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Parallax Press Love Letter to the Earth
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University of California Press The Bodhidharma Anthology The Earliest Records of
Book SynopsisThe discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS 1. Introduction I 2. Translation of the Seven Texts of the Bodhidharma Anthology 3· Commentary on the Biography,Two Entrances, and Two Letters 4· Commentary on the Records APPENDIX A: THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TUN-HUANG CH'AN MANUSCRIPTS APPENDIX B: TOWARD A LITERARY HISTORY OF EARLY CH'AN NOTES GLOSSARY OF CHINESE LOGOGRAPHS WORKS CITED INDEX
£21.25
Parallax Press How to Walk
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University of Hawai'i Press Zen and Western Thought Zen and Western Thought
Book SynopsisThis collection of Abe's essays is a welcome addition to philosophy and comparative philosophy.
£17.56
Penguin Books Ltd The Art of Simple Living
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Even just the title of this book appeals. There are many reasons that a Zen monk might acquire a lifetime of wisdom—the least of which is my personal edification—but I’m grateful for it all the same.” —Estelle Tang, Elle.com“100 snack-size Zen activities you can do daily to add more calm to your life . . . The Art of Simple Living brings the spirit of Zen Buddhism to everyday life.” —The Daily Telegraph“Powerful . . . A profoundly beautiful work, easy to read, encouraging deep thought and reflection, but most importantly, acting as a practical guide to Zen action.” —The Japan Times“This international bestseller has helped people around the world quiet the chaos of everyday life, stress less and appreciate more. . . . Masuno’s tips are easy to execute. . . . Through this inspiring guide, Masuno shows that every step you take on the path of personal growth, no matter how small, can have a major impact.” —BookPage“A bestseller in Japan, this will certainly resonate with fans of Zen practice, or those simply looking to declutter a busy mind.” —Publishers Weekly“100 deceptively simple daily practices . . . to help you find, and embrace, the stillness at the center of your existence.” —Energy Times“Pithy tips on how to increase our feelings of well-being.” ―Lion’s Roar: Buddhist Wisdom for Our Time“Living a simpler life is a practice. It’s ordinary and it’s everyday. Shunmyo Masuno’s simple and relevant practices land gently and with the most comforting ordinariness, like a warm breath of familiarity to us, the frazzled masses.” —Sarah Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful“Our mind is blazing in the new dopamine war between alarmist news and attention-hooking apps. The Art of Simple Living is a bucket of water on the flames.” —Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation“I love this book. These little Zen practices can bring so much serenity to your life.” —Francine Jay, bestselling author of The Joy of Less and Lightly“I haven’t carried a purse in years, but this book almost made me wish I did, so I could keep it within reach.” —Cait Flanders, bestselling author of The Year of Less“I love The Art of Simple Living. With easy-to-follow, inspiring advice and lovely stories illustrating little things you can do that can have a big effect on your peace of mind, it’ll bring joyful moments into every day of your life.” —James Wallman, bestselling author of Stuffocation“The Art of Simple Living makes the time-tested wisdom of the Buddha radically accessible by providing easy-to-follow yet profound practices that blend perfectly with, and are a natural part of, everyday life. It is an encouraging and straightforward companion for all who seek to amplify the inherent peace of their minds.” —Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, author of Emotional Rescue and Rebel Buddha“This little treasure needs to be at every bedside. It awakens us to the most ordinary, everyday moments of our lives, revealing the richness, peace, and joy that come from living simply.” —Allan Lokos, founder and guiding teacher, Community Meditation Center, NYC; author of Through the Flames, Patience, and Pocket Peace
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Editorial Kairos Ni agua, ni luna: Charlas sobre zen
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Shambhala Publications Inc No-Gate Gateway: The Original Wu-Men Kuan
Book SynopsisA new translation of one of the great koan collections--by the premier translator of the Chinese classics--that reveals it to be a literary and philosophical masterwork beyond its association with Chan/Zen.A monk asked: “A dog too has Buddha-nature, no?” And with the master’s enigmatic one-word response begins the great No-Gate Gateway (Wu-Men Kuan), ancient China’s classic foray into the inexpressible nature of mind and reality. For nearly eight hundred years, this text (also known by its Japanese name, Mumonkan) has been the most widely used koan collection in Zen Buddhism—and with its comic storytelling and wild poetry, it is also a remarkably compelling literary masterwork. In his radical new translation, David Hinton places this classic for the first time in the philosophical framework of its native China, in doing so revealing a new way of understanding Zen—in which generic “Zen perplexity” is transformed into a more approachable and earthy mystery. With the poetic abilities he has honed in his many translations, Hinton brilliantly conveys the book’s literary power, making it an irresistible reading experience capable of surprising readers into a sudden awakening that is beyond logic and explanation.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Riding the Ox Home: Stages on the Path of
Book SynopsisMaps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake a journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, sketch the spiritual path encountered in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and the realization of the ultimate nature of reality. The Ox-Herding Pictures can be our companion on the Way of self-discovery, our compass and perspective when we need one. They are a bottomless source of mysterious wisdom to which we can return again and again for inspiration, and they translate easily into the gritty reality of spiritual practice that emerges from and grounds us in the inescapable relevance of our daily lives. The exquisite versions of the pictures found in the book are traditional Chinese nanga brush paintings by Gyokusei Jikihara Sensei, a modern Japanese master of calligraphy and a teacher in the Obaku School of Zen. The traditional verses accompanying them have been translated by John Daido Loori and Kazuaki Tanahashi, translator and editor of Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Only Don't Know: Selected Teaching Letters of Zen
Book SynopsisHere is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal?in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. His frank and funny style, familiar to readers of Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, is seen here in a most intimate form. The beloved Zen master not only answers questions on Zen teaching and practice, but applies an enlightened approach to problems with work, relationships, suffering, and the teacher-student relationship.
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Flatiron Books Standing at the Edge
Book SynopsisAn evocative examination of how to respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and experience spiritual and personal growth - from a renowned activist, humanitarian, and spiritual thought-leader.
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Shambhala Publications Inc Zen Bow, Zen Arrow: The Life and Teachings of Awa
Book SynopsisHere are the inspirational life and teachings of Awa Kenzo (1880-1939), the Zen and kyudo (archery) master who gained wordwide renown after the publication of Eugen Herrigel''s cult classic Zen in the Art of Archery in 1953. Kenzo lived and taught at a pivotal time in Japan''s history, when martial arts were practiced primarily for self-cultivation, and his wise and penetrating instructions for practice (and life) - including aphorisms, poetry, instructional lists, and calligraphy - are infused with the spirit of Zen. Kenzo uses the metaphor of the bow and arrow to challenge the practioner to look deeply into his or her own true nature.
