Ever since weed was legalized, Mom has been working in a pot shop, high more often than not. Lately it's been up to Essa to care for her nine-year-old sister, Puck. When Essa meets Oliver - a brainy indoor type, in town for the summer - she is cautious at first, distrustful of the tourist crowd and suspicious of Oliver's mysterious past in Chicago. But Puck is charmed and pushes Essa toward him. Oliver agrees to accompany Essa on a three-day survival game in the Rocky Mountains....

※本タイトルはハリー・ポッターシリーズ全7巻（『ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石』『ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋』『ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人』『ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット』『ハリー・ポッターと不死鳥の騎士団』『ハリー・ポッターと謎のプリンス』『ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝』）をまとめた「コンプリートコレクション」です

In Metairie, Louisiana, a young woman revels in the solitary exercise that is riding in an elevator, as across town, a father attempts to pedal his way back into his childhood via a late-night bike ride in his quiet suburban neighborhood. Meanwhile, a young executive climbs the corporate ladder through the strangest of mind-bending means as just moments earlier, a lonely man awakens in his car to the fact that he may have the latent impulses and instincts of a serial killer. If only they knew just how interconnected their seemingly different timelines will become.

待望の江戸川乱歩全集（オーディオブック）！！江戸川乱歩の小説を全集にし、全3巻にまとめたボリューム満載の江戸川乱歩全集

Emily Herds an Ox is a contemporary novel that utilizes the framework of the "Ten Ox Herding Pictures" from Zen Buddhism. The Ten Ox-herding Pictures have concretely depicted the process in which the imperfect, limited, and relative self (the little child) awakens to the perfect, unlimited, and absolute essential self (the ox), grasps it, tames it, forgets it, and completely incorporates it into the personality. The “Ten Ox Herding Pictures” shows the stages of Zen practice and enlightenment. Depicting both dramatic breakthroughs and plodding practice, it reconciles “sudden ...

En las vísperas del año 2061, los espejos negros descienden para ocupar las principales ciudades del mundo. Con ellos llega la tecnología del Zen'nō a la Tierra, junto con su promesa de "perfección": cuerpos destrozados por la hiperrealidad, seres que habitan dimensiones hechas de vóxeles, espíritus que mueren y renacen en la búsqueda del Nirvana bioluminiscente.

The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty's lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace. Zacharias Wythe ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England's magical stocks are drying up. When his adventure brings him in contact with a woman with immense power, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery.

Rosie is a beautiful girl - and it's always been enough. Boys crush on her; men stare at her; girls (begrudgingly) admire her. She's lucky, and she knows it. But it's the start of a new school year, and she begins to realize that she wants to be more. Namely, she's determined to be better to her best friend, Maddie, who's just back from a summer program abroad having totally blossomed into her own looks.

In a world devoid of rites of passage, Ezra Buckley finds himself confronted with the genuine prospect of having a life-changing, liminal experience in the woods of Big Sur. What is it that he experiences? Is it the legendary Watchers of Big Sur phenomenon or something else? Will he survive it? Is it even real? Xen is a work that confronts the questions of identity, modernity, life, the other, and the place for rites of passage in the modern world.

日本初！世界初！待望の江戸川乱歩全集（オーディオブック）！！江戸川乱歩の小説を全集にし、全3巻にまとめたボリューム満載の江戸川乱歩全集

The Phantom of the Earth: Publisher's Pack contains books 1 and 2 of the series. The Song of the Jubilee, book 1: The world on the surface has crumbled. Deep below what were once the places known as Canada, the US, and Mexico, a new Great Commonwealth has emerged where expansion gave way to peace and prosperity. The Gambit with Perfection, book 2: Cornelius Selendia continues his journey to Blackeye Cavern, Supreme Scientist Damosel Rhea makes progress on Project Silkscape.

【スキマ時間にも味わう文豪の世界】　品格、叙情、エゴ、真情、変態性、エロス、醜、美・・・巨星「川端康成」のあらゆる要素が凝縮された「掌の小説」。４０年余の歳月をかけて滴り落ちた掌編をあつめた、文豪の半生ともいうべき１２２編です。　【監督】吉田純子【...

Ivy Sheppard never wanted the ability to turn into a mermaid—though her wicked ice powers are nothing to sneeze at. Now her step-sister is her enemy, the fairy she once trusted may not be the ally she hoped for, and her new boyfriend wants her to transfer schools to avoid the vampires taking over Union High. Between dodging parents’ concerns, pretending she can stand to even look at the step-sister who sided with the bloodsuckers, and still aiming to end it all without violence, Ivy is in over her head.

More madness than than a Three Stooges bake sale. More panic than a Philip K. Dick nightmare. More cheeziness than an Edward D. Wood motion picture. More truth than the Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra. Unstoppable, unbeatable, unquenchably unquenchable. Gill Women of the Prehistoric Planet.