This text covers the key events and concepts in each life and thought of Japan's three greatest Zen masters: Ikkyu, Hakuin and Ryokan. The reader learns through living example about the Zen approach to life through the contrasting outlooks of these three subjects.
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"... a highly readable and entertaining book." -- John Andrew Taylor, Tokyo Today
"... communicates a highly nuanced image of Japanese Zen in its most eccentric form." -- Journal of Developing Societies
"The portraits of these three Zen masters are excellently drawn." -- John Haylock, The Japan Times
"These three men come alive in direct, colloquial speech that is free of archaisms and cliches." -- Joseph LaPenta, The Daily Yomiuri
"... communicates a highly nuanced image of Japanese Zen in its most eccentric form." -- Journal of Developing Societies
"The portraits of these three Zen masters are excellently drawn." -- John Haylock, The Japan Times
"These three men come alive in direct, colloquial speech that is free of archaisms and cliches." -- Joseph LaPenta, The Daily Yomiuri
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A professor of Buddhist studies and Aikido instructor at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan, John Stevens is the author of more than thirty books on Aikido, Buddhism, Zen and Asian culture. Previous works include The Philosophy of Aikido and Three Budo Masters.
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This review is from: Zen Masters: A Maverick, a Master of Masters, and a Wandering Poet (Paperback)
An informative and well written book, with interesting anecdotes and insight into the famous Japanese Zen masters Ikkyu and Hakuin.
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This review is from: Zen Masters: A Maverick, a Master of Masters, and a Wandering Poet (Paperback)
Stories of the masters can be both inspiring and lead to sloth, sloth you say ? How is this ? The inspiration part is easy the stories of their lives are often so hard and troublesome that it is easy to consider them remarkable men which they of course were, but on the other hand two things stand in your way one is the praise of remarkable men, the other is the recognition of some of their qualities inside yourself, both of these delusions interfere with proper practice. In fact the non-reading of just about anything is the best way to go because truth is present everywhere at all times and it is nowhere apart from here where you stand right now. Given these comments this book can be a useful ally for practice as long as it is read and forgotten ie the important aspects will be used when needed and that is all. It sounds good but can a person do such things easily, well not so easily. Try ? Why not ?
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IKKYU was born at sunrise on the first day of 1394. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Pure Land, Hakuin-style Zen, Lotus Sutra, Mount Fuji, Otogo Shrine, Evening Chat, Lake Biwa, Never-despising Bodhisattva New!
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IKKYU was born at sunrise on the first day of 1394. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crazy cloud Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pure Land, Hakuin-style Zen, Lotus Sutra, Mount Fuji, Otogo Shrine, Evening Chat, Lake Biwa, Never-despising Bodhisattva New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Spring Like Any Other by Takashi Tsujii in Back Matter
- A Haiku Journey: Bashos Narrow Road to a Far Province (Illustrated Japanese Classics) by Matsuo Basho in Back Matter
- Great Fool: Zen Master Ryokan : Poems, Letters, and Other Writings by Ryokan on page 109
- The Zen Master Hakuin by Philip B. Yampolsky in Back Matter
- Lust for Enlightenment: Buddhism and Sex by John Stevens in Back Matter
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