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Keep it Simple Books,U.S. Making a Change for Good: A Guide to
Book SynopsisMaking a Change for Good will assist anyone to make a change of any kind, whatever the area—diet, fitness, stress, addictions, unskillful behaviors, anxiety, finances, spiritual practice…. Kind, compassionate encouragement for confronting personal issues head on and supportive tools for addressing the struggle are the differences in approach this book offers. Readers realize that lack clarity is the hindrance to addressing an issue, not lack of self-discipline. Rather than being caught in self-hating and self-blaming loops that veer us off course, we can learn to mentor ourselves, and this book teaches us how. The 30-day retreat at the end of the book provides a structure for practicing compassionate self-discipline.Table of Contents 1. Compassionate Self-Discipline and Presence: The Opportunity as We See It 2. Who’s Talking? 3. Meditation 4. Disidentification 5. The Voices of Self-Hate 6. Mentoring: Kind and Wise Support 7. Self-Discipline and Eating 8. Self-Discipline and Time Management 9. Self-Discipline vs. Self-Improvement 10. Awareness Practice Guided Retreat: 30 Days of Compassionate Self-Discipline
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Parallax Press Chanting from the Heart Vol I: Sutras and Chants
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Penguin Books Ltd Dont Worry
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Ebury Publishing How To Live When A Loved One Dies
Book SynopsisA comforting book that will offer relief to anyone moving through intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, healing words of wisdom to transform our suffering. In the immediate aftermath of a loss, sometimes it is all we can do to keep breathing. With his signature clarity and compassion, Thich Nhat Hanh will guide you through the storm of emotions surrounding the death of a loved one. How To Live When A Loved One Dies offers powerful practices such as mindful breathing that will help you reconcile with death and loss, feel connected to your loved one long after they have gone and transform your grief into healing and joy.
£8.54
Profile Books Ltd Essays in Zen Buddhism
Book Synopsis'Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism' Carl Jung Essays in Zen Buddhism was the first book to fully introduce Zen in the West. In it, Dr D.T. Suzuki outlines the origins of Zen as a unique Chinese interpretation of the Doctrine of Enlightenment with the aim of attaining Satori ('Sudden Enlightenment'). He describes how Satori can be achieved and the methods that can bring it about - but always stresses that Zen has to be a way of life that can cope with the demands and frustrations of everyday life. Exploring the history of Buddhism, the daily life of a Zen monk and the path to enlightenment, Essays in Zen Buddhism offers an understanding of Zen not as a religion but as a way of perceiving, acting and being. It is both a classic introduction to Zen and a foundation for living a fulfilled life. After reaching enlightenment at the age of 27, Dr Suzuki spent the next 65 years writing about Buddhism and teaching in universities in Europe and the US. Widely regarded as the twentieth century's leading authority on Buddhism, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963.Trade ReviewSuzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism. * Carl Jung *He speaks of what he has experienced... the essential quality of Zen. * Erich Fromm *Dr Suzuki writes with authority... he is a Buddhist... He is honoured in every temple in Japan for his knowledge of spiritual things. -- Christmas Humphreys
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Amber Books Ltd The Book of Tea: Japanese Tea Ceremonies and
Book Synopsis‘Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage,’ are the opening words of Okakura Kakuzō’s The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience. The book is a long essay celebrating the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importance with Zen Buddhism and Taoism. It is both about cultural life, aesthetics and philosophy, emphasising how Teaism – a term Kakuzō coined – taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity, which can be seen in Japanese art and architecture. Looking back at the evolution of the Japanese tea ceremony, Kakuzō argues that Teaism, in itself, is one of the profound universal remedies that two parties could sit down to. Where the West had scoffed at Eastern religion and morals, it held Eastern tea ceremonies in high regard. With a new introduction, this is an exquisitely produced edition of a classic text made using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques. Surely it’s time for tea.Table of ContentsIntroduction I. The Cup of Humanity II. The Schools of Tea III. Taoism and Zenism IV. The Tea-Room V. Art Appreciation VI. Flowers VII. Tea-Masters
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Hodder & Stoughton One Blade of Grass: A Zen Memoir
**A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR SELECTION**As heard on The Tim Ferriss Show!'Captivating'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'The book Shukman was born to write'NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of WRITING DOWN THE BONES'A wonderful and generous book'DAVID HINTON, author of THE WILDS OF POETRY***One Blade of Grass is award-winning novelist and poet Henry Shukman's account of his journey through the world of Zen Buddhism. Raised in a rationalist household in Oxford during the spiritual heyday of the Sixties and Seventies, an unexpected spiritual awakening would prompt a lifelong quest to integrate the experience into his life, leading him eventually to Zen Buddhism. As Shukman gets to grips with meditative practice and struggles with anxiety, depression and the chronic eczema he had had since childhoods, he discovers in surprising ways the emotional, spiritual and even physical healing that he has been searching for all along.By turns humorous and moving, this beautifully written memoir demystifies Zen training, casting its profound insights in simple, lucid language, and takes the reader on a journey of their own, into the hidden treasures of life that contemplative practice can reveal to any of us.
