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fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nPRAISE FOR NO BETTER PLACE:A NEW ZEN PRIMER  \n\"While No Better Place may seem like a slight book,it'sactually a wide-open doorway—into the essence of Zen!Itsays so much so succinctly and insightfully,that reading itsbrief chapters brings real“Aha!”delight.I look forward tosharing this book with my own Zen students.  \nMany thanks to Hoag Holmgren!\"  \n—Rafe Martin Sensei,award-winning author,founding teacher and spiritual director,EndlessPath Zendo  \n\"Among the Zen handbooks or primers out there,none fityour hand so simply as these sixty-four poetry-like chaptersof Hoag Holmgren's No Better Place.Like the sixty-fourhexagrams of the I Ching,each widens into a far-off state ofmind.Turn them over in your thoughts though,and theyprove to be guides to where you are standing.Ten inparticular,which refer to the 12th century ChineseOxherding Pictures,point North American Zen back to amythic world of ancestors.Old-time buddhas,thoseancestors.They are our brothers and sisters in the ecology  \nof mind.Thanks to Holmgren's book,you can standeyebrow-to-eyebrow with them.\"  \n—Andrew Schelling,editor of The Wisdom Anthologyof North American Buddhist Poetry  \n\"No Better Place is simple,clear,and beautifully written.Ihighly recommend it for anyone (new or experienced)interested in the path of Zen.This book captures the heart ofthis journey and beckons one to step in.\"—Peggy Metta Sheehan,Sensei,Zen Center of Denver  \n\"No Better Place is a penetrating and affecting presentationof the Buddha Dharma cast in a thoroughly Western idiom.Hoag's simple,clear prose invites entry in this very place,now.\"  \n—Danan Henry Roshi  \n\"Hoag Holmgren writes from the depths of his ownunderstanding in this profound and simply expressedprimer.These words will touch and inspire readers tosurrender to a joyful experience of compassion for all.\"  \n—Jiun Hosen,Osho,Abbess,Bodhi Manda Zen Center  \n# NO BETTER PLACE\n\nA NEW ZEN PRIMER  \nNo Better Place:A New Zen PrimerCHoag Holmgren,2019  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced by any means known atthis time or derived henceforth withoutwritten permission of thepublisher or author.The exception would be in the case of briefquotations embodied in the critical articles or reviews and pageswhere permission is specifically granted by the publisher orauthor.  \nBooks may be purchased in quantity and/or special sales bycontacting the publisher.All inquiries related to such mattersshould be addressed to:  \nMiddle Creek Publishing &Audio9027 Cascade AvenueBeulah,CO 81023  \neditor@middlecreekpublishing.com(719)369-9050  \nFirst Hardcover Edition,2019ISBN:978-0-9989322-7-9  \nPrinted in the United States  \nCover Image&Design:Susan LeGrande |  \nhttps://susanlegrande.carbonmade.com/  \nCatherine Jao |Ten Ox-herding Pictures(2012)and Enso(2018)Sumi ink on handmade paper mounted on shikishicatherine.c.jao@gmail.com |www.facebook.com/catherine.jao.art  \nAuthor photo:Leda 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