Susan Moon: Books: Shambhala Publications

Susan Moon

Susan Moon is a writer and longtime Zen Buddhist who teaches popular writing workshops, mostly in California. She is the former editor of Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Being Bodies

Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment

by
Lenore Friedman,
Susan Moon

The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of… Read More
Being Bodies
Paperback

$24.95

+ Add to Bag
The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi

by
Susan Moon

Tofu Roshi—the fictional "Dear Abby" of Zen Buddhism—counsels his readers about their spiritual problems in this hilarious spoof of America's search for enlightenment. Selections from his advice column alternate with commentary from narrator and disciple Ichi Su.… Read More
The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi
Paperback

$19.95

+ Add to Bag
Not Turning Away

The Practice of Engaged Buddhism

edited by
Susan Moon

The term "engaged Buddhism" was coined by the Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh as a way of asserting that Buddhism should not be passive or otherworldly, but on the contrary, that Buddhists should be deeply, compassionately involved in every aspect… Read More
Not Turning Away
Paperback

$19.95

+ Add to Bag

This Is Getting Old

Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity

by
Susan Moon

In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over sixty, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her reader fully engaged. Among the pieces… Read More

eBook
This Is Getting Old
Paperback

$14.95

+ Add to Bag