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Shambhala Publications Inc How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to
Book SynopsisThis modern-day commentary on Dogen’s Instructions for a Zen Cook reveals how everyday activities—like cooking—can be incorporated into our spiritual practice In the thirteenth century, Zen master Dogen—perhaps the most significant of all Japanese philosophers, and the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect—wrote a practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook. In drawing parallels between preparing meals for the Zen monastery and spiritual training, he reveals far more than simply the rules and manners of the Zen kitchen; he teaches us how to "cook," or refine our lives. In this volume Kosho Uchiyama Roshi undertakes the task of elucidating Dogen''s text for the benefit of modern-day readers of Zen. Taken together, his translation and commentary truly constitute a "cookbook for life," one that shows us how to live with an unbiased mind in the midst of our workaday world.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Buddhist on Death Row The inspirational true
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places.Jarvis Jay Masters's early life was a horror story whose outline we know too well. Born in Long Beach, California, his house was filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex. He and his siblings were split up and sent to foster care when he was five, and he progressed quickly to juvenile detention, car theft, armed robbery, and ultimately San Quentin. While in prison, he was set up for the murder of a guard a conviction which landed him on death row, where he's been since 1990.At the time of his murder trial, he was held in solitary confinement, torn by rage and anxiety, felled by headaches, seizures, and panic attacks. A criminal investigator repeatedly offered to teach him breathing exercises which he repeatedly refused, until desperation moved him.With uncanny clarity, David Sheff describes Masters's gradual but profound transformation fromTrade Review‘This is a beautiful, profoundly spiritual book, and a page-turner. Jarvis Jay Masters’s transformation, from an unloved child of violence and poverty to Buddhist teacher on Death Row, is thrilling. Reading it changed me, threw the lights on, opened and gentled my heart. I’m going to give it to everyone I know.’ Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of Almost Everything ‘This profound, gorgeous book displays the miraculous human capacity to find redemption, and even joy, no matter who or where we are. Jarvis Masters’s story proves that we are all united by our suffering and by our potential to help others who suffer.’ Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking ‘An inspiring book about how meaning can be found even in—perhaps especially in—adversity. It’s a study of Buddhism, of criminal justice, of the ways people connect with each other, and it’s written with deep feeling and verve.’ Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Far from the Tree ‘I believe [this book] will encourage many people to examine their own lives and their unrealized potential for awareness, generosity, commitment, and courage.’ Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me ‘I’m grateful to be Jarvis Masters’s teacher in part because he has taught me so much. I have rarely encountered anyone who expresses the essence of Buddhism in a clearer, more moving way than he does, and I deeply admire how David Sheff has captured that hard-won wisdom in this book.’ Pema Chodron, author of When Things Fall Apart ‘This book celebrates a liberation not gained by guns and gangs, prison breaks and murder, but by sitting with one’s breath and believing in the perfection of the universe and all who strive and suffer within it. The Buddhist on Death Row is a deeply useful reminder that we can all be free regardless of where we are placed.’ Alice Walker
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HarperCollins Publishers Essential Zen
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HarperCollins Publishers Nothing Special Living Zen
Book SynopsisWHEN NOTHING IS SPECIAL, EVERYTHING CAN BEThe best-selling author of ''Everyday Zen'' shows how to awaken to daily life and discover the ideal in the everyday, finding riches in our feelings, relationships, and work. ''Nothing Special'' offers the rare and delightful experience of learning in the authentic Buddhist tradition with a wonderfully contemporary Western master.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
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Penguin Publishing Group One Continuous Mistake Four Noble Truths for Writers Compass
Book SynopsisBased on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher—a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative writing—combines the inspirational value of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way with the spiritual focus of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Here she introduces a method of discipline that applies specific Zen practices to enhance and clarify creative work. She also discusses bodily postures that support writing, how to set up the appropriate writing regimen, and how to discover one's own learning personality.In the tradition of such classics as Writing Down the Bones and If You Want to Write, One Continuous Mistake will help beginning writers gain access to their creative capabilities while serving as a perennial reference that working wriTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: A Writing "Habit"Exercise: Writing Zazen1. Four Noble Truths for Writers2. Pointing Directly at Your Own Heart, You'll Find Buddha3. Single-Minded Effort4. Grandmother's Fingerpointing5. A Writing "Habit"6. Waves of the Sea Belong to the Sea7. Writing Posture8. The Kiss of the Asp9. The Writer's Middle Way10. DistractionsPart II: Like Jesus, It's From God. And From You.Exercise: Writing Kinhin11. Stay-at-Home Days12. Fleeting Thoughts13. Books Read Us14. Reading Supports WritingBut Watch Out!15. Bleached-Bone Simplicity16. Ode to a Drawer17. The Rubbery Time of Revision18. One Continuous Mistake19. Like Jesus, It's From God. And From You.20. Ping!21. Five Pillars of WritingPart III. The Lesson of Little Red Riding HoodExercise: Sneaking Up On Your Mind22. Tigers in the Lowland23. Invisible Practice24. The Gentle Cycle25. Writer's Block: The Magic Mountain26. Writer's Anorexia: The Abuse of Creative Power27. The Lesson of Little Red Riding Hood28. Writing ParentsPart IV. Beauty Plus PityExercise: Watching the Mind29. If I Think About Myself, Does That Mean I'm Selfish?30. Writer-Jock31. Writing and "Right" Livelihood32. Who Is Writing Better Vedas?33. Ripples on the Surface of the Water34. Art Is Theft, Art Is Armed Robbery, Art Is Not Pleasing Your Mother35. Beauty Plus Pity36. A Button and a Few Bones37. Life Is Not KilledPart V. A Word Is a Charged SituationExercise: Mot Juste38. Huckleberry "K"39. Tibetan English40. The Told Story41. Art for Life's Sake42. The Look of a Voice43. Grasp the Thing, Words Will Follow44. Wild by LawPart VI. "No, NoPoetry Is Serious! Zen Is Not Serious."Exercise: Silence Is Not Silence Is Not Silence45. The Gospel According to This Moment46. "Ashes Do Not Come Back to Firewood"47. Lady Murasaki's Insight48. Heron and I49. Lean Words & Quietly50. The Frida Kahlo Principle51. An Angel in the House52. Not Knowing53. One World at a TimeAppendicesA. Guidelines for Beginning Writers of HaikuB. Your Reading PersonalityC. Your Learning PersonalityNotesBibliography
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Penguin Books Ltd Zen Flesh Zen Bones
Book SynopsisZen Buddhism conveys its profound truths through epigrams, parable and brief enigmatic and often amusing stories of the masters. In addition to 101 Zen Stories, this volume contains The Gateless Gate, a collection of koans or puzzles and 10 Bulls, an illustrated account of a bull-hunt.
