January 2, 2009 – 9:20 am
The body awoke early as usual on this New Years Day. I was up about my usual time of 6:30 am. It is still dark. It takes me a few minutes to get myself organized and awake enough to do morning sitting practice. It has been a couple of years now, I no longer think [...]
I received an email from my elder kyudo brother a few days ago. It was about the Asian Art Museum holding a lecture on Shaolin:
The Shaolin Fusion: Epitome of China’s Spiritual and Physical Culture?
With Andy Ferguson
This lecture will explore the fusion of China’s spiritual and physical culture in the Shaolin tradition. [...]
Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics
Reviewed by Eric Sean Nelson
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
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I came across three more reviews of this interesting book:
Zen at War
by Brian Victoria
Weatherhill, 1997. 228 pages.
Reviewed by Vladimir K, January 2005
Religion has often disappointed. Whether it has been paedophilic priests, suicidal Islamic terrorists, temple-burning Hindu nationalists, Jewish terrorists seeking a homeland, or self-aggrandising fundamentalist Christian presidents, the misuse of religious beliefs is starkly apparent [...]
* I came across this book and found it an interesting read. John Bright-Fey is a teacher of Martial Arts and several books on Zen. Below is a review of this book. I am not going to say this book is gospel, or from “an official source” but it is interesting reading. [...]
One of the things brought up at our Chan retreat was the word “Zen” and the karma attached to it from the War. How here in the West it has become a life style not so much a spirtual path. I had heard something before in another reading elsewhere, about if the elders of the [...]
December 28, 2007 – 2:34 pm
I picked up a new book, Called: “The whole Heart of Zen” The compete teachings from the Oral Tradition of Ta-Mo.
sounds interesting ne!
As I opened the book today to read a bit during lunch I opened to this:
The Structure & Symbolism of the 18 Hands moving Zen
The Hands of the Saint are 18 movements [...]
November 14, 2007 – 10:10 pm
This is our last official meeting of the semester. Next week we will continue with group meditation but no syllabus.
Since it’s last meeting, we handed out a gift to each qualified practitioner, as we promised. The gift was a “Zen book” (vaguely such classified) plus a $30 coupon for Heart Chan Retreat 2008. Everyone seemed [...]
October 11, 2007 – 11:17 pm
I came across this article which I found most interesting:
Shaolin Ch’an Buddhism: Is this the only universally accepted philosophy
By Mike Hanson
There are a lot of religions out there. I mean, a LOT. And there are a lot of people out there, too. And I’m totally not kidding about that… look it [...]
October 8, 2007 – 12:10 pm
Sit Down and Shut Up is a weird book — at first glance. (Look at the cover!) Yet, when look into it, it’s quite interesting. It’s easy to read and practical. It’s a freshly light yet insightful account of Zen, Buddhism, and Dogen’s legacy of teaching. (Dogen is a Japanese Zen master living in 12-13 [...]
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