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Zen Sourcebook

2008-01-01 Religion
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Release : 2008-01-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Zen Sourcebook by : Stephen Addiss

Download or read book Zen Sourcebook written by Stephen Addiss. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

1998-09-15 Religion
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Release : 1998-09-15
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by : Paul Reps

Download or read book Zen Flesh, Zen Bones written by Paul Reps. This book was released on 1998-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It has stayed with me for the last 30 years, a classic portraying Zen mind to our linear thinking." --Phil Jackson, Head Coach of the Chicago Bulls and author of Sacred Hoops Zen Flesh, Zen Bones offers a collection of accessible, primary Zen sources so that readers can contemplate the meaning of Zen for themselves. Within the pages, readers will find: 101 Zen Stories, a collection of tales that recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries The Gateless Gate, the famous thirteenth-century collection of Zen koans Ten Bulls, a twelfth century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment Centering, a 4,000 year-old teaching from India that some consider to be the roots of Zen. When Zen Flesh, Zen Bones was published in 1957, it became an instant sensation with an entire generation of readers who were just beginning to experiment with Zen. Over the years it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Its popularity is as high today as ever.

Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868)

2017-07-05 Art
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Release : 2017-07-05
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868) by : Galit Aviman

Download or read book Zen Paintings in Edo Japan (1600-1868) written by Galit Aviman. This book was released on 2017-07-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Zen Buddhism, the concept of freedom is of profound importance. And yet, until now there has been no in-depth study of the manifestation of this liberated attitude in the lives and artwork of Edo period Zen monk-painters. This book explores the playfulness and free-spirited attitude reflected in the artwork of two prominent Japanese Zen monk-painters: Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) and Sengai Gibon (1750-1837). The free attitude emanating from their paintings is one of the qualities which distinguish Edo period Zen paintings from those of earlier periods. These paintings are part of a Zen ink painting tradition that began following the importation of Zen Buddhism from China at the beginning of the Kamakura period (1185-1333). In this study, Aviman elaborates on the nature of this particular artistic expression and identifies its sources, focusing on the lives of the monk-painters and their artwork. The author applies a multifaceted approach, combining a holistic analysis of the paintings, i.e. as interrelated combination of text and image, with a contextualization of the works within the specific historical, art historical, cultural, social and political environments in which they were created.

Zen Buddhism: Japan

2005 Philosophy
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Release : 2005
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Zen Buddhism: Japan by : Heinrich Dumoulin

Download or read book Zen Buddhism: Japan written by Heinrich Dumoulin. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume of his classic history, one of the world's foremost Zen scholars turns his attention to the development of Zen in Japan.

Zen War Stories

2012-12-06 History
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Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Zen War Stories by : Brian Victoria

Download or read book Zen War Stories written by Brian Victoria. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War. Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians. Furthermore, that D. T. Suzuki, the most famous exponent of Zen in the West, is shown to have been a wartime proponent of this Zen-inspired viewpoint which enabled Japanese soldiers to leave for the battlefield already resigned to death. Victoria takes us onto the naval battlefield in the company of warrior-monk and Rinzai Zen Master Nakajima Genjô. We view the war in China through the eyes of a Buddhist military chaplain. The book also examines the relationship to Buddhism of Japan's seven Class-A war criminals who were hung by the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal in 1948. A highly controversial study, this book will be of interest, first and foremost, to students of Zen as well as all those studying the history of this period, not to mention anyone concerned with the perennial question of the 'proper' relationship between religion and the state.

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