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Penguin Books Ltd Writings from the Zen Masters
Book SynopsisThese are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and fascinating tales of swords, tigers, tea, flowers and dogs, the writings of the Masters challenge every perception - and seek to bring all readers closer to enlightenment.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Dude and the Zen Master
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Snow Leopard
Book SynopsisAn unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), the National Book Award-winning author of the new novel In Paradise In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by acclaimed travel writer and novelist Pico Iyer.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Oxford University Press Chan Whip Anthology
Book SynopsisJeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan cejin), which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology, compiled by Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615), has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. To characterize the Chan Whip as late Ming Chan is inaccuratein fact, it is a survey of virtually the entirety of Chan literature, running from the late 800s (Tang dynasty) to about 1600 (late Ming). The Chan extracts, the bulk of the book, are followed by a short section of extracts from Buddhist canonical works (showing Zhuhongs adherence to the convergence of Chan and the teachings). The Chan extracts deliberately eschew abstract discussions of theory in favor of autobiographical narratives, anecdotal sketches, exhortations, sermons, sayings, and letters that deal very franklysometimes humorouslywith the concrete ups and downs of lived practice. Recent decades haveTrade ReviewBroughton delivers a very well crafted and eruditely annotated translation of the work. Those familiar with literary Chinese will also be happy to see that the original text is annexed. This is an important contribution to the growing body of scholarly translations of seminal Chan literature, deserving a wide readership. * Lukas Pokorny, University of Vienna *The Chan Whip (C. Changuan cejin, K. Songwan chaekchin, J. Zenkan sakushin) is a work that played a major role in the revival of gongan (K. kongan, J. koan) practice that swept the Chan, Son, and Zen schools of Buddhism in East Asia in the seventeenth century, and its influence continues to be felt down to the present. Jeffrey Broughton provides a clear and consistent translation of this inspiring but difficult work, together with a critical apparatus that is well-designed to make it as accessible as possible to a Western audience. Scholars and practitioners alike can benefit greatly from his philological expertise and sensitive interpretations of the material. * T. Griffith Foulk, Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ; Introduction ; Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints ; Preface to Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints ; Front Collection: The First Gate ; Front Collection: The Second Gate ; Back Collection: Single Gate ; Chinese Text of Changuan cejin ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press The Koan
Book SynopsisKoans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religous has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously unpublished, argue that our understanding of the koan tradition has been severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and problematic interpretations by examining previously unrecognized factors in the formation of the tradition, and by highlighting the rich complexity and remarkable diversity of koan practice and literature.Trade ReviewThose with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource ... appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate libraries. * Religious Studies Review *
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Oxford University Press The Zen Canon
Book SynopsisBodhidharma, its first patriarch, reputedly said that Zen Buddhism represents a special transmission outside the teaching/Without reliance on words and letters. This saying, along with the often perplexing use of language (and silence) by Zen masters, gave rise to the notion that Zen is a lived religion, based strictly on non-linguistic practice and lacking a substantial canon of sacred texts. Even those who recognize the importance of Zen texts commonly limit their focus to a few select texts without recognizing the wide variety of Zen literature. This collection of previously unpublished essays argues that Zen actually has a rich and varied literary heritage. Among the most significant textual genres are hagiographic accounts and recorded sayings of individual Zen masters, koan collections and commentaries, and rules for monastic life. During times of political turmoil in China and Japan, these texts were crucial to the survival and success of Zen, and they have for centuries been va
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Oxford University Press, USA Monks Rulers and Literati The Political Ascendancy of Chan Buddhism
Book SynopsisThe Chan (Zen in Japanese) school of Chinese Buddhism began when, in the seventh century, a small religious community gathered around a Buddhist monk named Hongren. Over the centuries, Chan Buddhism grew from an obscure movement to an officially recognized and eventually dominant form of Buddhism in China and throughout East Asia. In this book Albert Welter presents, for the first time in a comprehensive fashion in a Western work, the story of the rise of Chan, a story which has been obscured by myths about Zen. Zen apologists in the twentieth century, Welter argues, sold the world on the story of Zen as a transcendental spiritualism untainted by political and institutional involvements. In fact, Welter shows that the opposite is true: relationships between Chan monks and political rulers were crucial to Chan''s success. The book concentrates on an important but neglected period of Chan history, the 10th and 11th centuries, when monks and rulers created the so-called Chan golden age and the classic principles of Chan identity.Trade ReviewWelter's Monks, Rulers, and Literati is a much needed and very readable work that presents a rich and multifaceted picture of the development of Chan and significantly advances our understanding of it. It is a must-read for every scholar interested in Chinese Buddhism. I will also be highly useful in graduate seminars and even in upper-level undergraduate courses. * Journal of Chinese Religions *
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Oxford University Press, USA Zen Classics Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism
Book SynopsisThis is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the same editors. The first volume collected original essays on koan collections, recorded sayings of individual masters, histories of major schools, and compilations of monastic regulations. The second focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from Korea and Japan that brought this Buddhist movement to fruition. Although enormously diverse in style and structure all of the texts and genres of texts considered here were fundamental to the unfolding of Zen in East Asia. The range of genres reveals the varieties of Zen practice, from rules of daily practice to sermons and meditation manuals. The all new essays in this volume will be contributed by an international team of distinguished scholars of Buddhism. It is aimed at a broad audience including college students, Zen practitioners, and scholars of East Asian history, religion, and culture, as well as specialists in Buddhist history.Trade Reviewa welcome addition to university libraries * The Middle Way *
