SAMURAI ZEN by Trevor Leggett ( 9780415284646 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SAMURAI ZEN
THE WARRIOR KOANS

By:

Trevor Leggett

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415284643

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9780415284646

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

20 March, 2003

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

218

Description:

Samurai Zen brings together 100 of the rare riddles which represent the core spiritual discipline of Japan's ancient Samurai tradition.

Synopsis:

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.

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Routledge

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