Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Pantheon BooksISBN-13:9780679756521ISBN-10:679756523UPC:9780679756521Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Zen, SpiritualBook Topic:Zen (see also PhilosophySize:8.68 x 6.04 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCEBYD45YP
Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students
Nominated for the Tricycle Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Buddhism in America--a collection of short talks and essays from a renowned meditation teacher.
"The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately needs new forms of kinship and love."
--Robert Aitken
In this inspiring collection, you will...
"The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately needs new forms of kinship and love."
--Robert Aitken
In this inspiring collection, you will...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pantheon BooksISBN-13:9780679756521ISBN-10:679756523UPC:9780679756521Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Zen, SpiritualBook Topic:Zen (see also PhilosophySize:8.68 x 6.04 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7297Product ID:SCEBYD45YP
ROBERT AITKEN (1917-2010) was first introduced to Zen in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. R. H. Blyth, author of Zen in English Literature, was imprisoned in the same camp, and in this setting Aitken began the first of several apprenticeships. After the war, Aitken often returned to Japan to study. He became friends with Daisetz T. Suzuki and studied with Nakagawa Sūen Rōshi and...
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