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Oxford University Press Zen Skin Zen Marrow
Book SynopsisSince Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western seekers the dominant discourse about this sect has been romantic, idealistic, and utopian. The essence of Zen has been described as ineffable, wholistic, and promoting social harmony. In recent years, however, some scholars have begun to examine Zen through the lenses of historical and cultural criticism, producing a sharp challenge to the traditional view. These clashing viewpoints are now entrenched in two warring camps, and their exponents talk past each other with virtually no constructive interaction. In this book, Steven Heine argues that a constructive compromise is possible. He focuses on three principal areas of disagreement: (1) the role of language and discourse in a tradition that claims to be ''outside words and letters,'' yet has produced a voluminous body of texts, (2) the function of rituals and objects of worship to gain world benefit in a tradition supposedly founded on unmediated experience attained in an iTrade ReviewIn each chapter he [Heine] brings to attention a number of examples that playfully juxtapose both sides of the story..By bringing together discussions about literature, ritual and ethics in one book, Heine portrays Zen as a multidimensional, multivocal tradition...[this is] an excellent contribution to scholarship...[which] contains a number of engaging observations * Brian Black, Times Higher Education Supplement *
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Oxford University Press Visions of Awakening Space and Time Dgen and the
Book SynopsisAs a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, ephemeral agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which is now spreading in many places in the West. Broader awareness of Dogen''s worldview and its implications, says Leighton, is helpful for a modern understanding of Zen and Mahayana praxis, and is relevant to contemporary environmental and ethical concerns.Trade Review"Leighton's clear, articulate prose renders Dogen's writings alive, accessible, and relevant to life in the twenty-first century."-Philosophy East and WestTable of ContentsI. THE PIVOTAL LOTUS STORY AND DOGEN'S WORLDVIEW ; II. . Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Study of the Lotus Sutra and Dogen ; III. . Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story ; IV. . Dogen's Interpretations of this Lotus Sutra Story ; V. . Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana Context ; AFTERWORD: IMPLICATIONS OF DOGEN'S MAHAYANA WORLDVIEW
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Oxford University Press Dogen and Soto Zen
Book SynopsisThis volume continues the work of a recent collection published in 2012 by Oxford University Press, Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies. It features some of the same outstanding authors as well as some new experts who explore diverse aspects of the life and teachings of Zen master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect (or Sotoshu) in early Kamakura-era Japan. The contributors examine the ritual and institutional history of the Soto school, including the role of the Eiheji monastery established by Dogen as well as various kinds of rites and precepts performed there and at other temples. Dogen and Soto Zen builds upon and further refines a continuing wave of enthusiastic popular interest and scholarly developments in Western appropriations of Zen. In the last few decades, research in English and European languages on Dogen and Soto Zen has grown, aided by an increasing awareness on both sides of the Pacific of the important influence of the religious movement and its founTrade ReviewThis book offers many original insights into both Dogen (1200-1253) and the influence of the Soto school that his teachings later inspired... This volume of collected essays by respected academics is another valuable contribution from editor Steven Heine. * Taigen Dan Leighton, Monumenta Nipponica *This excellent volume sheds new and corrective light on Dogen and the Soto Zen tradition. Exploring a rich array of topics- Dogen's views of meditation, women, poetry, and death; his standing as a philosopher; distinctive Soto approaches to texts, precepts, liturgical practices, robes, and monastic architecture-the contributors bridge the divide between textual analyses of Dogen's thought and scholarship on institutional facets of Soto Zen. A must read for anyone with a serious interest in Zen. * Christopher Ives, author of Imperial-Way Zen *Heine is one of the most important Dogen scholars active today ... the volume continues to build on recent trends in Buddhist/Zen studies ... Highly recommended. * G. Wrisley, CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributors ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Editor's Introduction: Two for the Price of One - Steven Heine ; Part I. Studies of Dogen ; 1. Dogen's Use of Rujing's 'Just Sit' (shikan taza) and Other Koans - T. Griffith Foulk ; 2. 'Raihaitokuzui' and Dogen's Views of Gender and Women: A Reconsideration - Miriam Levering ; 3. Dogen, A Medieval Japanese Monk Well-Versed in Chinese Poetry: What He Did and Did Not Compose - Steven Heine ; 4. Negotiating the Divide of Death in Japanese Buddhism: Dogen's Difference - John C. Maraldo ; 5. 'When all Dharmas are the Buddha-dharma': Dogen as Comparative Philosopher - Gereon Kopf ; Part II. Studies of Soto Zen ; 6. Keizan's Denkoroku: A Textual and Contextual Overview - William M. Bodiford ; 7. Are Soto Zen Precepts for Ethical Guidance or Ceremonial Transformation? Menzan's Attempted Reforms and Contemporary Practices - David Riggs ; 8. Vocalizing the Remembrance of Dogen: A Study of the Shinpen Hoon Koshiki - Michaela Mross ; 9. Interpreting the Material Heritage of the 'Elephant Trunk Robe' in Soto Zen - Diane Riggs ; 10. Embodying Soto Zen: Institutional Identity and Ideal Body-Image at Daihonzan Eiheiji - Pamela D. Winfield ; Sino-Japanese Glossary ; Index
£35.99
Oxford University Press Enlightenment in Dispute
Book SynopsisEnlightenment in Dispute is the first comprehensive study of the revival of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China. Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He investigates the development of Chan Buddhism in the seventeenth century, focusing on controversies involving issues such as correct practice and lines of lineage. In this way, he shows how the Chan revival reshaped Chinese Buddhism in late imperial China. Situating these controversies alongside major events of the fateful Ming-Qing transition, Wu shows how the rise and fall of Chan Buddhism was conditioned by social changes in the seventeenth century.Table of ContentsConventions and Explanatory Notes ; Chronology ; Introduction ; Part I: The Context of Seventeenth-Century China ; 1. Reenvisioning Buddhism in the Late Ming ; 2. The Literati and Chan Buddhism ; 3. The Rise of Chan Buddhism ; Part II: The Principle of Chan ; 4. Clashes among Enlightened Minds ; 5. The Divergence of Interpretation ; 6. The Yongzheng Emperor and Imperial Intervention ; Part III: Lineage Matters ; 7. The Debate about Tianhuang Daowu and Tianwang Daowu in the Late Ming ; 8. The Lawsuit about Feiyin Tongrong's Wudeng yantong in the Early Qing ; 9. The Aftermath ; Part IV: Critical Analysis ; 10. Explaining the Rise and Fall of Chan Buddhism ; 11. The Pattern of Buddhist Revival in the Past ; Concluding Remarks ; Appendix 1 ; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; Glossary ; Abbreviations of Dictionaries and Collections ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
£30.39
Oxford University Press Women Living Zen
