Zen In America
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Zen In America
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Author : Helen Tworkov
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha
Release Date : 1994
Zen In America written by Helen Tworkov and has been published by Kodansha this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Religion categories.
This expanded edition of the highly acclaimed investigation of Zen teaching in America, by the founder and editor of America's first Buddhist magazine, lays bare the issues at the heart of the Zen mission. Through in-depth portraits of five American Zen masters, Tworkov creates a trenchant sociological picture of an important strand of American spiritual life. 27 photos.
Silence And Noise
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Author : Ivan Richmond
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Silence And Noise written by Ivan Richmond and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Religion categories.
A fresh new voice in American Buddhism -- a twenty-nine-year-old raised among Buddhists in California -- offers wisdom for both longtime practitioners and a new generation of students in this fascinating memoir of his Zen upbringing. Over half a century ago, when the first Zen Masters came to America, eager young students in search of enlightenment flocked to hear their teachings. Many, like Ivan Richmond's parents, became Buddhist teachers themselves while raising their children at monasteries and retreat centers. Growing up in the seventies in the deliberate silence of a Buddhist community, young Ivan knew only the hippies and redwoods of Northern California. When his family left in 1983, he became an immigrant in his own country, suddenly entering a mainstream society that was full of paradox and pop culture, uncertainty and noise. This is the story of his struggle to find peace amidst the chaos. Whether dispensing kernels of Buddhist insight taught to him as a child or reflecting on the merits of rock concerts, Richmond narrates his emergence from seclusion with a sensitivity that is often touching, frequently funny, and always honest. The story of the powerfully resonant journey of this foot soldier in the front lines of American Buddhism is an essential read for anyone interested in the current state of Zen in America.
Zen In America
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Author : Zen Center, San Francisco
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Zen In America written by Zen Center, San Francisco and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Zen Master Who
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Author : James Ishmael Ford
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-10-20
Zen Master Who written by James Ishmael Ford and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Surprisingly little has been written about how Zen came to North America. "Zen Master Who?" does that and much more. Author James Ishmael Ford, a renowned Zen master in two lineages, traces the tradition's history in Asia, looking at some of its most important figures -- the Buddha himself, and the handful of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese masters who gave the Zen school its shape. It also outlines the challenges that occurred as Zen became integrated into western consciousness, and the state of Zen in North America today. The author includes profiles of modern Zen teachers and institutions, including D. T. Suzuki and Alan Watts, and such topics as the emergence of liberal Buddhism, and Christians, Jews, and Zen. This engaging, accessible book is aimed at anyone interested in this tradition but who may not know how to start. Most importantly, it clarifies a great and ancient tradition for the contemporary seeker.
Thank You And Ok
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Author : David Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2007-05-08
Thank You And Ok written by David Chadwick and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-08 with Religion categories.
David Chadwick, a Texas-raised wanderer, college dropout, bumbling social activist, and hobbyhorse musician, began his study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. In 1988 Chadwick flew to Japan to begin a four-year period of voluntary exile and remedial Zen education. In Thank You and OK! he recounts his experiences both inside and beyond the monastery walls and offers insightful portraits of the characters he knew in that world—the bickering monks, the patient abbot, the trotting housewives, the ominous insects, the bewildered bureaucrats, and the frustrating English-language students—as they worked inexorably toward initiating him into the mysterious ways of Japan. Whether you're interested in Japan, Buddhism, or exotic travel writing, this book is great fun. To learn more about the author, David Chadwick, visit www.cuke.com.
One Bird One Stone
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Author : Sean Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Release Date : 2013-04-01
One Bird One Stone written by Sean Murphy and has been published by Hampton Roads Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Religion categories.
“Anyone looking for insightful quotes, humor, Zen wisdom, or even just a good story will find something in these bite-sized anecdotes.” —Tricycle Magazine Drawn from the archives of major Zen centers in America and interviews with some of the most seminal figures of American Zen, including Philip Kapleau, Bernie Glassman, Gary Snyder, and Walter Nowick, One Bird, One Stone presents the notable encounters between teachers and students, the moments of insight and wisdom, the quotable quotes, and the humor of Zen as it has flowered in America over the last one hundred-plus years. Murphy, a Zen student and an accomplished writer, conducted numerous personal interviews and distilled over one hundred pithy stories. He covers Zen masters Suzuki, Maezumi, Seung Sahn, Robert Aitken, and Philip Kapleau along with earnest students Gary Snyder, Alan Watts, and Philip Whalen and others. “Sean Murphy’s eloquent book is thought-provoking and lovely. This collection of 108 new teaching stories in the American Zen Buddhist tradition is a poetic account of the transplanting of Zen Buddhism to this new Western soil and some of the various ways it has taken root here in the lives of a wide spectrum of teachers and practitioners.” —Sharon Salzberg, New York Times–bestselling author and cofounder of The Insight Meditation Center “The book gives you a profound glimpse into the well of the Zen mind.” —Santa Fe New Mexican “Stories to inspire the mind and to find the true heart.” —Stephen and Ondrea Levine, authors of Who Dies? “Intelligent, funny, wise and, best of all, speaks to the heart.” —Rafe Martin, Zen Bow
Zen In America
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Author : Helen Tworkov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Zen In America written by Helen Tworkov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Zen For Americans
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Author : Sōen Shaku
language : en
Publisher: Friedman-Fairfax
Release Date : 2002
Zen For Americans written by Sōen Shaku and has been published by Friedman-Fairfax this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Philosophy categories.
In Zen for Americans, Zen Master Soyen Shaku's vivid explanations of Buddhist beliefs are published together with the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, the first collection of Buddha's sayings to be introduced from India into the Far East. Too long out of print, the first words from the Buddhist East to the West are perhaps the best words to introduce Zen, as Master Soyen Shaku calls to the agitated present day with wind-chime clarity. These lectures, plus essays written especially for Americans, draw Westerners into the Zen frame of mind. Reading Shaku's description of the Buddhist concept of God, of karma, or of reincarnation, is like resting in a Japanese garden: there are no excesses, and every feature blesses you with radiant tranquility.
Zen And American Thought
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Author : Van Meter Ames
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Zen And American Thought written by Van Meter Ames and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Philosophy, American categories.
I have at least learned that Zen "does not depend on words and letters," since it is "a special transmission outside the scriptures"; also that it is not necessary to attain or accept all that Zen is, or is said to be, in order to benefit from it. --Foreword.
An Introduction To Zen Buddhism
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Author : Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
An Introduction To Zen Buddhism written by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Religion categories.
Describes the beliefs and traditions of Zen Buddhism, focusing on the systems of philosophy, psychology, and ethics that help promote self-understanding and enlightenment.
