Having practiced zazen for more than half a century, Robert Aitken sits today as the senior American Roshi, a writer and teacher of broad reputation and consequence, known for his clarity, compassion and insight, who numbers as his own teachers and associates some of the legendary figures of Japanese and American Buddhism. His serendipitous beginning as a Buddhist resulted from being a civilian prisoner of the Japanese in the Second World War, where he found R. R. Blythe, the great haiku master, and D. T. Suzuki, the most important and popular chronicler of Zen in English, as fellow detainees. After the war, Aitken returned to Japan on several occasions to study in traditional monastic settings. He has been a leader of the contemporary move to establish Zen Buddhism in the West and was a founding member of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. With material never before collected in book form, The Morning Star includes writings from his first book, A Zen Wave, and from eight collections of essays and poems he’s published over the last three decades. The introduction to this volume offers Robert Aitken’s latest presentation of Zen practice, addressing the Great Matter from a historical and personal perspective.
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This volume from the late Roshi Aitken really served to open me up to Buddhist practice and spirituality in a way that I hadn't encountered before. No doubt it is because he was a Westerner himself, but his "Westernization" of Buddhism never negated his deep connection to the tradition, unlike some other authors out there. Robert Aitken has done us all a big favor by presenting Buddhist ideas in a form that we Westerners can more readily identify with. And this is as much to the credit of the depth of his own spiritual vision and creative intellect as it is to his Buddhist heritage. He was a true pioneer in the Dharma, and I owe the old Roshi my thanks.
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- Zen Buddhism by Daisetz T. Suzuki on 7 pages
- Mud and Water: A Collection of Talks by the Zen Master Bassui by Bassui Tokusho on 4 pages
- Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics by R. H. Blyth on 4 pages
- Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students by Robert Aitken on 4 pages
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry D. Thoreau on page 117, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen by Matsuo Basho in Front Matter
- Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism by Susan Moon in Back Matter
- Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living by Zicheng HONG in Front Matter
- The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics by Robert Aitken in Back Matter
- Tressell: The Real Story of 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' by Dave Harker on page 209
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