Book SynopsisA long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns'' importance.... This very readable book is ideal for classroom use.-Religious Studies ReviewArai''s sensitive first-hand account is at times emotional, but the reflexive recollections that derive from her personal experiences and interactions with the nuns are insightful and well documented....the book is valuable in providing us with a different mode of appreciation in order to understand the position of women living in [an]other religious and cultural context.--Japanese Journal of Religious StudiesThis is an anthropological study, carried out with love, care, and attention to detail...By the end of the journey, readers will find themselves moved, their humanity reassured and refreshed.--Journal of Asian StudiesIn this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were actTrade Review...a long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns' importance.... This very readable book is ideal for classroom use. * Religious Studies Review *...a long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns' importance.... This very readable book is ideal for classroom use. * Religious Studies Review *A long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns' importance . . . This very readable book is ideal for classroom use. * Religious Studies Review *Arai's sensitive first-hand account is at times emotional, but the reflexive recollections that derive from her personal experiences and interactions with the nuns are insightful and well documented....the book is valuable in providing us with a different mode of appreciation in order to understand the position of women living in another religious and cultural context. * Japanese Journal of Religious Studies *This is an anthropological study, carried out with love, care, and attention to detail...By the end of the journey, readers will find themselves moved, their humanity reassured and refreshed. * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Transliteration Guide ; Prologue ; One: Introduction ; Scholarly Contexts ; Theoretical Considerations ; Methodological Considerations ; Two: Historical Background ; Pioneering Monastics ; Dogen and Women ; Tokugawa Encroachments ; Meiji Reclamations ; Three: Twentieth-Century Leadership ; First Generation: Rapid Ascent Through Education ; Second Generation: Stategists of Egalitarianism ; Third Generation: Zen Master of a New Tradition ; Four: The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns ; Nuns' Vision of Monastic Life ; Daily Life in a Monastery of Zen Nuns ; Divisions within the Monastery ; Ceremonial Rituals and Activities ; Educational Curriculum and Degrees ; The Aesthetics of Discipline ; Five: Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions ; Changing Life Patterns of Twentieth-Century Zen ; Buddhist Practice: Meaning and Action ; Nuns' Views on Monastic Life ; Six: Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition ; Preservers and Creators of Buddhist Tradition ; Bearers and Transmitters of Traditional Japanese Culture ; Notes ; Appendix A: Questionnaire ; Appendix B: Glossary of Japanese Terms ; Bibliography ; Index
£35.99
Oxford University Press, USA The Record of Linji
Book SynopsisThe Linjilu (Record of Linji or LJL) is one of the foundational texts of Chan/Zen Buddhist literature, and an accomplished work of baihua (vernacular) literature. Its indelibly memorable title character, the Master Linji--infamous for the shout, the whack of the rattan stick, and the declaration that sutras are toilet paper--is himself an embodiment of the very teachings he propounds to his students: he is a true person, free of dithering; he exhibits the non-verbal, unconstrained spontaneity of the buddha-nature; he is always active, never passive; and he is aware that nothing is lacking at all, at any time, in his round of daily activities. This bracing new translation transmits the LJL''s living expression of Zen''s personal realization of the meaning beyond words, as interpreted by ten commentaries produced by Japanese Zen monks, over a span of over four centuries, ranging from the late 1300s, when Five-Mountains Zen flourished in Kyoto and Kamakura, through the early 1700s, an ageTrade ReviewJeffrey Broughton's Record of Linji is a magnificent work of scholarship. It translates what the author rightly calls 'the most prominent work in all of Chan literature,' and goes far beyond all previous translations in making this seminal text understandable by embedding the ten most important Zen commentaries into the original text. This rich textual tradition is made readily available to readers of Broughton's translation and the result is an opportunity to enter into Chan and Zen discourse that has been previously unavailable to western readers. * Dale Wright, David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Occidental College *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Translation of the Linjilu ; Part I: Dharma-Hall Convocations ; Part II: Sangha Instruction ; Part III: Calibrating and Adjudicating ; Part IV: Record of the Karman of the Master's Career ; Part V: Stupa Record of Chan Master Linji Huizhao ; Yuanjue Zongyan's Xuanhe 2 (1120) Linjilu Edition (LJL) ; Appendix 1: Pre-Song Linji and Puhua Sayings and Episodes Preserved in the Collection of the Patriarchal Hall (Zutangji) ; Appendix 2: Pre-Song Linji Sayings Preserved in the Mind-Mirror Record (Zongjinglu) ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
£48.00
The University of Chicago Press Reading Zen in the Rocks The Japanese Dry
Book SynopsisReading Zen in the Rocks is a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the karesansui so superbly represents.
£21.00
The University of Chicago Press Shots in the Dark Japan Zen and the West
Book SynopsisIn the years after Wrold War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, this title uncovers the role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden.Trade Review"A powerful critique of the process through which Zen was imported into Western cultures....This is a worthy addition to the literature." (Choice)"
£80.00
Columbia University Press For Nirvana
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn his Translator's Afterword, Heinz Insu Fenkl describes his astonishing encounter with the poems in this collection-from dream encounter with the poet, to the poems, then the poet himself. Extraordinary workings of the three-line sijo form into the spaces of Zen practice, the poems call us to see! -- David McCann, Harvard University Reading these translations of Cho Oh-hyun's Zen sijo is like shining a light on a carefully cut, many-faceted stone. The poems are concentrated, understated, and effortlessly colloquial, both immediately accessible and, paradoxically, mysterious. The Zen nature of the poems' inquiries and observations-with their allusiveness and open-endedness-bear up under many readings, defying prized Western rationality and yielding a surprisingly rich range of tones, moods, and insights. -- Elizabeth Spires, poet and author of The Wave-Maker and Now the Green Blade Rises [Cho Oh-Hyun] has created a new tradition of Korean sijo poetry. -- Choi Yearn-hong The Korea Times While some of the poems embrace the kind of open-ended imagery commonly associated with Buddhist poetry, Cho innovates in this volume with narrative techniques that engage the senses and the imagination. World Literature TodayTable of ContentsContents Preface Introduction, by Kwon Youngmin Bitter Flower Daydream Distant Holy Man Elm Tree & Moon Desire, Deeper than the Marrow What I've Always Said The Sound of Ancient Wood The Dance & the Pattern Spring Musan's Ten Bulls 1. Searching for the Bull 2. Finding the Footprints 3. Seeing the Bull 4. Catching the Bull 5. Taming the Bull 6. Riding the Bull Home 7. The Bull Transcended 8. Both Bull & Self Transcended 