It’s Okay Not To Look For The Meaning Of Life: A Zen Monk’s Guide To Living Stress-Free One Day At A Time

Name: It's Okay Not To Look For The Meaning Of Life: A Zen Monk's Guide To Living Stress-Free One Day At A Time
SKU: 9784805317785
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By (author) Jikisai Minami,

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Zen monk Jikisai Minami challenges conventional self-help wisdom by arguing that the pressure to find a “purpose” or “meaning” is often the primary source of modern stress. Through 35 short essays, Minami encourages readers to stop striving for an idealized version of themselves and instead embrace their current reality. By dismantling the “I must achieve X” mindset, he offers a path to tranquility rooted in Zen Buddhist principles—focusing on the here and now, accepting negative emotions as natural, and recognizing that one can live a fulfilling life without a grand “dream.”

SKU: 9784805317785

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ISBN: 9784805317785

Book Format: Hardback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 12.7 × 2.3 × 19.1 cm

Additional information

Format Hardback | 192 pages
Dimensions 12.7 × 2.3 × 19.1 cm | 312
Publication Date 02 April 2024
Publisher Tuttle Publishing
Publication City/Country United States

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Jikisai Minami

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Jikisai Minami is a Zen monk and chief priest of the Reisenji Temple in Fukui Prefecture as well as head of the Osorezan Bodaiji Temple in Aomori Prefecture. In 1984 he decided to become a priest and entered Eiheiji, the head temple of the Soto sect of Buddhism, where he spent two decades training. After managing the Shishikurin Sanga training dojo for young priests, he began writing books discuss ing his relationship with Buddhism and his views on life. It's Okay Not to Look for the Meaning of Life is his most popular work to date, and the first to be translated into English.

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