Conflict and Zen

At its heart, this book asks a simple question: What if the problem is not the conflict itself, but how we meet it?

A Different Approach to Conflict
In a market full of books on communication and negotiation, this collection offers something revolutionary. It doesn't teach techniques or provide scripts. Instead, it invites you to pause and meet conflict with awareness, revealing what can unfold when we stop resisting and face what is present.

Discover How Conflict Can Become:

• A doorway to connection

• A spark for transformation

• A call to be fully present

What You'll Find Inside
This collection of forty-five stories explores what happens when we meet conflict without trying to manage it or avoid it. Set in courtyards, kitchens, train platforms, and hospital rooms, these quiet stories show how presence can shift even the most difficult moments.

You'll encounter:

• A monk sitting across from yakuza debt collectors in a small restaurant

• A father and daughter sharing a silent meal

• Strangers meeting in hospital corridors and temple gardens

Like traditional Zen stories, each story carries its own teaching, creating a field of awareness that readers can enter and explore. The stories reveal that conflict can become a doorway to deeper intimacy and understanding when met with presence rather than resistance.

More Than Problem-Solving
Drawing on decades of experience in conflict resolution and contemplative practice, the author shows that conflict is not just a crisis to manage. It is a mirror that reflects our assumptions and habits. The path forward is not about fixing the problem but shifting how we see it.

This is not a book of case studies or how-to lessons. It is an invitation to show up differently, to meet difficulty with openness, clarity, and courage.

Most spiritual writing tells us what we should do. These stories create a field of awareness that you enter, allowing the wisdom to emerge naturally within you.