9. Reaching the Source 10. Return to Society Regarding My Penmanship Weekend Scrawl Wild Foxes Hoarse Speaking Without Speaking 1 Speaking Without Speaking 2 Speaking Without Speaking 3 Speaking Without Speaking 4 Speaking Without Speaking 5 Speaking Without Speaking 6 Waves What the Northeast Wind Said 1 What the Northeast Wind Said 2 What The Southeast Wind Said Ancient Rules for Everyman 3. Amdu-Drowned Man 4. Joju's Great Death 11. Gaesa Entering the Bath 13. Chuimi's Zen Gong Buddha Children of Namsan Valley Walking in Place The Path of Love At the Razor's Edge Crime & Punishment Today's Beaming The Way to Gyerimsa Temple Jikjisa Temple Travel Diary 1. The Way Forward 2. Not Two Gates 3. Sitting Buddha 4. Blue Crane-Zen Master Yeongheo 5. Stone Lamp 6. Cold Lamp-Master White Water 7. Mind Moon Tales from the Temple 2. The Seagulls & the East Sea 3. Two Squirrels 16. The Cry of Wild Ducks 25. The Otter & the Hunter 29. The Green Frog The Way to Biseul Mountain 2007-Seoul at Noon 2007-Seoul at Night Wild Ducks & Shadow Winter Mountain Beasts A Day at Old Fragrance Hall Bodhidharma 1 Bodhidharma 2 Bodhidharma 3 Bodhidharma 4 Bodhidharma 5 Bodhidharma 6 Bodhidharma 7 Bodhidharma 8 Bodhidharma 9 Bodhidharma 10 Sunset, Bay of Incheon The Sea Words of a Boatman Moments I Wished Would Linger You and I: Our Outcry You and I: Our Lamentation Siblings When the Dawn Comes Down A Fistful of Ashes Holding on to a Finger When the Thunder God Came to My Body Opening the Mountain-Side Window Proximation Sun & Moon Arising, Passing, Attachment The Wind that Once Wept in the Pine Grove Gwanseum This Body of Mine The Day I Try Dying As I Look Upon Myself Waning Landscape At the Tomb of King Seondeok Forest New Shoots Early Spring Three Views of Spring The Sound of My Own Cry All the Same at Journey's End Scarecrow Days Living on the Mountain Vapors My Lifelines Embers (Afterword) Translator's Afterword Acknowledgments
£56.00
Columbia University Press For Nirvana
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn his Translator's Afterword, Heinz Insu Fenkl describes his astonishing encounter with the poems in this collection-from dream encounter with the poet, to the poems, then the poet himself. Extraordinary workings of the three-line sijo form into the spaces of Zen practice, the poems call us to see! -- David McCann, Harvard University Reading these translations of Cho Oh-hyun's Zen sijo is like shining a light on a carefully cut, many-faceted stone. The poems are concentrated, understated, and effortlessly colloquial, both immediately accessible and, paradoxically, mysterious. The Zen nature of the poems' inquiries and observations-with their allusiveness and open-endedness-bear up under many readings, defying prized Western rationality and yielding a surprisingly rich range of tones, moods, and insights. -- Elizabeth Spires, poet and author of The Wave-Maker and Now the Green Blade Rises [Cho Oh-Hyun] has created a new tradition of Korean sijo poetry. -- Choi Yearn-hong The Korea Times While some of the poems embrace the kind of open-ended imagery commonly associated with Buddhist poetry, Cho innovates in this volume with narrative techniques that engage the senses and the imagination. World Literature Today Monk Cho... is not simply another Zen Buddhist, like those I found in the Korean history. Rather, he is his own Zen monk writing his own style of sijo. -- Yearn Hong Choi Korean QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents Preface Introduction, by Kwon Youngmin Bitter Flower Daydream Distant Holy Man Elm Tree & Moon Desire, Deeper than the Marrow What I've Always Said The Sound of Ancient Wood The Dance & the Pattern Spring Musan's Ten Bulls 1. Searching for the Bull 2. Finding the Footprints 3. Seeing the Bull 4. Catching the Bull 5. Taming the Bull 6. Riding the Bull Home 7. The Bull Transcended 8. Both Bull & Self Transcended 9. Reaching the Source 10. Return to Society Regarding My Penmanship Weekend Scrawl Wild Foxes Hoarse Speaking Without Speaking 1 Speaking Without Speaking 2 Speaking Without Speaking 3 Speaking Without Speaking 4 Speaking Without Speaking 5 Speaking Without Speaking 6 Waves What the Northeast Wind Said 1 What the Northeast Wind Said 2 What The Southeast Wind Said Ancient Rules for Everyman 3. Amdu-Drowned Man 4. Joju's Great Death 11. Gaesa Entering the Bath 13. Chuimi's Zen Gong Buddha Children of Namsan Valley Walking in Place The Path of Love At the Razor's Edge Crime & Punishment Today's Beaming The Way to Gyerimsa Temple Jikjisa Temple Travel Diary 1. The Way Forward 2. Not Two Gates 3. Sitting Buddha 4. Blue Crane-Zen Master Yeongheo 5. Stone Lamp 6. Cold Lamp-Master White Water 7. Mind Moon Tales from the Temple 2. The Seagulls & the East Sea 3. Two Squirrels 16. The Cry of Wild Ducks 25. The Otter & the Hunter 29. The Green Frog The Way to Biseul Mountain 2007-Seoul at Noon 2007-Seoul at Night Wild Ducks & Shadow Winter Mountain Beasts A Day at Old Fragrance Hall Bodhidharma 1 Bodhidharma 2 Bodhidharma 3 Bodhidharma 4 Bodhidharma 5 Bodhidharma 6 Bodhidharma 7 Bodhidharma 8 Bodhidharma 9 Bodhidharma 10 Sunset, Bay of Incheon The Sea Words of a Boatman Moments I Wished Would Linger You and I: Our Outcry You and I: Our Lamentation Siblings When the Dawn Comes Down A Fistful of Ashes Holding on to a Finger When the Thunder God Came to My Body Opening the Mountain-Side Window Proximation Sun & Moon Arising, Passing, Attachment The Wind that Once Wept in the Pine Grove Gwanseum This Body of Mine The Day I Try Dying As I Look Upon Myself Waning Landscape At the Tomb of King Seondeok Forest New Shoots Early Spring Three Views of Spring The Sound of My Own Cry All the Same at Journey's End Scarecrow Days Living on the Mountain Vapors My Lifelines Embers (Afterword) Translator's Afterword Acknowledgments
£19.80
Penguin Books Ltd The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
Book SynopsisTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFull of anecdotes, relatable quotes and beautiful illustrations, this little book makes a wonderful read and thoughtful gift!''Is it the world that''s busy, or my mind?''*****Life moves fast, but that doesn''t mean we have to.In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist monk born in Korea and educated in the United States, offers advice on everything from handling setbacks to dealing with rest and relationships.Combining his teachings with calming full-colour illustrations, Haemin Sunim''s simple messages speak directly to the anxieties that have become part of modern life and remind us of the strength and joy that come from slowing down.*****''Everyone who wants to thrive more in their life should have it on their nightstand'' Arianna Huffington''Offers practical advice on everything from handling setbacks to relationships. Best for reclaiming your zen'' StylistTrade ReviewEveryone who wants to thrive more in their life should have it on their nightstand -- Arianna HuffingtonUniversal truths, beautifully expressed, lovingly illustrated -- Mark Williams, co-author of 'Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World'Ingeniously simple tips from a zen monk that'll boost your mood, career - and relationships * Daily Mail *Offers practical advice on everything from handling setbacks to relationships. Best for reclaiming your zen * Stylist *Taking time is Sunim's thing. He's a Buddhist monk who has become internationally famous for it. Written in response to requests for advice on social media, [The Things You Can See] directly addresses problems facing people around the world -- John-Paul Flintoff * Guardian *Full of insightful and practical advice-and wonderfully portable, like a daily guidebook. I read it with great interest -- Bhante Gunaratana, author of 'Mindfulness in Plain English'Haemin Sunim has offered