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77 Zen Habits for a Better Life
77 Zen Habits for a Better Life Timeless Practices to Find Balance, Happiness, and Lasting SuccessBy Elyan Kaito
Length1h 15m
About this audiobook
For over fifteen centuries, Zen has offered not a set of beliefs to adopt but a handful of simple, repeatable practices: sit quietly, breathe, pay attention, do your work with care. This book gathers seventy-seven of them — every one drawn from genuine Zen tradition or the teachings of recognized masters such as Dogen, Hakuin, Shunryu Suzuki, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
Organized into nine thematic parts, the practices move from the seated foundation of zazen and the breath, out into mindful daily action, the art of simplicity, the training of the mind, conscious speech and silence, ethical living, the meditative Zen arts, the care of the body, and finally reflection, nature, and our connection to all things.
You don't need a monastery, a shaved head, or a plane ticket to Japan. You need only choose one practice, return to it daily, and let it work on you — then add another. Balance, contentment, and a quieter, more durable kind of success aren't seized through striving; they settle in, like silt in still water, once you stop stirring.
Read slowly. Begin anywhere. The path opens beneath your feet the moment you start walking it.
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GenrePhilosophy, Spirituality and Religion, Self-Help
Length1 hr 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2How to Use This Book
3Part I — The Foundation: Sitting and Breath
41. Zazen: Sit Down and Do Nothing
52. Find a Stable Posture
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63. Form the Cosmic Mudra
74. Soften the Gaze
85. Count the Breath (Susokukan)
96. Shikantaza: Just Sitting
107. Practice Beginner's Mind (Shoshin)
118. Sit With a Koan
129. Keep a Daily Appointment to Sit
13Part II — Mindful Action in Daily Life
1410. Do One Thing at a Time
1511. Wash the Dishes to Wash the Dishes
1612. Practice Samu (Work as Meditation)
1713. Eat in the Spirit of Oryoki
1814. Take Kinhin: Walking Meditation
1915. Cross Thresholds with Awareness
2016. Make Cleaning a Practice (Souji)
2117. Bow with Gassho
2218. Use a Mindfulness Bell
2319. Recite a Gatha for Ordinary Moments
24Part III — The Art of Simplicity
2520. Keep Only What You Need
2621. Honor Empty Space (Ma)
2722. Embrace Wabi-Sabi
2823. Reduce Your Wants
2924. Choose Quality Over Quantity
3025. Create a Quiet Corner
3126. Simplify Your Inputs
3227. Finish What You Start
3328. Leave Things Better Than You Found Them
34Part IV — Training the Mind
3529. Return to the Present Moment
3630. Let Thoughts Pass Like Clouds
3731. Practice Non-Attachment
3832. Accept Things As They Are (Suchness)
3933. Observe Without Judging
4034. Cultivate Equanimity
4135. Remember Impermanence (Mujo)
4236. Rest in Not-Knowing
4337. Enter Mushin (No-Mind)
4438. Practice Gratitude Daily
4539. Practice the Half-Smile
46Part V — Speech, Silence, and Listening
4740. Practice Right Speech
4841. Keep Noble Silence
4942. Listen Deeply
5043. Speak Only When It Improves the Silence
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