Samurai Zen

The Warrior Koans
2. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-28465-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition. Dating from thirteenth-century records of Japan's Kamakura temples, and traditionally guarded with a reverent secrecy, they reflect the earliest manifestation of pure Zen in Japan. Created by Zen Masters for their warrior pupils, the Japanese Koans use incidents from everyday life - a broken tea-cup, a water-jar, a cloth - to bring the warrior pupils of the Samurai to the Zen realization. Their aim is to enable a widening of consciouness beyond the illusions of the limited self, and a joyful inspiration in life - a state that has been compared to being free under a blue sky after imprisonment.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leggett, Trevor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Preface, Acknowledgments, Ima Fukuzan’s Introduction to Shonan-Katto-Roku, Extracts from Imai Fukuzan’s Introduction to Warrior Zen, Kamakura Koans, Index of Chinese Characters

Über Autor(innen)

Trevor Leggett was the former head of Japanese Service of the BBC in the UK