us a remarkable gift, a compendium of practical wisdom. It is accessible brilliance -- Allan Lokos, founder and guiding teacher, Community Meditation Center, NYC; author of 'Through the Flames', 'Patience', and 'Pocket Peace'A remarkable guide to how to live a life of unpretentious authenticity and compassionate engagement. In Haemin Sunim's brief essays and aphorisms, the insights of Buddhism have fully become the stuff of life itself -- Robert Buswell, Director of Buddhist Studies, UCLAThis book is wonderful-straight from the heart of a wise, kind teacher. Written simply and with gentle humor, it will help you find lasting happiness in a changing world -- Rick Hanson, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of 'Buddha’s Brain' and 'Hardwiring Happiness'Loving, practical, and kind, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down is a beautiful reminder of the rewards of living wisely -- Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of 'A Path with Heart' and 'The Wise Heart'Filled with gems of wisdom, this book will lift up your heart and enliven your spirit -- Tara Brach, author of 'Radical Acceptance' and 'True Refuge'The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down proves what the Wise have always taught: As goes our attention, so comes our experience. The more we attend to living in the present moment, the richer becomes our experience of it . . . and of our own higher possibilities -- Guy Finley, bestselling author of 'The Secret of Letting Go'Perfect for readers looking for a respite from busy lives and tumultuous times . . . Sunim evokes a calm assuredness in his philosophy, reminiscent of Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran * Publishers Weekly *Haemin Sunim's book has a place in my backpack now. When I read it at the coffee shop, my coffee break becomes a meditation break. At bedtime, it brings me peace. And in the morning it inspires me -- Joseph Emet, author of 'Finding the Blue Sky' and 'Buddha’s Book of Meditation'I believe this elegant book will help heal a river of grief that runs through our entire nation, just below the surface, everywhere I go. People ache for time with those they love, with friends and family, with nature. My hope is that everyone who opens this book will immediately find some passage, some way into a secret garden of slow time, where things of great beauty and truth grow, and blossom, in effortless abundance. It is a glorious refuge -- a timely, welcome escape from the pervasive trance of ordinary, relentlessly productive time -- Wayne Muller, bestselling author of 'Sabbath' and 'A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough'Wonderful . . . They read almost like haikus -- Lakshmi Singh * All Things Considered (NPR) *
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd Zen The Art of Simple Living
Book SynopsisBe more Zen in 2025 with this little book of 100 tips and activities to soothe the soul''Brings the spirit of Zen Buddhism to everyday life . . . 100 snack-size Zen activities you can do daily to add more calm to your life'' Daily Telegraph_______Zen is the perfect antidote to the stress and uncertainty of modern life . . .In clear, practical and easy to follow lessons - one a day for 100 days - renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to show you how to apply the essence of Zen to modern life.You will learn how to exhale deeply to eliminate negative emotions, to arrange your house simply to clear your thinking, to line up your shoes at night to bring order to your mind, to plant a single flower and watch it grow, to worry less about what you cannot control, and so much more . . .You will even make time to think about nothing at all.Simplify your life with the art of Zen, and learn how to feel more relaxed, fulfilled, and with a renewed sense of peace._______''Full of the simplest yet richest rituals to adopt in order to live a long and happy life, this book of wisdom is a soothing balm of peace for anyone living in the busy modern world'' Psychologies''Does for mental clutter what Marie Kondo has done for household clutter'' Publisher''s Weekly''This little treasure needs to be at every bedside'' llan Lokos, author of Through the Flames, Patience, and Pocket Peace''Zen: The Art of Simple Living makes the wisdom of the Buddha radically accessible'' Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, author of Emotional Rescue and Rebel BuddhaTrade ReviewBrings the spirit of Zen Buddhism to everyday life . . . 100 snack-size Zen activities you can do daily to add more calm to your life * Daily Telegraph *Full of the simplest yet richest rituals to adopt in order to live a long and happy life, this book of wisdom is a soothing balm of peace for anyone living in the busy modern world * Psychologies *Does for mental clutter what Marie Kondo has done for household clutter: pare down and simplify . . . A bestseller in Japan, this will certainly resonate with fans of Zen practice, or those simply looking to declutter a busy mind * Publishers Weekly *A pretty book to dip into for insights into a Japanese mindset * The Tablet *With clear, practical and easy-to-follow lessons - one a day for 100 days - renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to show you how to apply the essence of Zen to modern life * Eastern Daily Press, Top 10 Books on Mental Health & Psychology *You don't have to be into Japanese Zen Buddhism to appreciate this very prettily illustrated book of concise and nonjudgmental life lessons. It doesn't require long reading times - the bitesize paragraphs are perfect as quick bedtime reading or as an anti-anxiety boost first thing in the morning. * Real Homes *Zen is one of the most beautiful books I've bought. I finished reading it with a renewed sense of peace . . . I can guarantee that after reading this, your heart will feel lighter and you'll feel alive with a warm, refreshing energy * KeiSei Magazine *
£13.49
Penguin Books Ltd Becoming Yourself
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£17.00
Indiana University Press Nishida Kitaros Chiasmatic Chorology
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe current volume constitutes an enormous contribution to Nishida scholarship, comparative philosophy, and postmodern visions of and for a global world. It provides inspiring scholarship on Nishida and, at the same time, invites subsequent creative reflections. In short, it constitutes philosophical reflection at its best. * Japanese Journal of Religious Studies *[This] volume constitutes an enormous contribution to Nishida scholarship, comparative philosophy, and postmodern visions of and for a global world. It provides inspiring scholarship on Nishida and, at the same time, invites subsequent creative reflections. In short, it constitutes philosophical reflection at its best. * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Preliminary Studies1. From Aristotle's Substance to Hegel's Concrete Universal: The Development of Nishida's Dialectic2. Hegelian Dialectics and Mahāyāna Non-DualismPart II. Dialectics in Nishida3. Pure Experience, Self-Awareness, and Will: Dialectics in the Early Works (From the 1910s to the 1920s)4. Dialectics in the Epistemology of Place (From the Late 1920s to the Early 1930s)5. The Dialectic of the World-Matrix (From the 1930s to the 1940s): Acting Persons6. The Dialectic of the World-Matrix (From the 1930s to the 1940s): The Dialectical Universal and Contradictory Identity7. The Dialectic of Religiosity (the 1940s)Part III. Conclusions8. Nishida and Hegel9. Nishida, Buddhism, and Religion10. The Chiasma and the Chōra11. Concluding Thoughts, Criticism and EvaluationLexiconNotesBibliographyIndex
£45.00
Ahmed Swami Vivekananda on Buddhism and his Sarvajanika
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£22.88
