Zen Sourcebook - 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 Sourcebook write by Stephen Addiss. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Zen Sourcebook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introduction by Paula Arai. This is the first collection to offer selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions in a single volume. Through representative selections from their poetry, letters, sermons, and visual arts, the most important Zen Masters provide students with an engaging, cohesive introduction to the first 1200 years of this rich -- and often misunderstood -- tradition. A general introduction and notes provide historical, biographical, and cultural context; a note on translation, and a glossary of terms are also included.
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.
Zen Sand
Zen Sand - 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 Sand write by Victor Sogen Hori. This book was released on 2003-02-28. Zen Sand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Zen Sand is a classic collection of verses aimed at aiding practitioners of kôan meditation to negotiate the difficult relationship between insight and language. As such it represents a major contribution to both Western Zen practice and English-language Zen scholarship. In Japan the traditional Rinzai Zen kôan curriculum includes the use of jakugo, or "capping phrases." Once a monk has successfully replied to a kôan, the Zen master orders the search for a classical verse to express the monk’s insight into the kôan. Special collections of these jakugo were compiled as handbooks to aid in that search. Until now, Zen students in the West, lacking this important resource, have been severely limited in carrying out this practice. Zen Sand combines and translates two standard jakugo handbooks and opens the way for incorporating this important tradition fully into Western Zen practice. For the scholar, Zen Sand provides a detailed description of the jakugo practice and its place in the overall kôan curriculum, as well as a brief history of the Zen phrase book. This volume also contributes to the understanding of East Asian culture in a broader sense.
Eat Sleep Sit
Eat Sleep Sit - 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 Eat Sleep Sit write by Kaoru Nonomura. This book was released on 2010-08-05. Eat Sleep Sit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer in Tokyo to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's recollection of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, even how to use the toilet, in a way that is easy to understand no matter how familiar a reader is with Zen Buddhism. This first-person account also describes Nonomura's struggles in the face of beatings, hunger, exhaustion, fear, and loneliness, the comfort he draws from his friendships with the other trainees, and his quiet determination to give his life spiritual meaning. After writing Eat Sleep Sit, Kaoru Nonomura returned to his normal life as a designer, but his book has maintained its popularity in Japan, selling more than 100,000 copies since its first printing in 1996. Beautifully written, and offering fascinating insight into a culture of hardships that few people could endure, this is a deeply personal story that will appeal to all those with an interest in Zen Buddhism, as well as to anyone seeking spiritual growth.
From Primitives to Zen
From Primitives to 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 From Primitives to Zen write by Mircea Eliade. This book was released on 1967. From Primitives to Zen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
