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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kōshō Uchiyama; Thomas Wright; Jishō Cary Warner; Shohaku Okumura |
| ISBN: | 0861713575 9780861713578 |
| OCLC Number: | 54670173 |
| Description: | xxxv, 205 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Prefaces. The story of this book and its author / by Jisho Warner ; Teacher and disciple / by Shohaku Okumura ; On the nature of self / by Daitsu Tom Wright ; The theme of my life / by Kōshō Uchiyama. -- Practice and persimmons. How does a persimmon become sweet? ; The significance of Buddhist practice ; The four seals ; Practice is for life. -- The meaning of zazen. Depending on others is unstable ; The self that lives the whole truth ; Everything is just as it is ; Living out the reality of life. -- The reality of zazen. How to do zazen ; Letting go of thoughts ; Waking up to life. -- The world of intensive practice. Sesshins without toys ; Before time and "I" effort ; The scenery of life. -- Zazen and the true self. Universal self ; The activity of the reality of life. -- The world of self unfolds. The dissatisfactions of modern life ; Self settling on itself ; Independence and the middle way ; Delusion and zazen. -- Living wide awake. Zazen as religion ; Vow and repentance ; The Bodhisattva vow ; Magnanimous mind ; The direction of the universal. -- The wayseeker. Seven points of practice ; Leaving Antaiji. |
| Responsibility: | by Kasha Uchiyama ; translated and edited by Tom Wright, Jisho Warner, Shahaku Okumura. |
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