Esoteric Zen
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Author |
: Stephan Kigensan Licha |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 357 |
Release |
: 2023-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004541894 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004541896 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Esoteric Zen by : Stephan Kigensan Licha
When a Zen teacher tells you to point at your mind, which part of your body do you point at? According to the Japanese master Chikotsu Daie (1229–1312), you should point at the fistful of meat that is your heart. Esoteric Zen demonstrates that far from an outlier, Daie's understanding reflects the medieval Buddhist mainstream, in which tantric teachings and Zen were closely entwined movements that often developed within the same circles of thinkers and texts. ,br/> Drawing on newly discovered manuscript materials, it shows how medieval practitioners constructed a unique form of Zen by drawing on tantric doctrinal discourses.
Author |
: Taikō Yamasaki |
Publisher |
: Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X001432890 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shingon by : Taikō Yamasaki
Author |
: Edward Orem |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 72 |
Release |
: 2014-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781304990112 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1304990117 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods from the Patriarch by : Edward Orem
Author |
: Meido Moore |
Publisher |
: Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2020-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780834843134 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0834843137 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hidden Zen by : Meido Moore
Discover hidden practices, secretly transmitted in authentic Zen lineages, of using body, speech, and mind to remove obstructions to awakening. Though Zen is best known for the practices of koan introspection and "just sitting" or shikantaza, there are in fact many other practices transmitted in Zen lineages. In modern practice settings, students will find that Bodhidharma's words "direct pointing at the human mind" are little mentioned, or else taken to be simply a general descriptor of Zen rather than a crucial activity within Zen practice. Reversing this trend toward homogeneous and superficial understandings of Zen technique, Hidden Zen presents a diverse collection of practice instructions that are transmitted orally from teacher to student, unlocking a comprehensive path of awakening. This book reveals and details, for the first time, a treasury of "direct pointing" and internal energy cultivation practices preserved in the Rinzai Zen tradition. The twenty-eight practices of direct pointing offered here illuminate one's innate clarity and, ultimately, the nature of mind itself. Over a dozen practices of internal energetic cultivation galvanize dramatic effects on the depth of one's meditative attainment. Hidden Zen affords a small taste of the richness of authentic Zen, helping readers grow beyond the bounds of introspection and sitting to find awakening itself.
Author |
: Charles Orzech |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 1223 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004184916 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004184910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia by : Charles Orzech
This volume, the result of an international collaboration of forty scholars, provides a comprehensive resource on Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in their Chinese, Korean, and Japanese contexts from the first few centuries of the common era to the present.
Author |
: Luc Benoist |
Publisher |
: Sophia Perennis |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2005-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1597310131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781597310130 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Esoteric Path by : Luc Benoist
Traditional esoterism, though capable of the highest degree of elaboration, is based on a few first principles - Absolute Reality, hierarchical manifestation, the necessity for initiation, the centrality of the spiritual Heart, etc.-which can be stated simply. In The Esoteric Path, Luc Benoist does just this for the monumental writings of the great metaphysician Ren Gunon. If ever there was a 'primer' on traditional metaphysics and esoterism, one that does not dumb down its subject but rather opens a door to profound spiritual depths waiting to be explored, it is this book. The first section deals in a general way with metaphysical principles, their modes of transmission and the spiritual practices based upon them. The second presents the central principles of such Eastern traditions as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Islam, and also various forms of Western Esoterism, including Eastern Orthodox Hesychasm, Freemasonry, Hermeticism, the Templars, Dante and the Fedeli d'Amore, Meister Eckhart and his 'school', etc. Far more than a bouquet of mystical teachings plucked from various sources, designed to titillate the reader's spiritual sensibilities, The Esoteric Path firmly situates that Path in its appropriate, traditional context, so that the seeker's first steps on the 'path to the Path' will be firm and confident, and point him or her in the right direction, away from the time- and soul-consuming attractions of those 'paths' that exhibit (in the author's words) 'the confusion between the spiritual and the psychic., the identification of the spiritual with what is most inferior in the psyche, the identification of religion with magic, totemism, and even sorcery, the popular dissemination of pseudo- or counter-initiatic rituals. A worthy companion to the biographical Ren Gunon and the Future of the West by Robin Waterfield and the Collected Works of Ren Gunon, also published by Sophia Perennis, The Esoteric Path will be of great value to scholars, seekers, and anyone searching for a clearer understanding of the great spiritual traditions. 'Luc Benoist is generally considered the most balanced and authentic exponent of Gunon's teaching. I know of no work in which true scholarship is combined so well with conciseness and comprehensiveness.' -Robin Waterfield
Author |
: Kate Crosby |
Publisher |
: Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2020-12-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781611807943 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1611807948 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Esoteric Theravada by : Kate Crosby
A groundbreaking exploration of a practice tradition that was nearly lost to history. Theravada Buddhism, often understood as the school that most carefully preserved the practices taught by the Buddha, has undergone tremendous change over time. Prior to Western colonialism in Asia—which brought Western and modernist intellectual concerns, such as the separation of science and religion, to bear on Buddhism—there existed a tradition of embodied, esoteric, and culturally regional Theravada meditation practices. This once-dominant traditional meditation system, known as borān kammatthāna, is related to—yet remarkably distinct from—Vipassana and other Buddhist and secular mindfulness practices that would become the hallmark of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century. Drawing on a quarter century of research, scholar Kate Crosby offers the first holistic discussion of borān kammatthāna, illuminating the historical events and cultural processes by which the practice has been marginalized in the modern era.
Author |
: Taisen Deshimaru |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 1991-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780140193428 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0140193421 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Questions to a Zen Master by : Taisen Deshimaru
“True religion,” the great Japanese teacher Taisen Deshimaru wrote, “is not esoteric or mystical, it is not an exercise in well-being or gymnastics. True religion is the highest Way, the absolute Way: zazen.” Here, Deshimaru, the author of True Zen, offers practical suggestions for developing unitary mind-body consciousness through the principles of zazen (translated literally as "seated meditation"). Advice is given on posture, breathing, and concentration, and concepts such as karma and satori are clearly explained.
Author |
: Ruben Habito |
Publisher |
: Orbis Books |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781626980464 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1626980462 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Zen and the Spiritual Exercises by : Ruben Habito
The practices of the East meet those of the West in this intriguing book on the relationship between Zen meditation and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. Ruben Habito, a Zen Master as well as an expert in Ignatian spirituality, brings these two hallowed paths to enlightenment together in this intriguing book designed not only for believers in either tradition, but for seekers and beginners as well. Both comparing and contrasting Zen traditions of meditation and enlightenment with St. Ignatius' famous Exercises for attaining Divine Love, Habito offers suggestions on how the two traditions share the same goals and how each might benefit from the other or from their shared practice. As the reader follows Habito through the stages of purgation of false desires, illumination of one's true path, and the generous desire to give back what one has been given through the Divine, Habito shares illuminating and instructive stories, literary and spiritual reflections, and thought-provoking ways on how to update Zen and Ignatian spirituality to meet the needs and desires of a contemporary seeker.
Author |
: Esther DeWaal |
Publisher |
: St Bede's Publications |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1879007029 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781879007024 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spiritual Journey by : Esther DeWaal
A collection of guides to the spiritual journey. The authors deal with such masters as Cassian, St. Benedict, John of Forde and Carl Jung, discussing ideas from East and West.