Frederick Franck

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1) What matters: spiritual nourishment for head and heart

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Franck, Frederick

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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After his nearly 100 years of seeking, Franck's reflections on what really matters will help you to savor what truly matters in your own life. "Could the meaning of being born human be, to become Human?" This elegantly simple book of reflections presents the rich harvest of a lifetime of thinking, feeling, and seeing by an artist whose vital spirituality has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers and students through his art, books, and workshops. The...

2) The Buddha Eye: An Anthology of the Kyoto School and it's Comtemporaries

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Franck, Frederick

Language

English

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Contains essays by many of the most important twentieth-century Japanese philosophers, offering challenging and illumination insights into the nature of Reality, as understood by, the school of Zen.

3) What Does It Mean to Be Human?: Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses from Around the World

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Franck, Frederick

Language

English

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In an inspirational act of faith and hope, nearly one hundred contributors-social activists, thinkers, artists and spiritual leaders-reflect with poignant candor on our shared human condition and attempt to define a core set of human values in our rapidly changing society. Contributors include: * The Dalai Lama * Wilma Mankiller * Oscar Arias * Jimmy Carter * Cornel West * Jack Miles * Mother Teresa * Nancy Willard * Elie Wiesel * James Earl Jones *...

4) Messenger Of The Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius, with observations by the ancient Zen masters

Author

Franck, Frederick

Language

English

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When mystics like Angelus Silesius speak of God, they do so from a vibrant intensity of awareness, and in a tone of voice one trusts at once. The timeless wisdom embedded in these humble rhymes is beautifully, echoed by the observations of the ancient Zen masters, which punctuate the text, and in the haiku-like drawings by Frederick Franck. Addressing time and eternity, the one and the many, bondage and freedom, and other topics central to our shared...