Full name: Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics

Authors: Allan Hunt Badiner, Alex Grey Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780811832861 9780907791621 0811832864 090779162X

Buddhism and psychedelic experimentation share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. Zig Zag Zen launches the first serious inquiry into the moral, ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations created by the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics. With a foreword by renowned Buddhist scholar Stephen Batchelor and a preface by historian of religion Huston Smith, along with numerous essays and interviews, Zig Zag Zen is a provocative and thoughtful exploration of altered states of consciousness and the potential for transformation. Accompanying each essay is a work of visionary art selected by artist Alex Grey, such as a vividly graphic work by Robert Venosa, a contemporary thangka painting by Robert Beer, and an exercise in emptiness in the form of an enso by a 17th-century Zen abbot. Packed with enlightening entries and art that lie outside the scope of mainstream anthologies, Zig Zag Zen offers eye-opening insights into alternate methods of inner exploration. Similar books: Buddhism Is Not What You Think by Steve Hagen The Diamond Sutra by Buddha The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin The Buddha by Michael Carrithers A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard Our Appointment with Life by Thich Nhat Hanh The Dhammapada by Buddha For a Future to Be Possible by Thich Nhat Hanh Buddhism by Christmas Humphreys The Buddha in Your Mirror by Woody Hochswender Cultivating the Mind of Love by Thich Nhat Hanh The Threefold Lotus Sutra by Bunno Kato The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism by Gary Gach Buddhism For Dummies by Jonathan Landaw What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh 365 Tao by Ming-Dao Deng Awakening the Buddha Within by Surya Das