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    Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached)
    Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached)
    Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached)
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    Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached)

    By Lucas Olczyk

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    Have you ever felt that your life has no purpose? Ever bounced from one day to another, with years slipping through your fingers? While there are many ways for you to discover the meaning, the Zen one is more tempting. Over centuries, it evolved from basic philosophical system into a fully fledged religion, with all it's downsides. It's now time to demistify it, strip of wizards and sorcery. This book covers all the essentials in an extremely compact and fast to read way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLucas Olczyk
    Release dateAug 16, 2013
    ISBN9781301157440
    Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached)
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    Lucas Olczyk

    Agile coach for a large organization, with project management experience. Worked at educational institutions and for large telco corporations. Deeply in love with mindfulness and always on track for following his purpose.

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      Essential Guide to Zen (No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached) - Lucas Olczyk

      Essential Guide to Zen

      No Wizards, nor Sorcery Attached

      By Lucas Olczyk

      Copyright 2013 Lucas Olczyk

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover design by Radek Lont

      Edited by Mike Blackman

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      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Core concepts of Buddhism

      Enter the Zen

      Afterword

      Introduction

      It was early winter, a few years ago. I woke up on Saturday’s morning, with my face illuminated by sun streaks passing through the shutters. It took me a while to realize it was the weekend. Finally! Two days of rest from a somewhat stressful managerial job. I smiled within and reached for the stereo’s remote. Sounds of a chill out radio station quickly filled my room. How could this ever be better? Slow Saturday’s morning … There was something wrong though. I quickly realized the harsh reality of having nothing to do. Truth is, it actually sucked. My smile was wiped out by uncertainty. What the hell was I supposed to do now?

      Some time later, while under the shower, I had one of the infamous illumination moments. I suddenly realized I lacked a purpose. Not the usual one,

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