Zen in the Art of Archery
Finally on Audio--a Classic of Zen Buddhist LiteratureIt is almost impossible to understand Zen by studying it as you would other intellectual pursuits. The best way to understand Zen is, simply, to Zen. This is what author Eugen Herrigel allows us to do by sharing his own fascinating journey...
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Finally on Audio--a Classic of Zen Buddhist LiteratureIt is almost impossible to understand Zen by studying it as you would other intellectual pursuits. The best way to understand Zen is, simply, to Zen. This is what author Eugen Herrigel allows us to do by sharing his own fascinating journey toward a comprehension of this illuminating philosophy. In Japan, an art such as archery is not practiced solely for utilitarian purposes such as learning to hit targets. Archery is also meant to train the mind and bring it into contact with the ultimate reality. If one really wishes to be master of an art, technical knowledge of it is not enough. One has to trancend technique so that the art becomes an "artless art" growing out of the Unconsciousness. In this way, as the author simply, clearly demonstrates, archery becomes a path to greater understanding and enlightenment. This program is an outstanding way to experience Zen--and an intriguing, influential work of literature.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780375705090 (0375705090)
Publish date: January 26th 1999
Publisher: Vintage Spiritual Classics
Pages no: 81
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Spirituality,
Psychology,
Buddhism,
Zen,
Eastern Philosophy
A short interesting easy readable story , I read it enthusiastically because I love Zen in the first place and I had such experience in gun shooting . it happened to be that the most succeed and most precise shoots were those that had not much focusing and attention from me . even in Billiards the o...
A "book a day" calendar selection; I think Tao of Pooh is more my speed. Much here to come back to someday.