Books written by Perle Besserman

  • Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic
    Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic

    Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic

  • Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers
    Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers

    Relates stories of Zen Buddhist masters who lived up to the true spirit of freedom and used their wisdom to promote significant change. Original.

  • Grassroots Zen
    Grassroots Zen

    Based on 10th and 11th century Chinese community meditation practice - where people simply gathered to sit in meditation - and grounded in the author's personal experience, the book provides a thoughtful guide to Zen practice in the modern ...

  • ZEN básico
    ZEN básico

    Zen básico pone de relieve la igualdad de sexos y la práctica en familia, y reconoce las exigencias que plantean los niños, el trabajo y los compromisos sociales.

  • Zen Rebellen, Radikale und Reformer
    Zen Rebellen, Radikale und Reformer

    Zen Rebellen, Radikale und Reformer

  • เมฆบ้า: เซนนอกกรีต ขบถและนักปฏิรูป

    เมฆบ้า: เซนนอกกรีต ขบถและนักปฏิรูป

  • The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
    The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism

    In language accessible to the layperson, this Shambhala Guide provides a detailed introduction to the complex world of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.

  • Kabuki Boy
    Kabuki Boy

    Its nineteenth-century framework nested in a post-modern narrative by its fictional twentieth-century "editor," a cultural historian and abbot of a Zen monastery one hundred miles from Tokyo, the book is comprised of memoirs, theatrical and ...

  • The Kabbalah Master: A Novel
    The Kabbalah Master: A Novel

    Sharon Berg, a middle-aged divorcee with two children has gainful employment working overtime for the mysterious Rabbi Joachim, spiritual director of the Center for Mystical Judaism. Set in Coney Island,...

  • A New Kabbalah for Women
    A New Kabbalah for Women

    Besserman is at the forefront of this revolution. In this book she traces the history of female-centered worship and tells the story of searching for her own path to truth.

  • A New Zen for Women
    A New Zen for Women

    Both informative and entertaining, A New Zen for Women offers a new look at Western women encountering Zen.

  • Yeshiva Girl Stories
    Yeshiva Girl Stories

    A collection of linked stories, Yeshiva Girl explores the little-known world of American Orthodox Judaism from a young girl's perspective.

  • Grassroots Zen
    Grassroots Zen

    At the same time, modern American Buddhists often find it difficult to integrate zazen (seated Zen meditation) with lives of family, work, and social engagement. This book offers a fascinating guide to overcoming both these dilemmas.

  • Grassroots Zen: Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century
    Grassroots Zen: Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century

    " --Library Journal "This book will appeal to all] who are uncomfortable with Zen's hierarchies and moral prescriptions." --Shamhbala Sun ..".

  • The Kabbalah Master: A Novel
    The Kabbalah Master: A Novel

    Sharon Berg, a middle-aged divorcee with two children has gainful employment working overtime for the mysterious Rabbi Joachim, spiritual director of the Center for Mystical Judaism.

  • Fay's Men
    Fay's Men

    ... Zen and the Art of Facing Life (Kodansha); The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism (Shambhala/Random House); Teachings of the Jewish Mystics (Shambhala/Random House); Grassroots Zen (with Manfred Steger, Tuttle), Grassroots ...