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Zen Flesh - Zen bones
compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
With over 1,000,000 copies sold, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones has inspired countless lives.
It has stayed with me for the last 30 years, a classic portraying Zen mind to our linear thinking. Phil Jackson, basketball coach and author of Sacred Hoops
This book was my introduction to Buddhism nearly thirty yews ago. I am delighted to see this new edition of this wonderful classic. Sylvia Boorstein, author of It'sEasier Than You Think
This book has been a steadfast portal through which millions in the West have peered to catch at the very least a glimpse of Zen mind at play in all its thought-shattering dialogue, humor, joy, and wisdom. Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of WhereverYou Go, There You Are
Perhaps the first Dharma book I ever read, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, remains a classic, a gem, a gift to us all. Dr. Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
Zen Flesh Zen Bones is four books in one - books that would rank high in the canon of Zen, if Zen were so non-Zen as to have scriptures. 101 Zen Stories recounts experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries. The Gateless Gate offers a collection of 13th-century koans to sit with in practice. 10 Bulls is a 12th-century commentary on the stages of awareness leading to enlightenment. Finally Centering, a 4,000 year old teaching from India, offers what some consider to be the roots of Zen.
When this book was first published in 1957 it became a guide for an entire generation of western seekers who were just beginning to explore Zen. In the years since it has inspired leading American Zen teachers, students, and practitioners. Join them.
PAUL REPS was the author of several books of Poems and prose inspired by Zen, including Zen Telegrams, also available from Tuttle. He was an American who lived in many countries, including India, Norway, and Japan, and a lifelong seeker, who believed it possible to be happy though human and grown up.
NYOGEN SENZAKI, an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar, was a homeless monk, studying and wandering the land from monastery to monastery. His wandering eventually brought him to the United states, where he lived for over 50 years. Among those who studies with this great sage are Robert Aiken Roshi, Eido Roshi and Gary Snyder.
Shambala ISBN 1-57062-063-6.
Tao Te Ching
translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
The Tao Te Ching, the esoteric but infinitely practical book written most probably in the sixth century B.C. by Lao Tsu, has been translated more frequently than any work except the Bible. This translation of the Chinese classic, which was first published twenty-five years ago, has sold more copies than any of the others. It offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu's teaching immediate and alive.
The philosophy of Lao Tsu is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is. Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance. Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks, and also provides for all without discrimination - therefore let us present the same face to everyone and treat all men as equals, however they may behave. If we watch carefully, we will see that work proceeds more quickly and easily if we stop “trying”, if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected. We will come to appreciate the original meaning of the word “understand”, which means “to stand under”. We serve whatever or whoever stands before us, without any thought for ourselves. Te - which may be translated as “virtue” or “strength” - lies always in Tao, or “natural law”. In other words: Simply be.
“No one has done better in conveying Lao Tsu's simple and laconic style of writing, so as to produce an English version almost as suggestive of the many meanings intended. This is a most useful, as well as beautiful, volume - and what it has to say is exactly what the world, in its present state, needs to hear”. Alan Watts
Vintage Books ISBN 0-679-77619-2.
Tao Teh Ching
Oversat fra kinesisk og med indledning, levnedshistorie og forklarende noter af Karl Ludvig Reichelt.
Denne bog er taoismens mesterværk. Kort, stærk, enkel i sin form og gådefuld i sin mening berører den direkte menneskets intuition og vækker en eller anden skjult forståelse. Tao Teh Ching er visdomslæren formuleret af et kinesisk tankesind. Den er skrevet for indviede men har videre rækkevidde, for igennem 2000 år har den fascineret læsere verden over. Det er læren om yin og yang, lys og mørke, himmel og jord, mand og kvinde - modsætningernes spil og den store harmoni. Laotse var Konfutses samtidige, og de to har præget Kinas kultur og åndsliv mere end nogen andre.
VISDOMSBØGERNE, Sankt Ansgars Forlag, 2. oplag 1995, 158 sider.
Sankt Ansgars forlag ISBN 87-87505-68-1.
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