C. Alexander Simpkins
Autor de Simple Taoism: A Guide to Living in Balance
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Obras de C. Alexander Simpkins
The Dao of Neuroscience: Combining Eastern and Western Principles for Optimal Therapeutic Change (Norton Professional… (2010) 10 copias
Neuro-Hypnosis: Using Self-Hypnosis to Activate the Brain for Change (Norton Professional Books) (2010) 8 copias
Principles of Self Hypnosis: Pathways to the Unconscious/Book and Audio Cassette (Frontiers of Conciousness) (1989) 7 copias
Meditatie stap voor stap 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th Century
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Relaciones
- Simpkins, Annellen (wife)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 29
- Miembros
- 504
- Popularidad
- #49,151
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 64
- Idiomas
- 5
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- 1
The book was in the religion section of my library, but the book (as per the title) isn't strictly about Zen BUDDHISM, but Zen in itself. The history is steeped in Buddhism, but Zen itself is not necessarily religious. Well, allow me to restate that. Technically Buddhism doesn't have to be religious either. Zen is a state of mind and Buddhism is a method to obtain a state of mind. Still, after describing in detail the historical development of Zen Buddhism, the book addresses how Zen has been integrated into martial arts, flower arrangements, poetry, and more. Later chapters describe how someone can practice Zen either in sitting meditation or during another activity.
Zen Around the World describes Zen thoroughly, though perhaps too thoroughly. The language carries a technical voice and some chapters may as well be a list names of influencers, a thing they did, and who next down the line they influenced. This is a good approach if you want to follow up and do more research on historical individuals. However, I approached this book wanting a qualitative understanding and I found that on roughly half of the pages.… (más)