The Language of Zen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Language of Zen write by Richard Burnett Carter. This book was released on 2009-03-03. The Language of Zen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the complexity of language in Zen Buddhism and explains how to understand meaning of words in the way the original Zen writers intended.
Zen and Japanese Culture
Zen and Japanese Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen and Japanese Culture write by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. This book was released on 1970. Zen and Japanese Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of this century's leading works on Zen, this book is a valuable source for those wishing to understand its concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, often poetic, language, Daisetz Suzuki describes what Zen is, how it evolved, and how its emphasis on primitive simplicity and self-effacement have helped to shape an aesthetics found throughout Japanese culture. He explores the surprising role of Zen in the philosophy of the samurai, and subtly portrays the relationship between Zen and swordsmanship, haiku, tea ceremonies, and the Japanese love of nature. Suzuki's contemplative discussion is enhanced by anecdotes, poetry, and illustrations showing silk screens, calligraphy, and examples of architecture.
Introduction to Zen Koans
Introduction to Zen Koans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Introduction to Zen Koans write by James Ishmael Ford. This book was released on 2018-06-05. Introduction to Zen Koans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An indispensible guide to koans, teaching the reader about the importance of lineage, the practice of “just sitting,” and koan practice as paths to awakening. “This marvelous book opens the treasure house of Zen and yet, happily, does not dispel its mystery. James Ford, an excellent storyteller and longtime Zen practitioner, presents a detailed and beautiful description of the craft of zazen, including “just sitting” and various forms of breath meditation—but focuses primarily on koan introspection. The power of koans, these 'public cases' from China, has never ceased to enrich my own experience of Zen. They are a medium of exploration of the history, culture, and view of Zen, but most importantly are a medium of awakening. James Ford is fundamentally a koan person, and for this, the book is particularly rich, opening the practice of koans in a splendid way. I am grateful for his long experience as a teacher and practitioner of this rare and powerful practice. Since the word koan has found its way into popular English usage, I am grateful too for the more nuanced and fertile view of koans that Ford presents. His definition of the word is telling: “a koan points to something of deep importance, and invites us to stand in that place.” He has also has created a wonderful translation of the Heart Sutra, Zen’s central scripture—and carefully opens up the heart of the Heart Sutra through scholarship and practice. Rich in textual sources and woven throughout with the perspectives of contemporary teachers, Introduction to Zen Koans sheds new light on ancient teachings. Through it, the reader will discover the importance of lineage, the traceless traces of the Zen ancestors, and the places of “just sitting” and koan practice as paths to awakening, as the great doorways into Zen.” —from the foreword by Joan Halifax
Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism
Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism write by Jørn Borup. This book was released on 2008-02-28. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Zen Buddhist ideas and practices in many ways are unique within the study of religion, and artists, poets and Buddhists practitioners worldwide have found inspiration from this tradition. Until recent years, representations of Zen Buddhism have focussed almost entirely on philosophical, historical or “spiritual” aspects. This book investigates the contemporary living reality of the largest Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist group, Myōshinji. Drawing on textual studies and ethnographic fieldwork, Jørn Borup analyses how its practitioners use and understand their religion, how they practice their religiosity and how different kinds of Zen Buddhists (monks, nuns, priest, lay people) interact and define themselves within the religious organization. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism portrays a living Zen Buddhism being both uniquely interesting and interestingly typical for common Buddhist and Japanese religiosity.
The Zen Art Book
The Zen Art Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Zen Art Book write by Stephen Addiss. This book was released on 2009. The Zen Art Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, forty masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by renowned masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) and Gibon Sengai (1750–1837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. The authors’ essays provide an excellent introduction to both the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this art that can be profound, perplexing, serious, humorous, and breathtakingly beautiful—often all within the same simple piece."--Publisher description.
