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A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen

by Robert Aitken, Basho Matsuo. 192 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Robert Aitken, Basho Matsuo

Publisher:

   Weatherhill

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1978
Subjects:   Zen Buddhism in literature, Matsuo, Basho,--1644-1694--Criticism and interpretation, Matsuo, Basho,--1644-1694--Religion
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A Zen Wave: Basho's Haiku and Zen
Book by Robert Aitken, Basho Matsuo; Weatherhill, 1978
Subjects: Matsuo, Basho--1644-1694--Criticism and interpretation, Matsuo, Basho--1644-1694--Religion, Zen Buddhism in literature
...interpretation. / 2. Zen Buddhism in literature. / 3. Matsuo Basho...and ethics. / I. Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694. / II. Title. / PL794...excerpts from Zen literature, and to open the door to Zen in the process. Although...
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Awakening and Insight: Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Book by Polly Young-Eisendrath, Shoji Muramoto; Brunner-Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Buddhism--Psychology, Psychotherapy--Religious Aspects--Buddhism, Psychotherapy--Religious Aspects--Zen Buddhism
...1 Buddhism, religion and psychotherapy in the world today...the publishers; Chapter 1, Buddhism, religion and psychotherapy in the world today...Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture . Chapter 4, The transformation...
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Book by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki; Grove Press, 1961
Subjects: Buddhism--China, Zen Buddhism
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Manual of Zen Buddhism
Book by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki; Grove Press, 1960
Subjects: Buddhism--Sacred Books, Gods, Buddhist, Zen Buddhism
...palatial mansion, which he is told to be his own. He is not in possession of the key wherewith he can open the entrance...confirmed. 16. Learning is not of much avail in the study of Buddhism as is proved by the case of Ananda, who being enticed by...Vipasyana is to be greatly encouraged. IV. FROM THE CHINESE ZEN MASTERS There is a large mass of literature to be called especially Zen because of its style and terminology...
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...emergence of distinctively Chan teachings and doctrines. Extending in this way the work that Jia has already done may allow more...describe. (2.) See, for example, John R. McRae, Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003). (3.) For...
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...resulting in the establishment of Zen centers in many parts of the United States. Bibliography A vast popular literature has grown up around this movement; important works include E. Herrigels Zen in the Art of Archery (1971) and R. M. Pirsigs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1984). See also E. Fromm, ed., Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (1960, repr. 1970); D. T. Suzuki, Essays in Zen Buddhism (new ed., 3 vol., 1971), A Manual of...
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