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Norman Fischer

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NORMAN FISCHER is a Zen teacher, poet, translator, and founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation. A beloved figure in the Buddhist world, he is also well-known for his efforts at interreligious dialogue. His numerous books include, most recently, (prose) The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path, What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind, and Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, and (poetry) The Strugglers, On A Train At Night, and Untitled Series: Life As It Is.

Norman Fischer Books

The Five Ranks of Zen book cover

The Five Ranks of Zen

Gerry Shishin Wick
That Is Not Your Mind! book cover

That Is Not Your Mind!

Robert Rosenbaum
When You Greet Me I Bow book cover

When You Greet Me I Bow

Norman Fischer
Zen and Psychotherapy book cover

Zen and Psychotherapy

Joseph Bobrow
The World Could Be Otherwise book cover

The World Could Be Otherwise

Norman Fischer
Being-Time book cover

Being-Time

Shinshu Roberts
The Truth of This Life book cover

The Truth of This Life

Katherine Thanas
What Is Zen? book cover

What Is Zen?

Norman Fischer
Nothing Holy about It book cover

Nothing Holy about It

Tim Burkett
Suffering and Possibility book cover

Suffering and Possibility

Norman Fischer
Training in Compassion book cover

Training in Compassion

Norman Fischer
Sailing Home book cover

Sailing Home

Norman Fischer
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