Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers. Recognized for his narration work, he narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century, winning an Emmy award, as well as eight Ken Burns documentaries, including The Roosevelts, for which he won a second Emmy. In 2011 he was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and in 2015 received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. The author of several books, he lives in northern California.

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha

By Peter Coyote

Reveals how to use masks, meditation, and improvisation to free yourself from overthinking, self-doubt, and fixed ideas of who you think you are

Sharing a series of mindfulness techniques and acting exercises that show how malleable the self can be, award-winning actor, narrator, and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote explores how to work with masks, meditation, and improv to suppress the ego, calm the mind, and allow spontaneous playfulness and spaciousness to arise from your deepest nature.

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Zen in the Vernacular

By Peter Coyote

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Buddha’s core teachings explained in accessible, everyday language

In this engaging guide to Zen Buddhism, award-winning actor, narrator, and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote explores the fundamental teachings of the Buddha as they apply to modern life. He presents his own contemporary interpretations of the Four Noble Truths, the Three Treasures, the Eightfold Path, and other core Buddhist ideas.

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