Buddha in Blue Jeans - Five Book Zen Anthology

By Tai Sheridan

The Buddha in Blue Anthology is a collection of five of Tai Sheridan's Buddha in Blue Jeans Zen books. The author's contemplative style makes Zen insight accessible to people from all backgrounds. The books awaken mindfulness and the Buddha within.  The "Buddha in Blue Jeans" metaphor illustrates our shared existence. Unity within ourselves and between others is the fundamental principle of Zen. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tai Sheridan
• Release date: Jan 10, 2024
• ISBN: 9798989900213

Tai Sheridan

Zen Contemplative and fiction writer Tai Sheridan's books transform Zen Meditation and Buddhist Philosophy into practical wisdom. His poetic style and street language encourage spiritual inquiry and awakening. Tai's teachings shed light on the Buddha you are.Tai Sheridan was born in 1948 and raised in Southern California. He attended U.C. Berkeley in the sixties, earning a degree in Anthropology and a life based on counter-culture values. A doctorate in Professional Psychology led to careers as a therapist and organizational consultant. He also raised four children in the San Fransisco Bay area.Tai practiced Zen for fifty years with the Berkeley, San Francisco, and Dharma Eye Zen Centers. After his ordination, he pursued the path of a teacher-writer. He authored The Buddha in Blue Jeans series based on his Zen experience, and he also transformed Buddhist classics into contemplative poetry.Tai's home studio in Port Townsend looks out at Whidbey Island and the Cascades. He enjoys walking beaches, writing fiction, and sitting quietly at dawn.

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Buddha in Blue Jeans

Five Book Zen Anthology

Tai Sheridan

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Praise for Buddha in Blue Jeans

A single page gives such a gift that I take in my breath and am drawn to stop and take it in.

The simplest things are always the most precious. Tai Sheridan has shown this to be true.  

Tai Sheridan delivers quality books over and over.  This is one of them, enjoy. Short and sweet as ever.

Concise, accessible, remarkable. Seems like everything we need to know is found in these pages. 

All of Tai's books are straight to the point Zen at its best.

Wisdom stripped to its bare bones.

This is one of the most basic yet insightful books I have read on Buddhism. It is a good short read for anyone with a serious life-threatening illness.

Read This!! This will blow your socks off! Simple as that!

If there was a higher rating to grant this small taste of beauty and reality, I would grant it.

Mindfulness at its peak.

You can pick up any of his books, flip them open to any page, and find inspiration.

Heart-awakening. Written with simplicity and clarity.

This poetic meditation on death is a wonderful gem. 

I absolutely love this book and all of Mr Tai Sheridan's writing.

Clear and kind, it calls me to simple things that make a big difference. 

This is a very accessible and immediately essential book, filled with prayers anyone can use.

Dedication

For everything blue and green

Preface

Unity within ourselves and between others is the fundamental principle of Zen. The interconnectedness of all life is the spiritual basis of our existence in the here and now. I used the Buddha in Blue Jeans metaphor to illustrate our shared existence. What could be more universal than blue jeans?

I wrote Buddha in Blue Jeans for awakening mindfulness and the Buddha you are. I aimed my arrows toward a Zen spirituality of authenticity and wholeness.

By writing in a contemplative and poetic style, I hope to make Zen insight understandable to people from all backgrounds and abilities. I address readers using a familiar you voice to create a feeling of sitting on their grandfather's knee while listening to a story.

Although you are already a Buddha—a sneaky Zen way of saying your transcendental nature is always present— it seems to take a heap of contemplation to return to our essence.

Wishing you the joys of contemplation,

Tai Sheridan

Port Townsend

2024

Contents

I: Buddha in Blue Jeans

II: Zen Prayers For Repairing Your Life

III: Relax You’re Going to Die

IV: The Secrets of True Happiness

V: One Hour Short and Sweet Zen Retreat

About The Author

Books by Tai Sheridan

I: Buddha in Blue Jeans

An Extremely Short Simple

Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly

and Being Buddha

Tai Sheridan

Dedication

To The Great Silence

Listen to the sound of silence

- Paul Simon

Contents

Introduction

Sit Quietly

Care For Your Body

Accept Your Feelings

Give Thoughts Room

Pain is Natural

Be Who You Are

Live Each Moment Well

Love Indiscriminately

Listen to Others

Be Surprised

Wonder

Live Gratefully

Do No Harm

Benefit life

A Wish for The World

Introduction

This is an extremely short, simple, and straightforward book.

It is a universal guide to sitting quietly and being yourself. This is the same as being Buddha. Sitting quietly can teach you to accept life, meet pain, age