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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. An enjoyable little epigram-per-page look at Zen precepts, some from actual Zen teachings, others from sources that are "kindred spirits." For those not versed in Zen, some of it may be puzzling. But there's plenty to stimulate thought here, and a fair amount to amuse. ( ) from cover "Do not seek to follow int the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."-Basho A taste of Zen for the seeker and curious alike, here is a compilation of sayyings, parables, haiku, koan, poetry, and other words. From both Eastern and Western sources, their maverick spirit points to a different way of looking at teh world: directly, openly, joyously. THE LITTLE ZEN COMPANION offers a wonderful collection of quotes, from Thomas Merton, the Tao TE Ching, Buddha, and Socrates to Casey Stengal, Thoreau, and Louis Armstrong. From Merton - "It might be good to open our eyes and SEE." Walt Whitman - "A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." Issa - "Farmer pointing the way with a radish." A great gift and one to keep on your computer or night table... A collection of quotations, without thematic divisions but with its own internal rhythm. Occasional explanatory material introduces some of the great figures of traditional Zen literature, as well as some terms and customs. Worth reading all the way through as well as sampling, savoring, and pondering in small portions. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
While it seeks neither to define Zen nor answer its most famous koan (a riddle unanswerable by conventional thinking, in this case the sound of one hand clapping), this bestselling little book with 437,000 copies in print possesses a maverick Zen spirit that points to a different way of looking at the world. With each page featuring a quote, phrase, story, koan, haiku, or poem, Zen Companion combines the feeling and format of a meditation book with 2,500 years of wisdom-from Lao-tzu and Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams and The Little Prince, D. T. Suzuki and Walker Percy, the Buddha and the Bible, Einstein and Gertrude Stein. It's a celebration of intuition: "If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark"-St. John the Cross. Individuality: "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."-Basho. Uncomplicated nature: "Among twenty snowy mountains/The only moving thing/Was the eye of the blackbird."-Wallace Stevens. Childlike spontaneity: "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air."-Margaret Wise Brown. Irreverent paradox: "Wakuan complained when he saw a picture of bearded Bodhidharma: 'Why hasn't that fellow a beard?'" And above all, the simple pleasure of life lived in the moment. "Chop wood, carry water." No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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